Global Organizations
This organization, with 193 member states, was founded in 1945 after World War II to promote peace and security.
What is the United Nations (UN)?
This treaty, signed in 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This foreign policy initiative, enacted after World War II, provided aid to help rebuild Western European economies.
What is the Marshall Plan?
He served as the first President of South Africa after the end of apartheid, from 1994 to 1999.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Name a European country uses the Euro as its currency.
What is any country in the Eurozone (e.g., France, Germany, Spain)?
This monetary organization was created in 1944 and provides financial assistance to countries in economic distress.
What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
Signed in 1814, this treaty ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
This doctrine, articulated by President James Monroe, opposed European colonialism in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
She became the United Kingdom’s first female Prime Minister and served from 1979 to 1990.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
This country's currency is the Yen.
What is Japan?
Established in 1949, this military alliance was originally formed to counter Soviet expansion in Europe.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
This 1968 treaty was created to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.
What is the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)?
This US foreign policy initiative aimed to promote free trade in Latin America and create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
What is the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative?
He was the President of Cuba from 1976 to 2008 and played a key role in the Cuban Revolution.
Who is Fidel Castro?
The Rand is the currency of this African country.
What is South Africa?
This organization is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 19 countries and the European Union to discuss policy issues.
What is the G20?
This agreement, signed in 1993, aimed to establish a framework for relations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization.
What are the Oslo Accords?
This initiative was announced by President Barack Obama to facilitate cooperation between the United States and countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
What is the Power Africa Initiative?
She was the Prime Minister of Pakistan in the late 1980s and late 1990s, and was the first woman to lead a Muslim-majority country.
Who is Benazir Bhutto?
The currency of this island nation in the Indian Ocean is the Mauritian Rupee.
What is Mauritius?
Founded in 1960, this organization was created by oil-producing countries to coordinate and unify petroleum policies.
What is OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)?
This 1972 treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union limited the number of anti-ballistic missile systems used to defend areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons.
What is the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty)?
This doctrine, named after a US president, declared that the United States would use military force to protect Middle Eastern countries from aggression by communist powers.
What is the Eisenhower Doctrine?
He was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Kofi Annan?
This South American country underwent a monetary overhaul in 2018 by launching the Sovereign Bolivar to counter hyperinflation.
What is Venezuela?