Geography
These 2 South American cities each have a population exceeding 5 million — roughly two-thirds the size of New York City.
São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Lima, Bogotá, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago
Name all three post-WWII conferences in chronological order.
Tehran (1943), Yalta (February 1945), Potsdam (July–August 1945)
: This Trump administration decision in 2017, reversing decades of U.S. policy, recognized *blank* as the capital of Israel and moved the U.S. embassy there from this city.
Jerusalem recognized as capital; embassy moved from Tel Aviv
Largest exporting U.S. state internationally
Texas
Despite repeatedly threatening military action against Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela, Trump became known for this pattern of maximum pressure followed by retreat — critics argued he consistently blinked when adversaries called his bluff.
TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out)
Ranked from northernmost to southernmost, these are the three Baltic states. (name them in order)
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
The Spanish-American War resulted in the U.S. gaining control of these three territories from Spain.
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
This massive U.S. air base north of Kabul served as the centerpiece of American military operations in Afghanistan for two decades before being quietly abandoned in July 2021.
Bagram Airfield
Name three countries in South America that make up 50% of US export volume to the continent
Brazil+Chile+Colommbia and anything
This UN nuclear watchdog agency became central to the Iran nuclear debate when Tehran began restricting its inspectors' access to undeclared sites in 2021.
The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
These two major rivers flow through China.
The Yangtze and the Yellow River
Woodrow Wilson championed the creation of this new Central European state at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, with this statesman becoming its first president.
Czechoslovakia; Tomáš Masaryk was its first president
NATO's 2011 air campaign provided cover for rebel forces that ultimately toppled and killed this Libyan leader.
Muammar Gaddafi
Nigeria has the oil, South Africa has the industry, yet this smaller North African nation quietly tops the continent in U.S. export consumption.
Morocco
hese long-range nuclear-capable missiles, which can travel over 3,000 miles, form one leg of the U.S. nuclear triad alongside submarine-launched missiles and strategic bombers.
ICBMs (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles)
These 4 cities are all capitals of Sub-Saharan African nations.
Nairobi (Kenya), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Kinshasa (DRC), Accra (Ghana)
This Cold War-era policy led the U.S. to back Jonas Savimbi and UNITA rebels in their fight against the Soviet-backed government of this southern African country.
The Reagan Doctrine; Angola
These are the two warring factions that have plunged Sudan into civil war since April 2023.
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)
Name the top three automobile exporters to the U.S.
Mexico, South Korea, Japan
This UN agency, founded in 1949 to serve Palestinian refugees, became the center of a major controversy in 2024 when the U.S. and other donors suspended funding following allegations that its staff participated in the October 7th attacks.
UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency)
Name all current capitals of the countries that previously made up Josip Broz Tito’s Socialist Federal Republic
Sarajevo, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Belgrade, Podgorica and Skopje
In 1861, Abraham Lincoln was awarded honorary citizenship of a European nation despite never having travelled outside North America. What country bestowed this honor?
San Marino
Obama declared the use of chemical weapons in Syria a "red line" that would trigger U.S. military action — but when Assad crossed it in 2013 with this specific agent, Obama ultimately did not strike
Sarin gas (nerve agent)
Name from which country the US imports the most Military Weapons from.
Romania
This classified Cold War document, updated annually by Strategic Command, served as the master blueprint coordinating every American nuclear weapon against every Soviet target simultaneously.
SIOP (Single Integrated Operational Plan)