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8A-UNITED NATIONS

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prior to the UNITED NATIONS which establishment was in charge of maintaining peace and order?

a)

Justice League

b)

League of Nations

c)

Legal Nations

2.

The head of the UN is called the_____________________

a)

Secretary General

b)

Secretariat

c)

Chief Justice

3.

What is the main aim of the UN?

a)

Maintain peace and order

b)

Help countries get along

c)

Provide everyone what they need for good life

d)

All of the above

4.
Which part of the United Nations is the only one that is not located in New York, New York?
a)
Secretariat
b)
General Assembly
c)
International Court of Justice
d)
Security Council
5.
Who was elected Secretary General of the United Nations on January 1, 2017?
a)
Kofi Anan
b)
Ban Ki-moon
c)
Presidio Munoz
d)
Antonio Guterres
6.
Which of these is the United Nations' executive arm handling the day to day business.  It has an important role in setting the agenda for the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, and Security Council, and the implementation of the decision of these bodies
a)
Security Council
b)
Secretariat
c)
General Assembly
d)
Economic and Social S
7.
Which part of the U.N. is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted by States, and. To give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized UN organs and specialized agencies.
a)
Secretariat
b)
General Assembly (GA) 
c)
Economic and Social Council (EcoSoc)
d)
International Court
8.
How many members of the Security Council are there?
a)
14
b)
15
c)
16
d)
17
9.
Who are the 5 permanent members of the Security Council?
a)
United States, Germany, Russia, China and the United Kingdom
b)
United States, France, Japan, China and the United Kingdom
c)
United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom
d)
United States, Russia, China, Canada and the United Kingdom
10.

When was the United Nations established?

a)

2 May 1945

b)

2 September 1945

c)

24 October 1945

d)

10 December 1948

11.

The UN Secretariat is in charge of ...

a)

organising all the cocktail parties.

b)

administration of the UN.

c)

approving the budgets of the UN.

d)

maintaining global security.

12.

The UN Security Council is responsible for ...

a)

approving the budgets for UN agencies.

b)

administration of the UN.

c)

dealing with threats to international security.

d)

dealing with threats to economic security

13.

Which countries have permanent membership of the Security Council?

a)

USA, China, Russia, France and Britain

b)

USA, Japan, Russia, France and Britain

c)

USA, China, Russia, Japan and Britain

d)

USA, China, India, Russia, France

14.

How many countries met at San Francisco to sign a charter.

a)

57

b)

43

c)

51

d)

193

15.

The headquarters of the UN are in

a)

New York

b)

Amsterdam

c)

Paris

d)

London

16.

The UN favours disarmament which means

a)

supplying arms to other nations

b)

reducing the number of weapons that a country has

c)

using arms to destroy other nations

d)

making modern arms in large numbers

17.

The principal judicial organ of the UN is the

a)

Supreme Court

b)

High Court

c)

ICJ

d)

Lower Court

18.

What does the term Veto powers mean?

a)

Any of the veto power countries can block decisions made by the UN.

b)

Any of the veto power countries can vote alone.

c)

Any of the veto power countries can withdraw from the Council at their own will.

d)

Any of the veto power countries can promote peace.

19.

Which of the countries below is not a Veto power country?

a)

USSR

b)

France

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Uganda

20.

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

a)

Washington DC

b)

Australia

c)

New York City

d)

Canada

21.
Which of the following is a goal of the United Nations?
a)
Preventing international wars
b)
 Punishing countries that don't have free elections
c)
Distributing the earth's natural resources equally among all countries 
d)
 Maintaining the United States' position as the world's number-one superpower
22.

Which date is known as United Nations Day ?

a)

15 November

b)

24 October

c)

3 December

23.

Emblem of WHO

a)
b)
c)
24.

The Security Council has ____________ members

a)

25

b)

39

c)

15

25.

The non-permanent members of security council are elected for a period of _______________ years

a)

3

b)

7

c)

2

26.

The ICJ has its headquarters at ________________

a)

Holland

b)

Hague

c)

Portugal

27.

The ICJ has _____________ judges

a)

15

b)

24

c)

16

28.

The General Assembly has its headquarters in _____________

a)

Oklahoma City

b)

New York

c)

Phoenix

29.

UNESCO has its headquarters at

a)

Paris

b)

Nice

c)

Lyon

30.

Which of the following is NOT part of the UN?

a)

The General Assembly

b)

The Secretariat

c)

The Security Council

d)

The International Court of Economic Justice

e)

Non of these