North and South America
The name of a young Swedish climate activist who recently arrived to New York City on a boat:
Greta Thunberg
The name of the Chinese government’s international infrastructure development and investment plan
The Belt and Road Initiative
A leader of the coalition currently bombing Houthi rebels and civilians in Yemen (there are two, you only need one):
Saudi Arabia
UAE
According to the 2018 World Happiness Report, this European Country was listed as the happiest country in the world
Finland!
According to the IPCC report released in 2018, we have _____ years to limit climate crisis to 1.5 degrees Celsius
10 (11 as of October 2018)
New Zealand voted 119-1 to increase gun control in 2019 after this event
The Christchurch Mosque shootings
This South African city became the first major city in the world to nearly run out of water in late 2017.
Cape Town
The date set for a no-deal Brexit.
October 31st, 2019
The US Congresswomen recently banned from entering Israel (then later admitted on “humanitarian grounds”)
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
Name 2 nations who have laid a claim on the state of Kashmir.
India, Pakistan, China, Kashmir
The nation currently hosting the highest number of registered Syrian refugees
Turkey (3.5 million)
This European country recently dissolved its coalition government to form a new one.
Italy
The opposition leader challenging current Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Juan Guaido
This former Malaysian prime minister was ousted in 2018 for corruption charges surrounding the disappearance of billions of public dollars
Najib Razak
This previous President of South Africa was recently brought to trial for charges of corruption and state capture through his ANC party.
Jacob Zuma
This country became the first in the world to divest from fossil fuels (in 2018).
Ireland
Name the top 5 countries to whom the USA supplies arms.
Saudi Arabia, Australia, UAE, South Korea, Iraq
This leader just came under fire for stating that she “Would quit if she had the choice”.
Carrie Lam
This agricultural policy was introduced in Southeast Africa in the 2000s, associated with higher yields of food grains but criticized for increased fertilizer use, wealth inequality and soil degradation.
Green Revolution
On August 31st, this country just transferred 1500 asylum-seekers from a refugee camp on one of its islands to the mainland.
Greece