International Organizations 2023

In 1949, the United States and eleven other countries agreed to form which military alliance?

• SEATO      

• ANZUS   

• NATO 

• OPEC

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949. What is the agreement among the nations that formed NATO?

• to ally in common defense against Soviet Union menaces

• to prevent the spread of infectious disease

• to share the costs of developing new technology

• to provide nuclear weapons to member nations

What has been a major success of the European Union (EU) in recent years?

• the creation of a single military force
• the rejection of national sovereignty
• the adoption of a single language
• the elimination of trade barriers

A major factor that encouraged member states to form the European Union was the

• the threat of external military forces

• advantages of economic integration, unique money

• need to protect human rights

• popular demand for unified social institutions

What is the purpose of International Organizations?

• to keep the world a safe and stable place to live
• to ensure that countries remain isolated from one another
• to only ensure that countries do not go to war with one another
• to only ensure that people are healthy 

When was the U.N. created?

• After WWI
• After WWII
• During the Great Depression
• During WWII

What is the primary purpose of the U.N.?

• keep peace in the world
• foster global growth and economic stability
• help reduce poverty
• regulating trade and tariffs/ to sort out trade problems 

What is the primary purpose of the World Trade Organization?

• keep peace in the world
• foster global growth and economic stability
• help reduce poverty
• regulating trade/ to sort out trade problems 

The American Red Cross provides _____________ to people hurt by war or natural disasters.

• food, medicine and supplies

• books and games

• crayons and coloring books

• pens and paper for letter writting

What are the 4 main purposes of the United Nations? Select the most complete one!

• keep peace, develop relations, improve the life of the world's poor, centre for discord

• keep peace, develop relations, improve the life of the world's rich, centre for harmony

• keep peace, develop relations, improve the life of the world's poor, center for harmony

• keep peace, wage war, improve the life of the world's poor, centre for harmony