What in the World? Weekly Quiz – January 4-10, 2021

As the United Kingdom completed “Brexit” and left the European Union, many feared for the chaos in cross border commerce that would come from it. With a new custom border in play, trucks from the UK smoothly made clearance from WHAT country before passing through the Eurotunnel?

Belgium

France

Netherlands

Ireland

Cuba has been on a dual currency system that “masked” government subsidies and now they are falling back on the single currency Peso at a single rate. Because of this, Cubans have seen increases in prices of goods and services and higher pensions and state sector wages. The Cuban Communist Party once resisted doing this because of THIS factor.

It will reduce Havanna’s political power.

It will decrease supply of goods.

It will increase Havanna’s political power.

It will decrease economic hardships for Cubans.

The Drugs Controller General of THIS Asian country approved an AstraZeneca-Oxford developed drug, cheaper and easier to store, as their first COVID-19 vaccine. The Serum Institute has already stocked 50 million doses from AstraZeneca for distribution in THIS nation of 1.3 billion people.

Mongolia

Indonesia

India

Bhutan

The year 2020 saw positive prospects for democracy in WHICH of these countries? [“Daily Chatter” Question of the Week]

Thailand

Sudan

Belarus

Hungary

A USIP report by Lauren Ballile and Rachel Vanderbrink, said it’s time to re-evaluate the “atrocity prevention toolkit,” in writing: “Documented evidence of large-scale human rights abuses in [THIS] region [of China] has painted a clear picture that Beijing is perpetrating mass atrocities against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim ethnic groups. But even in the face of transparent evidence, the strategies the international community and the United States typically deploy to prevent atrocities have failed to stop the problem.” [US Institute of Peace Question of the Week]

Xinjiang

Hong Kong

Hubei

Sichuan

Australia changed a word in its national anthem, “Advance Australia Fair,” to recognize the history and communities of the original Australians. WHAT is the more common name for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people?

Migrant Australians

Modern Australians

Indigenous Australians

Reformed Australians

Leaders in Belgrade launched a new gas link to bring Russian gas to THIS country, rejecting U.S. Calls to avoid dependency on Moscow.

Bosnia

Serbia

Albania

Montenegro

Scientists have connected the rise of deadly pathogens like Ebola in Africa to THIS phenomenon.

Tropical deforestation

Wildlife trade

Expansion of farmlands

All of the above

Protesters in Israel took to the streets Saturday to demand the resignation of THIS Prime Minister because of alleged corruption and the mishandling of COVID-19 response.

Shaul Amor

Bennie Gantz

Yoram Aridor

Benjamin Netanyahu

The “Green Wave” movement passed controversial legislation in Argentina’s Congress providing for THIS, in defiance of the Catholic Church’s strong opposition. The vote may influence similar moves in other Latin American countries.

Abortion

Reform of guaranteed labor mandates

Closure of food banks

Taxes on religious institutions

What in the World? Weekly Quiz – January 4-10, 2021

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