Stuff You Missed In History Class
I am the most populous democracy in the world.
Who is India?
In a bid to fund right-wing Nicaraguan insurrectionists seeking to overthrow the leftist government, the Reagan Administration sold arms to a country under embargo in this scandal.
What is Iran-Contra?
This year's G20 meeting was held in this city.
What is Osaka, Japan?
US President Donald Trump was the subject of much news over his wavering position on a meeting with this leader during the UN General Assembly.
Who is Hassan Rouhani?
Georgia's intent to join this organization in 2008 was a major factor in sparking the Russo-Georgian War.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
This country was the first to officially recognize the US in 1777.
What is Morocco?
CIA covert operations successfully executed a coup d'état against this Central American nation in order to ensure high US profits on fruit.
What is Guatemala?
This August, in a controversial move, the special status of this autonomous region was revoked.
What is Kashmir?
Many of this country's most senior officials skipped this year's UN General Assembly.
What is North Korea?
This organization came about during the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire at the close of World War II.
What is the International Monetary Fund?
Rather than go to war, these two countries have been fighting for possession of Greenland's tiny Hans Island for decades by leaving flags and gifts such as whiskey.
What are Denmark and Canada?
This country used covert operatives to bomb a Greenpeace boat called the “Rainbow Warrior” in 1985– in New Zealand’s waters!
What is France?
Iran captured and held an oil tanker from this country in a standoff for months after it was accused of violating sanctions on Syria.
What is the United Kingdom?
Komal Kumar, Wanhuji Njoroge, and Bruno Rodriguez were part of the first-ever UN youth summit on this topic.
What is climate change?
This August, Donald Trump finalized US withdrawal from this landmark 1988 treaty.
What is the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)?
Napoleon was once attacked by a horde of this animal.
What are bunnies?
The United States used covert operations to cut down a particularly problematic tree, the dispute over which was the cause of multiple US and UN deaths, on the border between these two countries.
What are North and South Korea?
Name any two of Hong Kong's Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement's five demands.
What are:
Full withdrawal of the Extradition Bill
Retraction of the protests as a "riot"
Release of arrested protestors
Accountability for police brutality
Resignation of Chief Executive Carrie Lam
After being acquired by Facebook, UN officials have chosen to stop using WhatsApp for communications, instead advocating for this other encrypted app.
What is Signal?
Due to fears over the prosecution of American nationals, the US is one of only three countries to sign and then withdraw from the Rome Statute mandating this organization.
What is the International Criminal Court?
Recently uncovered State Department intelligence reports show that in 1963, this surprising country sought to develop a nuclear weapons program.
What is Sweden?
In 1989, American Navy SEALS enacted Operation Nifty Package to capture Panamanian de facto leader Manuel Noriega using this unconventional means.
What is loud music?
China recently changed the language in the Wikipedia article for this long-disputed Japanese possession, sparking controversy as they assert ownership.
What are the Senkaku Islands?
As of this year, this country hosts the highest number of UN Peacekeepers in the world.
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
Beginning after World War II and lasting until 1979, the United Kingdom, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Turkey entered into this unsuccessful treaty organization for the Cold War.
What is the Central Treaty Organization (also accepted: CENTO, The Baghdad Pact, METO)