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Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
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1. What is “Finlandization”?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]”Finlandization” is the term given to Finland’s foreign policy of neutrality and that made it subservient to the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The policy has its roots in 1944 when Finland signed a peace treaty with the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Even after the Cold War ended, Finland has remained neutral and outside of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). However, as Russia becomes more militaristic towards Scandinavian nations some Finnish leaders are beginning to ponder Finnish participation in the alliance.[/toggle]
2. Which country currently has the presidency of the G-7?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Germany. The G-7 is an organization of leading advanced economies of the world. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has put climate change issues at the center of the G-7’s agenda. The group will meet June 7-8 in Krun.[/toggle]
3. The lower house of the Russian Duma recently passed a law that allows the government to limit foreign and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from entering the country on these grounds.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The proposed law would allow the Russian government to prohibit the activities of foreign and non-government organizations (NGOs) from entering Russia if they threaten Russia’s constitutional order, defense, or security. This follows a 2012 law that requires groups receiving foreign funding to register as “foreign agents.” It is expected that the upper house of the Duma and President Vladimir Putin will sign the bill into law.[/toggle]
4. Which famous global figure joined Twitter this week?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]President Obama. In less than twenty-four hours the President picked up nearly two million followers, which is an average of 3,314 per minute.[/toggle]
5. Who is the President of Burundi?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Pierre Nkurunziza. Nkurunziza took office in August 2005 when he was appointed by the Burundian parliament. He has sought to run for a third term although there is a constitutional prohibition on doing so and this trigged a failed coup attempt against him last week.[/toggle]
6. The United Nations recently condemned three Southeast Asian governments for pushing back refugee boats. What are these three nations?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. In recent days all three countries have turned back migrant boats, arguing that they would be overwhelmed by refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh if they allowed the boats to land. Thousands of refugees are believed to currently be at sea with no supplies and no one that is willing to land them. These boats have also been abandoned by human traffickers.[/toggle]
7. How has the Ukrainian government supported its claim that Russian troops are aiding separatist rebels?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]The government has used two captured Russian soldiers who it says were trying to carry out “terrorist acts.” Although Russia denies that it is engaged in the Ukrainian civil war, it is demanding that it have access to both men. It also says that while both men were once Russian soldiers they were not long on active duty when they were captured on May 17.[/toggle]
8. What violent incident took place in Waco, Texas last weekend?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]A clash of motorcycle gang members that left nine people dead and eighteen injured. Police arrested 170 other gang members who may face murder charges. The clash reportedly took place over a disputed parking space.[/toggle]
9. The Iraqi military recently suffered a setback against ISIS when they lost control of this city this week.
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]Ramadi. Ramadi is located in Western Iraq and Iraqi troops reportedly fled, leaving U.S. military equipment behind as they did so. The setback has caused President Obama’s critics to argue that his policies against the group are not working.[/toggle]
10. How many pages of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s e-mails will be part of a “rolling” release to the public?
[toggle title_open=”Close Me” title_closed=”Open Me” hide=”yes” border=”yes” style=”default” excerpt_length=”0″ read_more_text=”Read More” read_less_text=”Read Less” include_excerpt_html=”no”]55,000. These e-mails were from Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State and will be reviewed to make sure that they do not include classified information. The State Department had proposed waiting until January 2016 to release the e-mails, but a U.S. district court rejected that plan yesterday. The e-mails will be released in sets every sixty days.[/toggle]