United Nations Pre-Assessment

How many states are are members of the United Nations?

• 193
• 293
• 199
• 993

Which of the following is a goal of the United Nations?

• Preventing international wars
•  Punishing countries that don't have free elections
• Distributing the earth's natural resources equally among all countries 
•  Maintaining the United States' position as the world's number-one superpower

What is the main aim of the UN?

• Maintain peace and order

• Help countries get along

• Provide everyone what they need for good life

• All of the above

What event helped bring about the founding of the United Nations

• The end of World War 1

• The end of World War II

• The fall of the Berlin Wall

• The September 11 attacks

The United Nations is organized into different committees or groups of people that come together to solve a set of problems or issues. All represented countries on the committee discuss the problem or issue according to their perspective.

Match the issue with the committee that would discuss it

• Raising water levels due to higher temperatures and a change in climate in the Pacific Islands

• United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

•  The situation in Darfur, Sudan, where there is a civil war that kills many innocent people

• United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

• When orphanages need clothing for children in North America

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Who are the 5 permanent members of the Security Council? 

• United States, Germany, Russia, China and the United Kingdom
• United States, France, Japan, China and the United Kingdo
• United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom
• United States, Russia, China, Canada and the United Kingdom

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written in response to

• atrocities committed during World War II

• the burning of Hutu homes in Rwanda

• demands for better treatment of Latin American peasants in Guatemala

• the forced migrations of city people under the rule of the Khmer Rouge

Who was the first person to use the term United Nations?

• Immanuel Kant

• Winston Churchill

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Joseph Stalin

Where are the Head quarters of the United Nations Security Council?

• Washington DC

• Australia

• New York City

• Canada

The head of the UN is called the_____________________

• Secretary General

• Secretariat

• Chief Justice