Unit 3

Question 1

Republic

Answer 1

country with a nominated president

Question 2

legislative powers

Answer 2

branch with the power to create and alter laws

Question 3

executive powers

Answer 3

branch with the authority to enforce laws, manage public affairs, and implement the law

Question 4

judicial powers

Answer 4

authority of courts and judges to decide and pronounce judgement on cases

Question 5

separation of powers

Answer 5

vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial in separate powers

Question 6

checks and balances

Answer 6

allows each branch to amend or veto acts of another branch to prevent one branch from having too much power

Question 7

communist

Answer 7

all property is publicly owned, and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

Question 8

socialist

Answer 8

government controls all means of production

Question 9

unicameral

Answer 9

government with one legislative house or chamber

Question 10

bicameral

Answer 10

government with two branches or chambers

Question 11

parliament

Answer 11

assembly of representatives that create laws

Question 12

federal

Answer 12

government where power is divided between one central and several regional governments

Question 13

constitutional monarchy

Answer 13

government that is ruled by a king or queen and power is limited by its country’s constitution

Question 14

unitary system

Answer 14

political structure with only one level of authority

Question 15

cabinet

Answer 15

advises the president on any subject and runs the governments executive departments

Question 16

Chinese civil war

Answer 16

conflict between communist and nationalist party following World War II, leading to the establishment of Peoples Republic of China

Question 17

Mao Zedong

Answer 17

Chinese communist leader and founder of People’s Republic of China

Question 18

Korean war

Answer 18

conflict between North and South Korea where North aimed to Conquer South to spread communism agenda

Question 19

Richard Nixon

Answer 19

US president that ended 25 years of isolation in 1972 between China and established diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1979

Question 20

Tiananmen square massacre

Answer 20

protest in Beijing against martial law in 1989 when their army stormed in with tanks and killed many

Question 21

Xi Jinping

Answer 21

seventh president of China since 2013 and general secretary of the Chinese communist party

Question 22

Biden and Ukraine

Answer 22

Biden administration has given Ukraine permission to use long-range American made missile against targets in Russia

Question 23

APEC

Answer 23

Biden and Jinping meet at APEC summit in Peru (Asia-pacific economic cooperation)

Question 24

Delhi

Answer 24

Delhi advises 33 million residents to stay indoors due to toxic smog

Question 25

polio vaccinations

Answer 25

Poland urges polio vaccinations for children after virus detected in sewage in Warsaw

Question 26

Trump and Oz

Answer 26

Trump picks Dr. Oz to be the centers for medicate and Medicaid services administrator

Question 27

Netanyahu

Answer 27

Netanyahu offers $5 million and safe passage out of Gaza to anyone returning an Israel hostage

Question 28

Israel prime minister

Answer 28

Benjamin Netanyahu

Question 29

Word of the year

Answer 29

manifest

Question 30

ICC

Answer 30

(International criminal court) issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes in Gaza

Question 31

ICC location

Answer 31

the Hague, Netherlands

Question 32

Baltic seas

Answer 32

European officials claim sabotage after two internet cables are cut in the Baltic seas

Question 33

Biden and Hunter

Answer 33

president Biden issues a full pardon to his son Hunter

Question 34

Israel and Hezbollah

Answer 34

Israel and Hezbollah reach a cease fire agreement

Question 35

European union

Answer 35

massive protests in Goergia over the government's decision to delay a bid to join the European Union

Question 36

South Korea President

Answer 36

Yoon Suk Yeol

Question 37

South Korea

Answer 37

declares emergency martial law then resides it hours later claiming the opposition party aimed at inciting rebellion

Question 38

China and US

Answer 38

China bans outright the sale to the US of a number of materials crucial for the production of semiconductors and electric vehicle batteries

Question 39

Syria and Aleppo

Answer 39

Syrian rebels have taken Aleppo, the second largest city in Syria

Question 40

Syria and Russia

Answer 40

Syrian and Russian jets launch attacks on rebels in Aleppo

Question 41

Syria president

Answer 41

Bashar Al-Assad

Question 42

Jay Inslee

Answer 42

institutes a spending and hiring freeze for the state government

Question 43

Syria and Hama

Answer 43

Syrian army withdraws from Hama

Question 44

Australia and social media

Answer 44

passes world's first social media ban for those under 16

Question 45

Indian Weapons

Answer 45

India successfully tests a hypersonic missile

Question 46

hypersonic missile

Answer 46

2-25 times the speed of sound, flies lower than ballistic missiles, and can change course during flight

Question 47

Assad in Syria

Answer 47

the Assad regime collapsed in Syria, Assad given asylum in Russia

Question 48

ISIS in Syria

Answer 48

US pounds ISIS camps in Syria

Question 49

Israel and Syria

Answer 49

Israel hits Syrian strategic weapons systems and tanks enter Golan heights buffer zone