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207 Foreign Policy Trivia Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2025)

1. After the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, Gaelic culture no longer faced a major threat from what seafaring Norse people?

Answer: Vikings

2. In 2021, Emmanuel Macron acknowledged partial French responsibility for the 1994 genocide in what African nation, in which members of the Tutsi were murdered during a civil war there?

Answer: Rwanda

3. Pretty much the opposite of a monarchy, what R-word type of government is defined as "the power held by the people and those who they elect"?

Answer: Republic

4. The poverty-fighting agency Oxfam was founded in the relative comfort and safety of what guessable English university town?

Answer: Oxford

5. The ANZUS Agreement of 1951 is a non-binding security agreement between Australia, the United States, and what island nation?

Answer: New Zealand

6. Corridors to Mongolia, Russia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India are a few parts of the massive Belt and Road Initiative carried out over the past two decades by what ginormous country?

Answer: China

7. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, is headquarted in what country?

Answer: Sweden

8. Containment was a foreign policy objective during the Cold War wherein the United States attempted to prevent the spread of what economic and political system used in the then-Soviet Union?

Answer: Communism

9. What group, responsible for global medical well-being, was formed by the United Nations after World War II, combining the efforts of groups like the International Sanitary Conferences? Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, its three-letter acronym looks like a question.

Answer: World Health Organization

10. "Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For" is a 2019 book by what former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama?

Answer: Susan Rice

11. As a result of there being many barbecues held at polling stations during elections, with the proceeds going to charity, the term “democracy sausage” is well-used in which English-speaking country?

Answer: Australia

12. Formally established as distinct governing areas in the Lateran Treaty of 1929, what European country encircles Vatican City?

Answer: Italy

13. In 1956, Israel invaded Egypt, followed by the UK and France, forcing outside pressure from the United States. This crisis is known by what name referencing the canal the Western powers were hoping to control?

Answer: Suez Crisis

14. During what country’s Civil War was the “Green Line” the term given to the split between East and West Beirut (its capital city)?

Answer: Lebanon

15. Every February 6, which national day of New Zealand celebrates a collection of Maori chiefs and representatives of the British Crown signing a treaty of the same name?

Answer: Waitangi Day

16. In December 2018, the U.S. angered China by arranging for the detainment in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, an executive of what telecom company?

Answer: Huawei

17. What crop, the most common to be rotated with corn, was the focus of China trade war discussions because 60% of the U.S. crop was exported to China in 2016?

Answer: Soybean

18. A student of Socrates, and later teacher to Aristotle, what ancient Greek philosopher criticized democracy in his work "The Republic," arguing that it could lead to mob rule?

Answer: Plato

19. Which president resided in his mansion at Monticello and was a famed inventor? He controversially enforced the Embargo Act and successfully led a raid against Barbary pirates.

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

20. "Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us" is a quote from what U.S. president, who ironically was killed by a former U.S. Marine?

Answer: John F. Kennedy

21. On May 27, 2022, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that what nation "is the only country with both the intent to reshape the international order and, increasingly, the...power to do it?"

Answer: China

22. The sentencing of American Michael Fay to six strokes by caning in 1994 led to strained relations between the United States and what Asian republic?

Answer: Singapore

23. Diplomat George Kennan coined what "C" word to refer to the U.S. strategy designed to prevent the spread of Communism throughout the post-World War II world?

Answer: Containment

24. In 2020, the nation of Morocco normalized its relations with Israel in exchange for U.S. recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over what region?

Answer: Western Sahara

25. What cozy-sounding term is the opposite of using “hard-nosed” coercion to influence the political values and policies of others?

Answer: Soft Power

26. The editors of “Foreign Policy” magazine broke with tradition by endorsing a presidential candidate for the first time ever in what year, writing that the candidate's opponent demonstrated an "ignorance of the most basic facts of international affairs?"

Answer: 2016

27. If you were to list the members of the United Nations in alphabetical order, which country would be last?

Answer: Zimbabwe

28. NATO headquarters are a short bike ride from the Atomium statue in what Belgian city?

Answer: Brussels

29. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian independence activist who served as the first holder of what central role in Indian politics? Nehru served in this role from 1947 to 1964.

Answer: Prime Minister

30. The "N" in the acronym of the organization NATO stands for "North." What does the "A" stand for?

Answer: Atlantic

31. In 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy met with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to discuss Cold War issues relative to their nations, at a summit in what Austrian city?

Answer: Vienna

32. The 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties guaranteed the transfer of control of the Panama Canal from which country back to Panama after 1999?

Answer: U.S.

33. Since 1952, what international organization has been headquartered in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, at a complex that stretches more than six blocks?

Answer: United Nations

34. The Opium Wars were primarily fought between the British Empire and what country?

Answer: China

35. In 2001, Goldman Sachs coined the phrase BRIC as an acronym for the four biggest developing economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China. Located on Cape Agulhas, what fifth country added an S to the acronym in 2010?

Answer: South Africa

36. The South Korean town of Daesong-dong is one of a small number of municipalities that lie inside a 2.5-mile-wide strip typically known by what three-letter initialism?

Answer: DMZ

37. With the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, the United States was able to negotiate the acquisition of Florida from what European power?

Answer: Spain

38. At which 1945 conference did Allied leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin meet to discuss the fate and future of European countries following World War II?

Answer: Yalta Conference

39. Officially known as The Reconciliation and Cooperation Policy Towards the North, the Sunshine Policy is a foreign policy of which East Asian country towards its neighbor?

Answer: South Korea

40. The Mt. Washington Hotel in what New Hampshire village is best known for being the location of the 1944 United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference that led to the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund?

Answer: Bretton Woods

41. What French word meaning "relaxation" means a period of eased relations between rival countries, and is most often applied to President Richard Nixon's policies toward the Soviet Union?

Answer: Detente

42. Marking the first normalisation of relations between Israel and a neighbouring Arab state since the mid-1990s, the Abraham accords were signed in 2020 between the U.S., Israel and what Arab country?

Answer: United Arab Emirates

43. The Suez Crisis of 1956 followed Gamal Abdel Nasser’s nationalization of the Suez Canal Company, as he believed that the people of his country had a right to the waterway. What country was Nasser the president of?

Answer: Egypt

44. In 1945, world leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met with what other man in Yalta from February 4-11 to discuss postwar plans?

Answer: Joseph Stalin

45. What "meaty" term is used to refer to the act when a politician appropriates government spending for localized projects? This is often considered a legal method for bringing money to a representative's district.

Answer: Pork barrel

46. What four-word phrase spoken by Ronald Reagan in Europe in 1987 received relatively little media coverage at the time, but exploded into ubiquity two years later when the words became reality? The phrase eventually became shorthand for an entire speech and foreign policy achievement.

Answer: Tear down this wall

47. On May 6, 2024, transitional incumbent Mahamat Deby was elected president by voters in which African country, therefore officially replacing his father, Idriss Deby, who died in 2021?

Answer: Chad

48. Which E-word describes a person chosen by their country to go abroad as a representative, though with less power than an ambassador?

Answer: Envoy

49. Many observers were shocked by the success of the PVV (Party for Freedom), overseen by long-time leader Geert Wilders, in the 2023 parliamentary elections of what country?

Answer: The Netherlands

50. During 2021's UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, activists dressed as Pikachu to protest the continued use of coal by what Asian nation?

Answer: Japan

51. Former child star Shirley Temple served as the United States ambassador to Czechoslovakia and what West African country?

Answer: Ghana

52. Thomas Jefferson did not believe in keeping a standing army or navy until attacks by what Muslim pirates from North Africa led the United States into an 1801 war?

Answer: Barbary

53. What foreign policy directive, laid out by the 33rd president of the United States, emphasized the containment of Communism and provided the basics for American military backing of anti-Communist groups within foreign countries during the Cold War?

Answer: Truman Doctrine

54. In 2023, a handful of countries, including Argentina and the UAE, were invited to join what economic summit, previously consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa?

Answer: BRICS

55. What "K" man served as the Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford? He was a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938 and he later received a controversial Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 after negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam.

Answer: Henry Kissinger

56. Since 1993, Russia has technically been a democracy. Before that government was put in place, the country was known as the USSR, which stood for what?

Answer: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

57. 2360 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 2306 Massachusetts Avenue NW, 2200 Massachusetts Avenue NW, and 2374 Massachusetts Avenue NW are all addresses of what type of building in Washington, DC?

Answer: Embassies

58. In 2023, China banned the import of Japanese seafood after the latter country's controversial announcement that they would discharge wastewater from what prefecture's nuclear power plant?

Answer: Fukushima

59. New Orleans was originally founded by the French. What country took possession of it via the Treaty of Paris in 1763?

Answer: Spain

60. Czechia is landlocked by four neighboring European countries: Germany, Poland, Austria, and which fourth country with the capital city of Bratislava?

Answer: Slovakia

61. The U.S. National Cyber Security Division opened for the first time in 2003, and is currently housed within what Federal Department? John Kelly, Kirstjen Nielsen, and Kevin McAleenan all served as Secretary of this Department during the Trump administration.

Answer: Department of Homeland Security

62. The deaths of four college students in Ohio on May 4, 1970 became a flashpoint moment in Vietnam War protests. On what school's campus did this tragic event occur?

Answer: Kent State

63. Hot on the heels of First Nations treaty changes in an omnibus bill, the Idle No More protest movement started in 2012 during the tenure of what prime minister?

Answer: Stephen Harper

64. What retired cricket star and former prime minister of Pakistan anagrams to ARM IN HANK?

Answer: Imran Khan

65. Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution kicked off a wave of early-2011 Middle East protests now known by what two-word name?

Answer: Arab Spring

66. There's a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan administration, typically referenced with a well-known two-word phrase. However, in the other country that was party to the event, it is known as the McFarlane affair. What is this event?

Answer: Iran-Contra Affair

67. 1795’s Pinckney’s Treaty between the United States and what European nation allowed the U.S. to traverse the Mississippi River? It’s also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo.

Answer: Spain

68. What was the name of the boat that was sunk by Opération Satanique in July 1985 by a French military action? The ship was at the Port of Auckland in New Zealand on its way to a protest against a planned nuclear test.

Answer: Rainbow Warrior

69. President Nayib Bukele won reelection in what country on February 4, 2024, on a platform of expanding Bitcoin access and even building a "Bitcoin City" powered by the country's volcanoes?

Answer: El Salvador

70. Although Woodrow Wilson was essential to its creation, the United States never ratified or joined what United Nations' predecessor in existence between World War I and World War II?

Answer: The League of Nations

71. ____ diplomacy is defined as the use of investment and economic aid as a tool to create favorable political alliances. What "C"-word fills in the blank in this term?

Answer: Checkbook

72. In 1980, the then-president signed a new foreign policy called what Doctrine (which bore his last name). It stated that the United States would take military action to defend against forces from the Persian Gulf region.

Answer: Carter

73. Which American general planned and led Operation Desert Storm and the UN coalition backing Kuwait in the Gulf War?

Answer: Norman Schwarzkopf

74. In November 2020, what former national security adviser did Joe Biden nominate to become America's 71st Secretary of State?

Answer: Antony Blinken

75. Named after a U.S. president, what foreign policy introduced in 1823 asserted that European powers should no longer colonize the Americas, and in return, the United States planned to stay neutral in wars between European powers?

Answer: The Monroe Doctrine

76. In 1997, Madeleine Albright became the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State, which she did under which U.S. president?

Answer: Bill Clinton

77. A trilateral trade bloc between Canada, Mexico, and the United States was formed by what agreement in 1994?

Answer: NAFTA

78. The Rush-Bagot Pact of 1817 negotiated the removal of British ships from what U.S. bodies of water? It is a collective term for five lakes, and their collective name makes them sound pretty good.

Answer: Great Lakes

79. What “B” Maine congressman of the late 19th century expanded U.S. relations across the Americas with the Inter-American Conference?

Answer: Blaine

80. In 1775, the United States sent Silas Deane to what European country to rally support for the American Revolution?

Answer: France

81. In October 1973, many members of OPEC placed an oil embargo on the United States, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom due to their support for Israel in what Middle Eastern conflict?

Answer: Yom Kippur War

82. What is the three-letter acronym of the organization of countries founded in 1961 that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc?

Answer: NAM

83. What 1994 book with a one-word title by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger mixes a sweeping history of international relations management with Kissinger's own personal stories?

Answer: Diplomacy

84. Which creature with the binomial name Ailuropoda melanoleuca precedes “diplomacy” in the name of diplomatic practice undertaken by China in which these creatures are gifted to other countries?

Answer: Panda

85. In 1962, the Soviet Union put nuclear missiles in Cuba to intimidate the United States. The “push-them-the-limit” strategy could be considered an example of which practice?

Answer: Brinkmanship

86. Malthusianism (also called the Malthusian Dilemma or Malthusian crunch) states that the growth of what will outpace available resources and ultimately lead to a global catastrophe?

Answer: Population

87. Which A-word title is given to an important person who is chosen to go abroad and represent the interests of their home country’s people?

Answer: Ambassador

88. Also notable as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, which Founding Father and third U.S. President served as America's first Secretary of State from 1790 to 1793?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

89. The Peace Arch, a monument to peaceful relations built in 1921, sits on the longest international land border in the world. Which two countries share this border?

Answer: Canada and the United States

90. Which member of the Executive Branch of the United States government generally gets the “final say” on any matters of foreign policy? For example, it’s their responsibility to meet with leaders of other countries and sign treaties.

Answer: President

91. In global politics, what "H" word is defined as leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others?

Answer: Hegemony

92. A 2015 climate change agreement is named for what European capital city, which also gives its name to the treaties that ended the Spanish-American War and the American Revolutionary War?

Answer: Paris

93. "Prague Winter," "Madam Secretary," and "Fascism: A Warning" are all books by what former Secretary of State?

Answer: Madeleine Albright

94. Many scholars trace the core principles of international relations back to the 1648 "Peace of" what German region? The treaty with this name ended the Thirty Years' War.

Answer: Westphalia

95. According to Democratic senator Mike Mansfield, "Only Nixon could go" to what country, which he literally did in 1972?

Answer: China

96. What “i” is used to refer to a national foreign policy that advocates avoiding political or economic engagement with other countries?

Answer: Isolationism

97. Herbert Simon’s theory of decision in foreign policy analysis states that people have a limited ability to process information and rather than searching for the best outcome, they’ll choose whatever one is “good enough” and stop looking?

Answer: The Cybernetic Theory of Decision-Making

98. On New Year's Eve 2022, a ceasefire was reached between former members of FARC, as well as the National Liberation Army, and leaders of what country?

Answer: Colombia

99. How many "points" were famously advanced by President Woodrow Wilson as ideals for peace negotiations with Central nations at the end of World War I?

Answer: Fourteen

100. What newly independent country became the 193rd to join the United Nations in 2011, the most recent state to do so?

Answer: South Sudan

101. In 2019, the United States formally acknowledged Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel, moving its consulate from what other city?

Answer: Tel Aviv

102. Who was the last person to become President of the United States after serving as Secretary of State? He is commonly referred to as one of the worst Presidents in history.

Answer: James Buchanan

103. On February 20, 2023, U.S. president Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to what country, the first time a modern president has visited an active, non-U.S. combat zone?

Answer: Ukraine

104. What term is used to describe a country that does not "pick sides" when it comes to issues of international relations?

Answer: Neutral

105. To persuade the Soviet Union to remove its missiles from the island of Cuba, thus resolving the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, President John F. Kennedy agreed to remove American missiles from Italy and what country, which bordered the Armenian and Georgian republics of the USSR?

Answer: Turkey

106. After an official 2023 policy reversal by the government of Honduras, there are only 13 countries remaining in the world who officially recognize the sovereignty of what nation?

Answer: Taiwan

107. In 1939, Germany and which country (then led by Mussolini) signed an alliance known as the Pact of Steel?

Answer: Italy

108. What then-Speaker of the House visited Taiwan in August 2022, sparking an angry reaction from mainland China?

Answer: Nancy Pelosi

109. According to the U.S. State Department's website, one of its activities is working with India and Pakistan to resolve issues between these two countries, including nuclear arms and the status of what disputed region? The region in question currently is divided into areas controlled by India, Pakistan, and China.

Answer: Kashmir

110. What cultural and scientific agency of the United Nations did the U.S. stop funding in 2011 over concerns that China was taking too large a role in its policymaking? It did declare plans to return to in 2023, though.

Answer: UNESCO

111. Which influential figure in American political history—and the first woman to become Secretary of State—was actually born abroad in Prague?

Answer: Madeleine Albright

112. What sport was involved in the improvement of U.S.-Chinese relations in 1971, when the U.S. national team in that sport was invited on an all-expense-paid trip to China? This term was used with the word “diplomacy” to describe it.

Answer: Ping Pong

113. In 1920, the Soviet Russia signed a peace treaty with another country wherein it agreed to recognize the independence of that territory—but only if they agreed to join them in an alliance against Poland. Which of the three Baltic states was it?

Answer: Lithuania

114. What "explosive" Soviet diplomat signed a 1939 agreement with his Nazi German counterpart Joachim von Ribbentrop that partitioned Eastern Europe between the two powers?

Answer: Vyacheslav Molotov

115. What is the term for a type of government that combines democratic and dictatorial features, which enable some form of democratic participation within a broader dictatorial framework?

Answer: Anocracy

116. Which international border in Afghanistan and Pakistan was established by a British diplomat of the Indian Civil Service in 1893?

Answer: Durand Line

117. Although it was thankfully only a simulation, the 1983 version of what alliterative NATO exercise caused the Soviet Union to ready their nuclear capabilities because of the suspicion that the exercise was a ruse of war?

Answer: Able Archer

118. In February of 1945, the leaders of the U.S., UK, and the then Soviet Union met for the Yalta Conference to discuss what the countries would do in the aftermath of which war that would come to an end in the fall of that same year?

Answer: WWII

119. One of the largest issues in early 19th-century American foreign policy was what practice, by which American (or other) sailors were enslaved into compulsory service, mainly by the British Navy?

Answer: Impressment

120. A "three arrow" structure supported the 2010s financial model known as Abenomics, a system of reforms meant to boost the economy of what Asian nation?

Answer: Japan

121. In November 2023, the U.S. State Department announced that the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance would be renamed to the Bureau of what?

Answer: Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability

122. What two-word term refers to the overall benefit of a decision for a state or non-state actor, regardless of the gains made by others?

Answer: Absolute Gains

123. The intelligence-sharing alliance established in 1941 among the U.S., UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia is typically known as the Five what?

Answer: Eyes

124. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, was founded in 1960 in Baghdad by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and what fifth member, which remains the only one in the Western Hemisphere?

Answer: Venezuela

125. Also called a dependent state, what orbital term applies to a country that is technically independent but is heavily influenced or involved with another country (say, in terms of politics, economy, or military matters)?

Answer: Satellite

126. Foreign policy takes a starring turn in what Netflix show, which premiered in 2023 and stars Keri Russell as a newly minted ambassador to the United Kingdom from the U.S.?

Answer: The Diplomat

127. What five-letter acronym refers to an economic organization of nations, including Indonesia, Cambodia, and the Philippines, among others, with some of the world's fastest-growing economies?

Answer: ASEAN

128. Which “-opoly” applies to an economic situation where there are a few major sellers who hold control of the market, so there’s not much competition?

Answer: Oligopoly

129. What term beginning with “B” describes the distribution of power within international relations characterized by two superpowers, each with their own sphere of influence?

Answer: Bipolarity

130. As of 2025, Hassanal Bolkiah has been the Prime Minster of what Southeast Asian country for 41 years?

Answer: Brunei

131. In what position is the Secretary of State found in the U.S. Presidential line of succession?

Answer: Fourth

132. What model beginning with “C” is a liberal notion that claims global politics can be understood on the basis of complex interdependence?

Answer: Cobweb model

133. Although having over 125 developing countries in its membership, a group that presses for reforms in economic relations between developing and developed countries is known as the group of what number?

Answer: 77

134. War Plan Red was developed in the 1920s in case the U.S. wanted to invade what neighboring country? (Hint: It was one of several color-coded war plans developed, and it’s also known as the Atlantic Strategic War Plan)

Answer: Canada

135. What “C” term applies to countries that contain large groups of people who identify with other civilisations such as Ukraine, Sri Lanka, and Sudan?

Answer: Cleft countries

136. Which country developed the Hóng Qí-9 (HQ-9) long-range semi-active radar-homing surface-to-air missile? The description is kind of a mouthful. They also just call it the “red flag” or “red banner.”

Answer: China

137. Antony Green is a well-known psephologist who takes part in state and federal election results on the national broadcaster of which English-speaking country?

Answer: Australia

138. What is a more technical term for public laws, which include all acts of Congress and laws enacted by the president?

Answer: Statutes

139. What two European countries, notably on opposing sides of 20th-century conflicts, signed the Aachen Treaty of "Cooperation and Agreement" in 2019?

Answer: France, Germany

140. In 2023, the United States shot down a series of drone missiles launched by what Yemeni rebel faction, part of a larger conflict over access to the Red Sea?

Answer: Houthis

141. “Atomic diplomacy” is a tactic that countries employ where they angle to get what they want on the global stage by making threats of using what type of warfare?

Answer: Nuclear

142. The doctrine that the U.S. will not distinguish between terrorists and the countries that harbor them is associated with what U.S. president?

Answer: George W. Bush

143. Which three-letter initialism POTUS brought about the Good Neighbor Policy between the U.S. and Central and South America in 1933? The goal was to use cooperative strategies like trade rather than military force to keep the peace.

Answer: FDR

144. What's the official term for the handover of a territory from one country to another (e.g., as in a treaty) as opposed to annexation, or the one-sided forceful acquisition of it?

Answer: Cession

145. SEA was not, as the name might suggest, a piece of legislation that involved the ocean. The acronym stands for what 1987 Act that set the goal of having the European Community establish a single market by December 31, 1992?

Answer: Single European Act

146. Jed Bartlet's foreign policy is tested when the Syrian military downs an American plane in "A Proportional Response," a Season 1 episode of what Aaron Sorkin show?

Answer: The West Wing

147. A 1978 agreement between Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin was signed in what U.S. location, which can be found in—but does not appear on maps of—Maryland's Catoctin Mountain Park?

Answer: Camp David

148. What two-word term, coined by author O. Henry, describes a politically unstable country that is controlled in effect by a large corporation? O. Henry was inspired by the activities of the U.S.-backed United Fruit Company in Honduras and Guatemala.

Answer: Banana Republic

149. What is the better-known English name of the body of water called Bahía de los Cochinos, which in the 20th century became synonymous with foreign policy error and disaster?

Answer: Bay of Pigs

150. TPP was a deal signed by 12 countries, including the U.S., Australia, Chile, and Japan, in 2016, and from which the U.S. withdrew in 2017. What does TPP stand for?

Answer: Trans-Pacific Partnership

151. In 1904, which addition to the Monroe Doctrine asserted that the United States could intervene in the affairs of Latin American countries if they undertook wrongdoings that “loosened the ties of civilized society?”

Answer: Roosevelt Corollary

152. Who served as America's first Secretary of State from 1790 to 1793 before becoming the nation's third President?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

153. NSC-68 was a Top-Secret, 58-page document that was crucial to the U.S. during the Cold War. Not declassified until 1975, it was also known as the United States Objectives and Programs for National Security, and focused on the threat and “hostile design” of what country? Specifically, what was the name it had at the time? Before its formal dissolution in 1991.

Answer: The Soviet Union

154. In November of 1979, which country was the first to impose sanctions on Iran after students took hostages at the American Embassy in Tehran?

Answer: United States

155. On November 1, 2020, what country in the Caribbean became the smallest nation to chair the UN Security Council, which it did for one month?

Answer: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

156. Signed in 2016 by 195 countries, the international treaty on climate change that was negotiated at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference is named after what capital city?

Answer: Paris

157. 2004's Annan Plan tried and failed to resolve the contentious Greek-Turkish divide of what Mediterranean island?

Answer: Cyprus

158. It has been tradition for the Irish taoiseach to give the U.S. president shamrocks on St. Patrick's Day, since ambassador John Hearne gave them to which president in 1952?

Answer: Harry Truman

159. The first time the U.S. Congress declared war was on June 17 of what year? The declaration was the start of a war against Great Britain.

Answer: 1812

160. Between 1915 and 1934, U.S. Marines were part of an occupation of what Caribbean nation? The military was first sent there by Woodrow Wilson following the murder of the nation's dictator, and other politically driven murders led to widespread instability.

Answer: Haiti

161. In the UK, Theresa May's Conservative governments were propped up in their coalition by which party from Northern Ireland?

Answer: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)

162. Following the 1990 abolition of the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, the President of Russia position was established the following year. Who became Russia’s first president in 1991?

Answer: Boris Yeltsin

163. While not an alliance in the strictest sense, the Triple Entente were three countries that had a strategic agreement and key relationship leading up to the first World War: Great Britain, France, and ______.

Answer: Russia

164. The practice of tying a particular object to the neck of the lead sheep in a shepherd's flock inspired what political term, which refers to a region whose political tendencies indicate the potential result of an election?

Answer: Bellwether

165. What J-word means extreme nationalism, often expressed by pursuing a belligerent foreign policy?

Answer: Jingoism

166. Which term (“stopping arms” in Latin) describes when two groups who are currently at war make a formal agreement to pause their fighting for a time so they can discuss making peace?

Answer: Armistice

167. What port city, the third-largest in Belgium, was the site of the final negotiations to end the War of 1812?

Answer: Ghent

168. What directional Channel, sometimes called the Irish Channel, is the strait between Northeastern Ireland and Southwestern Scotland?

Answer: North Channel

169. In 2006, the remains of the ex-president of Argentina, who died in 1974, were exhumed to test whether Martha Holgado was his secret child. Alas, she was not. Who was this former world leader?

Answer: Juan Perón

170. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was formed in 1944 by the ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes, with the objectives to secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. In what American city is the IMF headquartered?

Answer: Washington

171. David Malpass, Kristalina Georgieva, and Jim Yong Kim are the three most recent leaders of what international financial institution formed in 1945 with a current stated goal of "reduction of poverty?"

Answer: The World Bank

172. Looking to stimulate a stagnant Soviet economy in the '80s, Mikhail Gorbachev introduced what P-word political movement that's Russian for "reconstruction" or "restructuring"?

Answer: Perestroika

173. Though Franklin D. Roosevelt was not the first to use this phrase, the proximity of the U.S. to Latin America was a likely inspiration for the name of which non-interventionist foreign policy implemented by his administration?

Answer: Good Neighbor Policy

174. In April 2024, Fine Gael leader Simon Harris replaced Leo Varadkar in what position, the head of government of Ireland, whose name means "chief" or "leader" in Irish?

Answer: Taoiseach

175. Muhammad Yunus, who was appointed the interim head of the government of Bangladesh in August 2024, won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for pioneering what banking practice that has helped alleviate poverty throughout the Global South?

Answer: Microcredit

176. The now-famous Schengen Agreement, which permits freedom of movement across the European continent, is named for a tiny village in what tiny country?

Answer: Luxembourg

177. Considered by many to be an early work on foreign policy, the "History of the Peloponnesian War" was written in the early 4th century B.C. by what ancient Greek author?

Answer: Thucydides

178. In contrast to nationalism, which can be described as more peaceful patriotism, what policy describes using diplomatic or military force to extend a nation's power or control?

Answer: Imperialism

179. Which term is used for putting limits on making, testing, or using weapons? (Hint: It sounds like what you’d need if your upper limbs were waving around wildly).

Answer: Arms Control

180. If the US president were to die or resign, where is the Secretary of State on the official US order of succession?

Answer: Fourth

181. Which future U.S. president served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817, and then appointed another future president to the post when he became president?

Answer: James Monroe

182. What organization, designed as a counterpart to NATO in Asia, was created in 1954 and formally dissolved in 1977?

Answer: SEATO

183. In January 2024, two African countries agreed to join the BRICS emerging countries group. One was Egypt. What was the other one, a landlocked power in the Horn of Africa region?

Answer: Ethiopia

184. Dying in 1905, who is the last United States Secretary of State to die in office?

Answer: John Milton Hay

185. What non-partisan think tank, founded by its namesake businessman and philanthropist in 1916, is the most frequently cited think tank in the U.S., and is often described as the most prestigious?

Answer: The Brookings Institution

186. In February of 1945, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt met for a conference in what Crimean city to discuss the post-war organization of Germany and Europe?

Answer: Yalta

187. Thomas Barclay negotiated a treaty in 1786 that was then signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Muhammad III. This treaty is now the longest-standing U.S. treaty. What nation, besides the U.S., was part of this "Treaty of Friendship"?

Answer: Morocco

188. Taking office in 2011 but impeached in 2016, Dilma Rousseff was the first woman president of what country?

Answer: Brazil

189. The United Kingdom was the first country on which the U.S. formally declared war. What was the second?

Answer: Mexico

190. In 2008, Canada officially established a TRC with the purpose of documenting the history and lasting impacts of the Canadian Indian residential school system on indigenous students and their families. Other well-known TRCs include post-apartheid South Africa and multiple in Latin America. What does TRC stand for?

Answer: Truth and Reconciliation Commission

191. What was the 1904 addition to the United States' 1823 Monroe Doctrine that suggested it was the United States' responsibility to enforce legitimate claims from European governments within the Western Hemisphere? It was a key component of Big Stick Diplomacy.

Answer: Roosevelt Corollary

192. What “D” foreign policy technique involves amassing enough military force to intimidate another state out of a potential action? Examples include the presence of U.S. armaments dissuading Soviet expansion during the Cold War.

Answer: Deterrence

193. The Treaty of Angra de Cintra was signed by Morocco and which other country in 1958, helping to end the Ifni War?

Answer: Spain

194. Which widespread foreign policy theory assumes that key players will make choices that are informed by weighing the pros and cons of a decision?

Answer: Rational Actor Model

195. What piratical sounding treaty, which aims to protect 30% of the world's marine areas, was finalized by the U.N. in 2023?

Answer: High Seas Treaty

196. A war was nearly sparked between Chile and Argentina in 1978 over a series of small islands in what channel, named for the "canine" ship that carried Charles Darwin through in 1833?

Answer: Beagle Channel

197. Consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, G7 is short for what international intergovernmental organization comprised of seven of world’s largest developed economies?

Answer: Group of Seven

198. The year 1672 is referred to as the Rampjaar (or Disaster Year) in what country? Because of the outbreak of multiple wars, this country's "Golden Age" of commerce, art, and science came to an end during this year.

Answer: Netherlands

199. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for "his important work to promote reconciliation, solidarity, and social justice." Ali was the first winner of a Nobel Prize from which African country?

Answer: Ethiopia

200. The doctrine that any outside force attempting to control the Persian Gulf region would be seen as an assault on American interests is named for what U.S. President?

Answer: Jimmy Carter

201. Which declaration of 1917, named after a UK Prime Minister, stated that the British government supported "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" and is often seen as a starting point for the Arab-Israeli conflict?

Answer: Balfour Declaration

202. What Q-word, meaning traitor or collaborator, comes from the surname of the Norwegian Prime Minister who collaborated with Hitler's Germany?

Answer: Quisling

203. Indian politician (and the country's second prime minister) Lal Bahadur Shastri famously promoted the White Revolution, which was a national campaign focused on the production of what item?

Answer: Milk

204. On June 4, 1961, President John F. Kennedy and USSR Premier Nikita Khrushchev famously met in what European capital city to discuss the relationship between their two countries?

Answer: Vienna

205. The "Era of Good Feelings" is a period in the political history of the U.S. typically considered as having a unified sense of national purpose and a desire for unity. This "Era" was in the aftermath of what war?

Answer: The War of 1812

206. Sharing a first name with JFK, what noted economist served as ambassador to India during JFK's presidency?

Answer: John Kenneth Galbraith

207. As per the terms of the 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the United States and the United Kingdom agreed to halt colonization efforts in what region?

Answer: Central America

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