Grade 5 Revision

The United Nations

• The United Nations (UN) is an international organisation established on October 24, 1945, shortly after the end of World War 2.

• The United Nations was formed to replace the League of Nations which had failed to prevent World War 2.

World leaders who had collaborated to end World War 2 felt a strong need for a mechanism that would help them bring peace and stop future wars.

They realised that this was possible only if all nations worked together through a global organisation. The United Nations was to be that organisation.

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Creation of the UN

Leader of the UN

• The leader of the United Nations in known as The Secretary-General

• António Guterres is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations.

• António Guterres is the ninth Secretary-General, his term began 1 January 2017.

Organs of the UN

The United Nations has set up six principal organs. They are

1. The General Assembly

2. The Security Council

3. The Economic and Social Council

4. The Secretariat

5. The United Nations Trustee Council

6. The International Court of Justice.

​The General Assembly is the main organ of the United Nations and includes all its members.
It provides a forum for member states and is the main representative and policy making section of the UN. It makes decisions on important peace and security issues.

The Assembly meets every year from September

to December.

​​The General Assembly

The Security Council has 15 members. It has primary responsibility under the UN charter for maintaining peace and security.

It can be convened at any time when peace is threatened. It usually first asks the parties to reach agreement by peaceful means. If fighting breaks out, the Council tries to secure a ceasefire. It may then send peacekeeping missions to troubled areas to restore peace

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The Security Council

On 1 January 2016, the United Nations created 17 goals. Those goals are called the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 

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Goals of the UN

The U.N. Has 193 Member States.

A List of all UN members states > https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states

​​Members

The U.N. Has Six Official Languages.

These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.

​​Languages

The United Nations has no military,However, members of the United Nations May deploy their military under a UN flag if they vote to do so in the Security Council.

​​ U.N. News

U.N. army

The U.N. Has Its Own News Site.

For news from across UN system, visit UN News .

The United Nations

Saudi Arabia

• ​Saudi Arabia is a large country located in the Arab Peninsula.The Arab peninsula is the largest Peninsula in the world.

• A Peninsula is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

• The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh.

• The country is ruled by king Salman bin Abdulaziz.
  

​The Land of the Hot Sand :

Most of Saudi Arabia is a high rocky plateau covered by vast desert. The desert is covered with small Hills of sand called sand dunes. There is no lakes or rivers in this land. in some places in the desert underground water comes to the surface forming areas called Oasis.

​Saudi Arabia’s plants

​Very few plants can grow in a desert climate.

Cacti and some short shrubs, which can withstand the hot dry conditions, can be seen in the desert regions of Saudi Arabia.

Date palms and some crops such as wheat and barley are grown in oases.

Saudi Arabia's Petroleum

Saudi Arabia is a very rich country. This is because of the vast deposits of petroleum in the country.

The money earned by selling petroleum to other countries has been used to build modern cities such as Riyadh and Jeddah.

Multiple Choice

• The United Nations was established on October 24, 1945.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

• The United Nations was formed to replace the League of Nations.

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

U.N. is short for ______

Fill in the Blank

Why was the United Nations created?

Multiple Choice

The U.N. Has _____ Member States.

• 193

• 122

• 111

• 133

Multiple Choice

The U.N. Has Six Official Languages.

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

Name any two organs of the united nations

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_________ is the main organ of the United Nations

Multiple Choice

The U.N. Has Its Own News Site.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

• António Guterres is the ninth Secretary-General.

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

Name two of the UN’s goals

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:

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Multiple Choice

• How many goals does the UN have?

• 150

• 17

• 700

• 20

Fill in the Blank

• _______ is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Fill in the Blank

• The leader of the United Nations in known as _______

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Multiple Choice

Date palms and some crops such as wheat and barley are grown in ___

• Oases

• Oceans

• Rivers

• Chocolate or vanilla

Multiple Choice

​Very few plants can grow in a desert climate.

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

The money that Saudi Arabia earned by selling petroleum to other countries has been used to build ______________

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Multiple Select

• The capital of Saudi Arabia is Jeddah.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

• A Peninsula is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

in some places in the desert underground water comes to the surface forming areas called _____

• • peninsula

• Oasis

• Hills

• desert

Fill in the Blank

Saudi arabia is ruled by

Fill in the Blank

Most of Saudi Arabia is a high rocky plateau covered by _______