Current Events Quiz, October 6, 2009

This activity contains 10 questions.

The Lisbon Treaty was approved by voters in _____ last week, more than a year after the same voters rejected a similar treaty.

SpainIrelandFranceThe Netherlands

The president of _____ indicated that he may delay signing the Lisbon Treaty until a constitutional court can assess the implications of the treaty for the country’s sovereignty.

the United Kingdomthe Czech RepublicDenmarkCroatia

Elections in _____ last week were won decisively by the Socialists, suggesting that the country may be shifting politically to the left.

GermanyIcelandPortugalGreece

Government ministers at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund rejected claims that tighter regulation could undermine economic growth and agreed, in principle, on the need for new regulations governing

labor protections.environmental pollution.free trade.the financial sector.

The International Olympic Committee awarded the 2016 games to _____ on Friday.

ChicagoRio de JaneiroBerlinTokyo

A massive earthquake in _____ resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,100 people last week.

BangladeshVietnamChinaIndonesia

The president of Burkina Faso was dispatched as a special envoy to meet with the military government of _____ to address the emerging crisis in the country.

SenegalLiberiaSierra LeoneGuinea

On Tuesday, ____ became the first G20 country to increase interest rates since the onset of the global economic crisis.

Germanythe United StatesAustraliathe United Kingdom

The United Nations closed all offices in Pakistan after a suicide attack against an office of the _____ on Monday killed five people.

World Food ProgrammeWorld BankUnited Nations Children’s FundWorld Health Organization

Moshe Yaalon, Vice-Prime Minister of _____, cancelled a planned trip to the United Kingdom on Monday after concerns were raised that he might be arrested for war crimes.

IsraelLebanonJordanSyria

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