The Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts the Academic WorldQuest HS competition each year. In the fall TNWAC organizes a practice round. This presentation provides Rounds 6-10 of the practice match questions with answers. The match was held at Belmont University on November 21, 2015. The TNWAC State Championship match is set for February 21, 2016 at Belmont University in Nashville. Visit TNWAC.org/worldquest for details. Please feel free to use our practice questions and answers for your teams.

1. FALL 2015 MATCH
ANSWERS
(PART 2)
TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS
COUNCIL
ACADEMIC WORLDQUEST

2. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-1 This group, also known as ISIS, has claimed
responsibility for the November 13th terrorist attacks in
Paris.
A. Al Quds Brigade
B. Al Qaeda
C. Hizbollah
D. Daesh

3. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-2 Investigators believe a Russian jetliner that recently
crashed in the Sinai Peninsula was brought down by a
bomb. Where is the Sinai Peninsula?
A. Egypt
B. Sudan
C. Israel
D. Lebanon

4. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-3 The Group of Twenty (G20) the premier global
economic development body [Argentina, Australia, Brazil,
Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States
and the European Union] recently met in this place.
A. Athens, Greece
B. Bali, Indonesia
C. Sao Paulo, Brazil
D. Antalya, Turkey

5. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-4 Secretary of State John Kerry represented the United
States in Vienna as 17 countries worked to develop a
political solution to the Syria crisis. Who represented the
Russian Federation?
A. Laurent Fabius
B. Sergei Lavarov
C. Dmitry Medvedev
D. Alexander Ovechkin

6. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-5 South Sudan's rebels recently claimed that government
soldiers had launched attacks against their positions in oil-
rich Unity State in what they said was a violation of a peace
deal signed in August. South Sudan gained its independence
in 2011 and declared this city its capital.
A. Tumbura
B. Malualkon
C. Yambio
D. Juba

7. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-6 This President who was driven from his Yemen earlier
this year by civil conflict recently returned to Aden to rally
his forces.
A. President Ashraf Ghani
B. President Serzh Sargsyan
C. President Denis Sassou Nguesso
D. President Abd-Rabbu Hadi

8. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-7 Which country, the world’s third largest economy, that
had counted on “Abenomics” to restore its economic
progress, reported it experienced the fourth technical
recession in five years.
A. India
B. Brazil
C. Japan
D. China

9. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-8 President Obama recently announced the United States
would send several dozen Special Operations troops to
Syria for the purpose of:
A. Advise forces fighting the army of Bashar al Assad
B. Advise forces fighting the Islamic State
C. Advise forces fighting Al Qaeda
D. Advise forces fighting Russian troops

10. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-9 The Chinese government announced a change to a
long-standing social policy known as:
A. “Elders Care Policy”
B. “One Child Policy”
C. “Rural-Urban Migration Policy”
D. “Planned Parenthood”

11. ROUND SIX - CURRENT EVENTS
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
6-10Jimmy Morales won the Guatemalan election for
president with 68 percent of the electorate who were
frustrated by the country’s political class. Morales moves to
the office from his job as:
A. Newspaper editor
B. Supermarket chain magnate
C. TV comedian
D. Guatemala City Chief of Police

12. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-1 What UN official warned that new communications
technology were vulnerable to surveillance and interception
which posed a threat to privacy and to freedom of
expression and association?
A. High Commissioner for Human Rights
B. Chancellor of Communications
C. Secretary General
D. President of the General Assembly

13. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-2 Cyberspace is difficult to secure due to a number of
factors such as all of these EXCEPT:
A. The ability of malicious actors to operate from
anywhere in the world
B. The proliferation of personal information in social
media
C. The linkages between cyberspace and physical
systems
D. The difficulty of reducing vulnerabilities and
consequences in complex networks

14. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-3 Human Rights Watch warned that institutions have not kept up
with technological developments in preventing challenges to human
rights. The practical steps they suggested to “catch up to the digital
reality” include all of these EXCEPT:
A. Reinforce the Conceptualization of Human Rights Protection as a
National Security Priority
B. Contribute to Development of Multi-Stakeholder Internet
Governance
C. Develop Protocols for Designing Social Media Systems for Use
by Dissidents
D. Create a Special Rapporteur mandate on the Right to Privacy at
the UN Human Rights Council.

15. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-4 Concerns for privacy of digital data against
government collection has raised the prospect of updating
which Amendment to the United States Constitution?
A. First
B. Fourth
C. Fifth
D. Sixth

16. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-5 Last year the “right to be forgotten” – forcing search
engines to remove personal information from the Web –
was championed by what group?
A. Human Rights Watch
B. Freedom Forum Foundation
C. European Union
D. United Nations

17. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-6 In 2012 this digital service attempted to manipulate
the emotions of its users to determine if emotions are
“contagious” by feeding negative information to users and
analyzing their reactions.
A. Amazon
B. Instagram
C. Twitter
D. Facebook

18. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-7 Who shined a light on National Security Agency
activities that suggested “Big Brother” knows too much
about the personal lives of Americans?
A. Assange
B. Snowden
C. Bearden
D. Greenwald

19. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-8 In response to an international ruling on the “Right to
be Forgotten” this Internet giant convened an Advisory
Council to assist in determining the balance between an
individual’s right to be forgotten with the public’s right to
information.
A. Tumblr
B. Google
C. Facebook
D. Amazon

20. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-9 A challenge to maintaining privacy in a digital world
results from:
A. Privacy law cannot respond quickly enough to
technological changes.
B. Databases contain too much personal information.
C. Governments’ pursuit of personal information.
D. The “right to be forgotten” has made it difficult to
maintain search engine data.

21. ROUND SEVEN - PRIVACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
7-10The “Right to be Forgotten” was brought about by a
lawsuit over privacy rights from:
A. A Spanish citizen over proceedings from a home
repossession auction.
B. A Danish citizen who complained online academic
records were embarrassing.
C. An Irish musician who challenged online sharing of her
recordings.
D. A German politician over rumors about financial
wrongdoing.

22. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-1 Last year the US Navy released a road map for
expanding its presence in the Arctic. Among its objectives
was to “continue to advocate for US accession” to what legal
framework:
A. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
B. International Artic Maritime Claims Convention
C. United Nations High Latitude Convention
D. North Pole Claims Adjudication Convention

23. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-2 Eight countries are vying for control of various areas in
the Arctic region. They include:
A. Russia, Canada, Scotland, Finland
B. United States, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
C. Norway, Russia, Japan, Sweden
D. Iceland, Greenland, Sweden, Norway

24. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-3 The Arctic region is considered the area above Latitude
66° 32" N also called the:
A. Arctic Tree Line
B. Summer Solstice Line
C. Prime Meridian
D. Arctic Circle

25. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-4 The various definitions of the Arctic region include all
of these EXCEPT:
A. Above the Arctic Circle
B. Above the Arctic Tree Line
C. Area above which average daily summer temperature
does not rise above 10 degrees Celsius.
D. Above the Arctic Wildlife Line

26. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-5 The Arctic region is facing development due to
discovery of:
A. Northern Passage from Europe to Asia
B. Large deposits of oil and gas
C. Seabed deposits of rare earth minerals
D. Economical freshwater conversion techniques

27. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-6 This factor has impeded development of Arctic
resources:
A. Insufficient daylight in winter
B. High costs for Arctic infrastructure
C. Magnetic interference of communications
D. Diminished access resulting from climate change

28. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-7 This American was the first person to reach the North
Pole where he left a note in 1909 claiming to have “formally
taken possession of the entire region” in the name of the
President of the United States.
A. Roald Amundsen
B. Thor Heyerdahl
C. Edmund Hillary
D. Robert Peary

29. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-8 The SS Manhattan traveled from the Atlantic to the
Pacific in 1969 becoming the first commercial vessel to
travel across this new route:
A. The Polar Vortex
B. The Northwest Passage
C. The Cape of Good Hope
D. The Canada Channel

30. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-9 This American President issued a “National Strategy
for the Arctic Region” that noted the “Arctic region is
peaceful, stable and free of conflict.”
A. President Obama
B. President Bush
C. President Clinton
D. President Truman

31. ROUND EIGHT - THE (‘BRRRR’) ARCTIC
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
8-10American “Arctic Strategy” is built on three lines of
effort consisting of all of these EXCEPT:
A. Advance United States Security Interests
B. Research Solutions to Climate Change
C. Pursue Responsible Arctic Region Stewardship
D. Strengthen International Cooperation

32. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-1 Food security is built on three pillars according to the
World Food Summit of 1996. They include all of these
EXCEPT:
A. Food Availability
B. Food Adaptability
C. Food Access
D. Food Use

33. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-2 Food security critics argue that trade liberalization
under World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements
threaten this sector:
A. Transportation
B. Retailing
C. Agriculture
D. Marketing

34. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-3 Which government entity has the lead for “Feed the
Future” – a partnership to pioneer a comprehensive
approach to end hunger and drive real change at a large
scale?
A. U.S. State Department
B. U.S. Agency for International Development
C. U.S. Peace Corps
D. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

35. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-4 What United Nations organization has food security
analysis as a core function to answer critical questions
necessary to design operations in “food insecure” countries?
A. World Health Organization
B. World Food Program
C. UNICEF
D. High Commission for Refugees

36. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-5 This U.S. Government entity supports global food
security through in-country capacity building, basic and
applied research, and support for improved market
information, statistics and analysis.
A. Department of Commerce
B. Department of State
C. Department of Agriculture
D. Department of Transportation

37. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-6 Food price hikes are driven by trends that are both
elevating demand and making it difficult to increase
production that include all of these EXCEPT:
A. Rapidly expanding population
B. Crop withering temperature increases
C. Introduction of genetically modified seeds
D. Irrigation wells running dry

38. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-7 The world’s population will increase 35% to more than 9
billion people by 2050 but crop production will have to
increase 100% to feed them because:
A. Climate change will reduce the effectiveness of agricultural
methods.
B. Competition for food security will inhibit delivery from
field to market.
C. The developing world will become prosperous enough
to eat more meat.
D. Higher demands for food will lead to reduction of the
rain forest.

39. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-8 In 2000 the international community agreed to
promote targets to “halve, between 1990 and 2015, the
proportion of people who suffer from hunger.” This was
published in:
A. The World Food Program Doctrine
B. The Millennium Declaration
C. The World Food Summit Communique
D. The UN Security Council Resolution 2250

40. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-9 How many people, according to USDA, do not have
access to a sufficient supply to nutritious and safe food.
A. 350 million
B. 870 million
C. 1.2 billion
D. 2.3 billion

41. ROUND NINE - FOOD SECURITY
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
9-10In the aftermath of a disaster the WFP may seed to
determine the impact on households and their livelihoods
and to provide response recommendations on food and
non-food assistance options. This is called:
A. Norman Borlaug Food Assistance Program
B. International Assistance Assessment
C. Emergency Food Security Assessment
D. Comprehensive Catastrophe Survey

42. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-1The Organization of American States pursues these
essential purposes EXCEPT:
A. To strengthen the peace and security of the continent.
B. To seek the solution of political, juridical and economic
problems.
C. To advance economic integration under NAFTA.
D. To eradicate extreme poverty.

43. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-2There are how many independent states in the OAS?
A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 35

44. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-3The OAS was created in:
A. 1935
B. 1941
C. 1948
D. 1955

45. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-4The OAS is considered this type of organization:
A. Bilateral
B. Regional
C. Plurilateral
D. Indigenous

46. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-5The OAS has been criticized for:
A. Operational overreach
B. Poor integration of resources
C. Institutional weakness
D. Isolation of key regional countries

47. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-6The United States passed this law calling for
“management and programmatic reform” of the OAS:
A. Western Hemisphere Integration Act of 2005
B. The 2014 Act of the Americas
C. OAS Revitalization and Reform Act of 2013
D. The OAS Program Review Act of 2012

48. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-7The first Summit of the Americas -- which focused on
regional trade – was held in Miami in 1994 following the
enactment of this:
A. Western Hemisphere Trade Reconciliation Pact
(WHTRP)
B. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
C. Organization of American States Trade Standards
Agreement (OASTSA)
D. Inter-American Trade Reconciliation Treaty (IATR)

49. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-8On September 11, 2001, OAS members signed this
agreement which declared that American states have a
“right to democracy” and an “obligation to promote and
defend it.”
A. American States Freedom Charter
B. Western Hemisphere Promotion of Democracy
Convention
C. Inter-American Democratic Charter
D. International Convention for American Democratic
Values

50. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-9This country which was suspended from the OAS in
1962 after a revolution ushered in a self-proclaimed
Marxist-Leninist government “incompatible with the
principles and objectives of the inter-American system.”
A. Bolivia
B. Chile
C. Cuba
D. Nicaragua

51. ROUND TEN - ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
WORLDQUEST ANSWERS
10-10 The OAS has dedicated greater attention to
hemispheric security issues, especially since 2005 when it
created the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security. The
concern is to focus more attention on:
A. Border violations among member states.
B. Transnational criminal threats.
C. Cross border migrant smuggling.
D. International terrorism.

52. END OF SECOND HALF
WORLDQUEST
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