Nations
Which country is also known as Holland?
The Netherlands
The ANZUS Agreement of 1951 is a non-binding security agreement between Australia, the United States, and what island nation?
New Zealand
In 1775, the United States sent Silas Deane to what European country to rally support for the American Revolution?
France
Many scholars trace the core principles of international relations back to the 1648 "Peace of" what German region?
Westphalia
As a result of there being many barbecues held at polling stations during elections, with the proceeds going to charity, the term “democracy sausage” is well-used in which English-speaking country?
Australia
What country uses Złoty as currency?
Poland
Marking the first normalisation of relations between Israel and a neighbouring Arab state since the mid-1990s, the Abraham accords were signed in 2020 between the U.S., Israel and what Arab country?
United Arab Emirates
In 2023, China banned the import of Japanese seafood after the latter country's controversial announcement that they would discharge wastewater from what prefecture's nuclear power plant?
Fukushima
Considered by many to be an early work on foreign policy, the "History of the Peloponnesian War" was written in the early 4th century B.C. by what ancient Greek author?
Thucydides
Which country is made up of 7,000 islands?
The Philippines
How many time zones does Russia have?
The now-famous Schengen Agreement, which permits freedom of movement across the European continent, is named for a tiny village in what tiny country?
Luxembourg
In 1980, the then-president signed a new foreign policy called what Doctrine (which bore his last name). It stated that the United States would take military action to defend against forces from the Persian Gulf region.
Carter
With the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, the United States was able to negotiate the acquisition of Florida from what European power?
Spain
C______ diplomacy is defined as the use of investment and economic aid as a tool to create favorable political alliances.
Checkbook
Where is the world's largest underground lake located?
Namibia
As per the terms of the 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the United States and the United Kingdom agreed to halt colonization efforts in what region?
Central America
In December 2018, the U.S. angered China by arranging for the detainment in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, an executive of what telecom company?
Huawei
In 2021, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged partial French responsibility for the 1994 civil war and genocide in what African nation?
Rwanda
On June 4, 1961, President John F. Kennedy and USSR Premier Nikita Khrushchev famously met in what European capital city to discuss the relationship between their two countries?
Vienna
If you were to list the members of the United Nations in alphabetical order, which country would be last?
Zimbabwe
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, is headquartered in what country?
Sweden
Which American general planned and led Operation Desert Storm and the UN coalition backing Kuwait in the Gulf War?
Norman Schwarzkopf
Following the 1990 abolition of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the President of Russia position was established the following year. Who became Russia’s first president in 1991?
Boris Yeltsin
Who served as the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford? Hint: He received a controversial Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 after negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam.
Henry Kissinger