politics & global affairs
This organization of 193 member states promotes international peace, security, and cooperation.
United Nations (UN)
Amid scrutiny over misinformation and data privacy, Facebook changed its parent company name to this in 2021.
Meta
This international tournament is the most-watched sporting event in the world, held every four years.
FIFA World Cup
This country is famous for its Eiffel Tower, croissants, and fashion.
France
This three-letter US agency controls interest rates and helps manage inflation.
the Fed (Federal Reserve)
This U.S. president served the shortest term in history — just 31 days — before dying of pneumonia in 1841.
William Henry Harrison
information or misinformation: Vaccines cause autism or alter your DNA.
misinformation
This country hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics.
France
This Asian Country has the world's largest population and hosted the 2008 and 2022 Olympic Games.
China
This e-commerce giant was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and started as an online bookstore.
Amazon
This East Asian country has a long-standing conflict with North Korea, but remains a close US ally.
South Korea
This international organization annually ranks countries by press freedom and tracks threats to journalism.
Reporters Without Borders
Novak Djokovic represents this country in tennis.
Serbia
This South American country is known for the Amazon rainforest and Carnival in Rio.
Brazil
This term refers to two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth.
recession
This defense alliance, founded in 1949, expanded in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
information or misinformation: Mail-in voting leads to massive voting fraud.
This American football event is often the most-watched TV broadcast in the US each year.
Super Bowl
This European national was invaded by Russia in 2022, leading to a major international crisis.
Ukraine
This is the currency used by 20 of the 27 European Union countries.
the euro
This international treaty, signed in 2015, aimed to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius.
Paris Agreement
This is the name for a digital video altered using artificial intelligence to make people appear to say or do things they never did.
deepfake
This African nation became the first from its continent to reach a FIFA World Cup semifinal in 2022.
Morocco
This country is home to Mount Kilimanjaro and famous safaris in the Serengeti.
Tanzania
This country overtook the US in 2023 as the world's top exporter of electric vehicles.
China