The United Nations

When was the United Nations officially established?

• 1945

• 1946

• 1919

• 1939

Which city hosts the headquarters of the United Nations?

• Rome

• Geneva

• New York

• Paris

What is the primary responsibility of the Security Council within the UN?

• Economic development

• Cultural promotion

• Maintaining international peace and security

• Educational programs

Which organization is focused on improving health and eradicating diseases worldwide?

• UNESCO

• ILO

• WHO

• FAO

What role has India played in the United Nations?

• None of the above

• Supporting peacekeeping missions

• Funding the entire organization

• Providing locations for headquarters

An international peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong, founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development

• Mussolini's Fascism

• Treaty of Versailles

• United Nations

• Nuremberg Trials

The United Nations was created primarily to

• replace national governments with one world government
• support the spread of world communism
• improve international cooperation
• promote domestic disputes in member nations

An international peacekeeping organization to which most nations in the world belong, founded in 1945 to promote world peace, security, and economic development

• Mussolini's Fascism

• Treaty of Versailles

• United Nations

• Nuremberg Trials

The United Nations is an organization designed to promote the use of ________ to solve disputes between countries. 

• Annexed
• Secession
• Diplomacy
• Sectionalism

The primary purpose for the creation of the United Nations was to

• maintain an international army

• promote peace through international agreements

• free Eastern European countries from communism

• supply food to all member countries

Answer explanation

The United Nations was created after WWII as an international peace keeping organization whose primary purpose was not military intimidation but rather a forum for all nations to come together and work peacefully through diplomacy to resolve world issues.

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