2012 AWQ

Round 1Africa and the Americas

AnswersGreen Answer Sheet

1. What is the capital of El Salvador?

A. Santa AnaB. San VicenteC. San MiguelD. San Salvador

2. PIPA and SOPA bills passed by the US Congress caused controversy. What is the

aim of these two bills?

A. Anti-piracy and intellectual property protectionB. Anti-piracy and election fraud controlC. Anti-government corruption and fraud controlD. None of the above

3. Which ocean borders Somalia?

A. PacificB. IndianC. AtlanticD. Southern

4. Which African country is this?

A. AngolaB. Democratic Republic of

CongoC. NamibiaD. Botswana

5. Who is the current president of Cuba?

A. Fidel CastroB. Otto Perez MolinaC. Raul CastroD. Leonel Fernandez

6. Which Somali militant group presents itself as a morally righteous rebel force

and the defender of pure Islam?

A. Lord’s Resistance ArmyB. Boko HaramC. Al QaedaD. Al Shabaab

7. Which two African countries border each other?

A. Morocco and TunisiaB. Egypt and SudanC. Algeria and Sierra LeoneD. South Africa and Nigeria

8. Nigeria has the world’s largest supply of which resource?

A. CocoaB. UraniumC. DiamondsD. Crude-oil

9. Boko Haram is a jihadist terrorist group that operates in which African

country?

A. NigeriaB. LesothoC. South AfricaD. Chad

10. Which Mexican drug cartel is the largest—operating in over half of the

Mexican states?

A. SinaloaB. La FamiliaC. Los ZetasD. South Pacific

11. Which country is implementing economic reforms in an attempt to achieve a market-socialism type of

economy?

A. MexicoB. The BahamasC. CubaD. Puerto Rico

12. Seychelles is an archipelago located off of the coast of which

country?

A. CanadaB. United States of AmericaC. ArgentinaD. Tanzania

13. The United States recently pulled 158 Peace Corps volunteers

out of which country because of safety concerns?

A. HondurasB. MexicoC. BelizeD. Costa Rica

14. Which country began an oil exploration project in Somalia in

2012?

A. United States of AmericaB. MexicoC. CanadaD. Greenland

15. In January 2012, an American and Danish citizen were held hostage in

Somalia. Who rescued them?

A. NATOB. US Navy SealsC. UNSCD. US Army

16. Ex-Guatemalan military leader Efrain Rios Montt is set to go on trial

for what crime?

A. GenocideB. CorruptionC. Desertion D. Fraud

17. What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?

A. ScarboroughB. Port of SpainC. SipariaD. San Fernando

18. Which country is set to close their country’s consulate in Miami after the

US expelled their consul general?

A. BelizeB. CubaC. El SalvadorD. Venezuela

19. The US deported George Boley, an ex-warlord, back to which country in February

2012?

A. NigeriaB. LiberiaC. BeninD. Burkina Faso

20. Manuel Noriega recently returned to this country after serving 20 years in a US

prison for killing political opponents.

A. GuatemalaB. El SalvadorC. PanamaD. Costa Rica