Canada
When was Canada founded? AKA When did Canada become its own country?
July 1, 1867 - Bonus Point if you recognize the Statute of Westminster 1931
What court rulings made abortion legal in the US OR Canada?
Roe v Wade, R v Morgentaler [1988]
When was the United States of America founded?
July 4, 1776
Name 3 wars that are going on currently as of 2025 (can include civil wars and insurgencies)
Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Hamas/Iran/Lebanon/Yemen, Myanmar, Jihadi Muslim Attacks in Sahel Region, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somali Civil War, DRC, Mexican Gulf War, Syrian Civil War, and counting
What is the other type of government: Communism, Socialism and ____?
Capitalism
What type of country is Canada?
Constitutional Monarchy, Parliamentary Democracy, and/or Federal State - any answer gains a point
Who are the PM/presidents of Israel and Palestine (West Bank)?
Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas
How many states are there in America?
50
What three countries are imposing retaliatory tariffs on the US?
Canada, China, Mexico
Who created the concept of communism?
Karl Marx
Who was Canada's first Prime Minister?
Sir John A. Macdonald
From what river and which sea do we refer to when we say "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free?"
Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea
What is Elon Musk's de facto Government Department called? Short form accepted
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
Name 3 member of the UN Security Council
China, France, UK, US, Russia, Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Somalia
Name literally any political theorist/philosopher (hint: where do we get democracy from)
Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Christine, Mill, Thucidides, Machiavelli, Marx, Durkheim, Tocqueville, Smith, Arendt, Foucault
What two Acts make up Canada's written constitution?
The Constitution Act, 1867 (BNA Act) and The Constitution Act, 1982 (The Charter of Rights and Freedoms)
What Provincial party in Canada vows to end the woke ideology?
New Blue Ontario
Name two elected positions in the US Government besides President.
Congress representative, Senator, Governor, Sheriff, Mayor, etc
Which of the following groups has NOT committed genocide: British Empire, Arab militias, Emirates, Russian Empire, Hutus, Serbs, Canadian European settlers, People's Republic of China?
British Empire; .5 points if you say Emirates bc they currently stand trial for commission of Genocide in Sudan/South Sudan
2 ways we get laws on how to govern Indigenous people from in Canada? (name Acts, doctrines, types of contracts, etc.)
Indian Act, treaties, Royal proclamation, Charter, Constitution Act 1982, UNDRIP, jurisprudence (Jordan's Principle)
What court ruling made gay marriage legal in Canada and when?
Halpern v Canada (2003), became official statute in 2005
What controversial law bans religious wear in QC?
Bill 21
What is one way the US constitution is different from Canada's?
Multiple answers accepted
Of the following IR dominant theories, which is the most pessimistic about human cooperation? Liberalism, Realism, Post-Constructivist, Marxist, Feminist, Structuralist
Realism
Write an exegetical essay comparing the state of nature with the states of war and peace using at least three canonical authors and one contemporary case study in the Global North to bolster your argument. Your word count is 1500 words and you have 1 hour. Go.
Bonus point yay.