Global Health
This virus caused a global pandemic beginning in 2020, affecting millions worldwide.
What is COVID-19?
In 2021, this United Nations conference focused on global climate change took place in Glasgow.
What is COP26?
In 2022, Russia launched a large-scale military invasion of this neighboring country.
What is Ukraine?
This company, led by Elon Musk, became the first carmaker to reach a $1 trillion market value in 2021.
What is Tesla?
In 2020, this global movement against racial injustice gained renewed attention after the death of George Floyd.
What is Black Lives Matter?
The first widely distributed vaccines against COVID-19 were developed by these two companies.
What are Pfizer and Moderna?
This European country experienced devastating floods in July 2021, which many experts linked to climate change.
What is Germany?
This U.S. president signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in 2022, focusing on climate change and healthcare reforms.
Who is Joe Biden?
In 2023, this social media platform rebranded itself from Twitter to a single letter.
What is X?
In 2022, protests erupted across this Middle Eastern country after the death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for violating the country's strict dress code.
What is Iran?
This country reported the first known cases of COVID-19 in late 2019.
What is China?
In 2023, this country suffered catastrophic wildfires in the region of Maui, raising concerns about climate resilience.
What is the United States (Hawaii)?
In 2023, this country witnessed widespread protests over pension reforms, leading to significant social unrest.
What is France?
This company launched the groundbreaking GPT-4 language model, a major advancement in artificial intelligence, in 2023.
hat is OpenAI?
In 2023, this East Asian country faced large-scale protests against a government decision to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.
What is Japan?
In 2021, this international organization declared that malaria had been eliminated in China, a significant public health achievement.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
This South American rainforest, the largest in the world, continues to face deforestation at alarming rates.
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
This political party in the United Kingdom saw three different prime ministers in 2022, including Liz Truss, who resigned after just 45 days.
What is the Conservative Party?
In 2022, this company’s spacecraft successfully completed its mission to redirect an asteroid, demonstrating the potential of planetary defense.
What is NASA?
This major sporting event in 2022 faced international criticism for the treatment of migrant workers and human rights concerns in the host country.
What is the FIFA World Cup in Qatar?
This country experienced one of the fastest and largest COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, reaching over a billion doses by late 2021.
What is India?
In 2022, this international agreement aimed to protect 30% of the world’s land and oceans by 2030.
What is the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework?
In 2021, this international group regained control of Afghanistan following the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Who are the Taliban?
This country is leading in the development and testing of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for use by the public, aiming to reduce reliance on physical cash.
What is China?
In 2021, this small Caribbean nation officially removed Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, becoming the world’s newest republic.
What is Barbados?