This country will host the 2014 NATO summit, which will be the largest gathering of international leaders to ever occur inside Great Britain.
What is Wales?
100
After the last UN trust territory (Palau) gained independence in 1994, this UN council ran out things to do and formally suspended operations.
What is the Trusteeship Council?
100
Nelson Mandela gathered inspiration for the South African militant group he chaired from the works of Mao Zedong and this Argentine Marxist.
Who is Che Guevara?
100
This former "fragrant" British harbor colony has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, and is also one of the most expensive places to live. Just ask Jayan Nair, who was stranded here for three days.
What is Hong Kong?
100
This was CCWA's first post-involvement fair recruitment event of 2014.
What is Icecream Social?
200
One of the most contentious meetings of NATO occurred when this country invoked Article IV of the charter to talk about security in the wake of the US's invasion of its neighbor, Iraq. The meeting lasted for 20 minutes.
What is Turkey?
200
Until 1973, China's permanent seat in the Security Council was occupied by this state.
What is Taiwan?
200
This man helped found the world's first constitutionally socialist state by orchestrating the October Revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
200
This summer, Tyler Parker spent time in Morocco studying one of its two official languages, Arabic. This is the other one.
What is Berber?
200
This is widely used around the world as a standard for measurement, but it's been met with minimal acceptance in the US with most Americans preferring to stick to inches and pounds.
What is the International System of measurement?
300
This country was offered a spot as the first non-European or non-American state within NATO, but after several meetings, no compromise could be reached.
What is Israel?
300
The United Nations General Assembly once voted to strip this African country of their right to speak.
What is Madagascar?
300
Released from 15 years of house arrest in 2010, this woman became one of the most prominent political figures in Southeast Asia and the world.
Who is Aung San Suu Kyi?
300
This neighbor of Colombia is one of seventeen "megadiverse" countries in the world, with the most species diversity per unit area. Despite all of the birds that call it home, it didn't have a "Robin" until this summer.
What is Ecuador?
300
This man is the self-proclaimed caliph of ISIS.
Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?
400
NATO has only once invoked Article V, the provision for interpreting "an attack against one being an attack against all," on this date.
What is September 11, 2001.
400
This Secretary General died in 1961, in a plane accident while on mission to the Congo.
Who is Dag Hammarskjöld?
400
This South American President is the "world's poorest," denying all but 10% of his salary and living in a small shack.
Who is Jose Mujica?
400
Claire Galasso paid the Middle East a visit this summer and adventured in this country, which has the longest serving ruler in the region.
What is Oman?
400
IS, ISIS, and ISIL are all different names that describe the group behind recent terrors in Iraq, but this is the main name its direct predecessor went by.