Global History 12
How much do you know?
1. This past August, Georgia was involved in a short, disastrous war with ______.
2. This South African national; imprisoned on Robben`s Island for thirty years; former President and fighter for civil liberties turned 90 years old this year. ______
3. In 1989 this historic wall was taken down. ______
4. Name one of the two political and international controversies surrounding the Olympics in Beijing this summer. ______
5. Shake Hands with the Devil is a biographic movie about General Romeo Dallaire’s experience in ______.
6. Identify the following acronyms:
UN
MSF
NGO
AI
7. The category of “extremely poor” refers to people living on less than ______a day.
8. List 5 Canadian prime Ministers since 1945.
a) d)
b) e)
c)
9. List 3 American presidents since 1945.
a) c)
b)
10. When did WWII take place? ______
11. In the novel Animal Farm, Napoleon the pig was a metaphor for which historical figure? ______
12. Identify at least two communist countries (or former)
a)
b)
13. Through which country does the Suez Canal flow? ______
14. Identify four African nations:
a) c)
b) d)
15. Identify four European nations:
a) c)
b) d)
16. Identify four South American nations:
a) c)
b) d)
17. Identify four Asian nations:
a) c)
b) d)
18. The term ______is used to define any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
19. ______hanged in 2006 was the former dictator of Iraq.
20. The tallest building in the world is found in ______.
21. Crisis or peace in the Middle east most often refers to the struggles in this country: ______