Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – July 24-30, 2023

Chinese President Xi Jinping gave THIS former Secretary of State, an architect of the modern U.S.-China relationship, a warm welcome in Beijing during a private visit.

Mike Pompeo

Frank Wisner

Henry Kissinger

James Baker

Travis King, a U.S. Army soldier, made headlines when he took THIS action.

Flew into Kabul where he was detained by the Taliban government

Represented the U.S. At a marathon along the Great Wall of China

Became first U.S. Servicemember to summit tallest peaks on all continents

Dashed across the Korean DMZ and is being held by North Korea

Thousands of Israeli reservists vowed to “walk off” the job and protestors chained themselves to gates at parliament in protest of THIS action by Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government.

Military draft expanded among religious communities

Expansion of settlements in the West

Severe limits on the Supreme Court

Limits on voting rights for Arab-Israelis

The leader of the conservative CDU party in Germany opened the door to working with THIS increasingly popular, far-right group, despite the CDU’s pledge against cooperation.

Alternative for Germany (AFD)

Christian Social Union (CSU

National Front (NF)

Loyalist Union (LU)

Less than a year after the death of a 22-year-old woman in their custody sparked mass protests, THIS country's morality police launched a new campaign to detain women who violate the dress code.

Afghanistan

Iran

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Russia suspended its participation in a landmark United Nations and Turkey-brokered deal that provided THIS humanitarian corridor, a move that will likely threaten vulnerable nations globally.

Ukrainian Refugee Protection deal

Black Sea Initiative grain deal

Cluster Munition Prohibition Treaty

New START Treaty

The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting on THIS rapidly emerging issue. China said it should not become a "runaway horse," and the United States warned against its use to repress people.

Artificial Intelligence

Climate Change

Global Displacement

Nuclear Proliferation

Mexico filed a diplomatic complaint to the United States as a form of protest against THIS state’s decision to launch floating barriers on the Rio Grande River to halt illegal migration.

New Mexico

Arizona

California

Texas

Almost 20,000 tourists were evacuated from THIS Greek resort island as wildfires spread across it and other tourist areas of the country.

Rhodes

Crete

Lampedusa

Cyprus

The European Union signed a “strategic partnership” deal with THIS country to boost its economy and mitigate the migration crisis affecting the bloc, as over 75,000 migrants have used the country as a stopping place before heading to Europe on dangerous maritime routes.

Tunisia

Egypt

Algeria

Malta

Tennessee World Affairs Council What in the World? Weekly Quiz – July 24-30, 2023

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