JA Politics
In Jamaica, citizens must be at least this age to vote in general elections.
What is 18?
The U.S. Constitution was signed in this year.
What is 1787?
This international organization, founded in 1945, aims to maintain world peace and security, and has 193 member states.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This country is home to the Great Barrier Reef and the world’s largest coral reef system.
What is Australia?
This government agency is responsible for overseeing elections and maintaining voter registration in Jamaica.
What is the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ)?
This man is known as the "Father of the Constitution" for his role in drafting it.
Who is James Madison?
The Brexit referendum in 2016 resulted in the decision for the United Kingdom to leave the political and economic union.
What is the European Union (EU)?
This musician’s album "Purple Rain" became one of the best-selling soundtracks of all time.
Who is Prince?
Serving for just two months in 2007, this politician had the shortest tenure as Jamaica’s Prime Minister.
Who is Portia Simpson-Miller?
This is the only U.S. president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
This country became the first in the world to grant full legal rights to nature, recognizing rivers, forests, and ecosystems as having legal standing.
What is Ecuador?
This is the only country in the world that is located on two continents, Europe and Asia.
What is Turkey?
This Prime Minister was responsible for implementing free education in Jamaica in the 1970s.
Who is Michael Manley?
In the event of an Electoral College tie, this body decides the presidency.
What is the House of Representatives?
The African National Congress (ANC), which became the ruling party of South Africa in 1994, was led by this man who became the country's first black president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The longest-running animated series in U.S. television history, which first aired in 1989, features a family living in the fictional town of Springfield.
What is The Simpsons?
Jamaica’s only Prime Minister to die in office, he was known for his role in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Who is Donald Sangster?
This U.S. president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, marking a major victory in the fight against racial segregation and discrimination.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This international legal body, established in 2002, seeks to prosecute individuals for crimes such as genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, with its headquarters in The Hague.
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC)?
This author’s 1845 poem “The Raven” is often associated with the Gothic literary movement.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?