World Organizations

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1.Which organization is a regional group of Arabic-speaking states founded in 1945?
- A. the International Hydrographic Organization
- B. the Arab League
- C. the CIS
- D. the European Union
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the Arab League
Did you know? The Arab League is headquartered in Cairo.
2.Which organization sets the rules of global trade?
- A. the WWF
- B. the WTO
- C. the IMF
- D. the WHO
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the WTO
Did you know? The WTO was created in 1995 as successor to the GATT.
3.Which organization coordinates global telecommunications standards?
- A. NATO
- B. the Commonwealth of Nations
- C. UNESCO
- D. the ITU
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the ITU
Did you know? The ITU predates the UN, tracing to the 1865 telegraph convention.
4.Which organization is the United Nations agency for food and agriculture?
- A. the United Nations
- B. the International Hydrographic Organization
- C. the FAO
- D. the International Criminal Court
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the FAO
Did you know? The FAO is headquartered in Rome.
5.Which organization sets international labor standards?
- A. the ILO
- B. the WWF
- C. the League of Nations
- D. Amnesty International
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the ILO
Did you know? The ILO won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969.
6.Which organization is Europe's space agency?
- A. Greenpeace
- B. the ESA
- C. the OECD
- D. the ITU
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the ESA
Did you know? The ESA launched its first mission from Kourou in French Guiana.
7.Which organization has a flag with ten bound rice stalks?
- A. ICAO
- B. the WMO
- C. ASEAN
- D. the Organization of American States
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ASEAN
Did you know? The ten stalks on the ASEAN flag represent the ten peoples of Southeast Asia.
8.Which organization sits in The Hague?
- A. the Red Cross
- B. NATO
- C. the International Criminal Court
- D. the European Union
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the International Criminal Court
Did you know? The ICC began operating in 2002 under the Rome Statute.
9.Which organization is known as the United Nations' atomic watchdog?
- A. the League of Nations
- B. the IAEA
- C. the International Criminal Court
- D. the WHO
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the IAEA
Did you know? The IAEA won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
10.Which organization coordinates worldwide weather and climate monitoring?
- A. the WMO
- B. the United Nations
- C. Greenpeace
- D. Doctors Without Borders
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the WMO
Did you know? The WMO is the UN agency for meteorology.
11.Which organization created the circle-of-stars design later used by the European Union?
- A. the ITU
- B. Interpol
- C. the African Union
- D. the Council of Europe
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the Council of Europe
Did you know? The Council of Europe is a human rights body distinct from the EU.
12.Which organization coordinates international police cooperation?
- A. ASEAN
- B. Interpol
- C. the Universal Postal Union
- D. Doctors Without Borders
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Interpol
Did you know? Interpol is headquartered in Lyon, France.
13.Which organization coordinates international mail between countries?
- A. NATO
- B. the Universal Postal Union
- C. Amnesty International
- D. the Red Cross
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the Universal Postal Union
Did you know? The UPU, founded in 1874, is one of the oldest international organizations.
14.Which organization has a flag showing a silhouette of the African continent?
- A. the International Olympic Committee
- B. the IMF
- C. the African Union
- D. ICAO
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the African Union
Did you know? The African Union is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
15.Which organization is the United Nations agency for children?
- A. the Commonwealth of Nations
- B. the ICRC
- C. the Red Cross
- D. UNICEF
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UNICEF
Did you know? UNICEF was created in 1946 to help children after World War II.
16.Which organization sets the rules for international shipping?
- A. the WTO
- B. the WHO
- C. the IAEA
- D. the IMO
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the IMO
Did you know? The IMO is the United Nations' maritime agency.
17.Which regional group's flag shows ten rice stalks bound together?
- A. the OAS
- B. the African Union
- C. ASEAN
- D. the Arab League
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ASEAN
Did you know? The ASEAN stalks symbolize the member states bound in friendship.
18.Which organization links most former Soviet republics after 1991?
- A. the WTO
- B. the IMF
- C. UNICEF
- D. the CIS
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the CIS
Did you know? The Commonwealth of Independent States was created in December 1991.
19.Which movement adopted the red crystal as a neutral emblem in 2005?
- A. the Olympic movement
- B. the Red Cross
- C. the United Nations
- D. the Commonwealth
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the Red Cross
Did you know? The red crystal avoids religious or cultural connotations.
20.Which organization groups mostly high-income economies, headquartered in Paris?
- A. the Council of Europe
- B. UNHCR
- C. CERN
- D. the OECD
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the OECD
Did you know? The OECD began as the organization managing the Marshall Plan.
21.Which organization sets standards for nautical charts?
- A. the International Telecommunication Union
- B. the International Hydrographic Organization
- C. the European Space Agency
- D. the Food and Agriculture Organization
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the International Hydrographic Organization
Did you know? The IHO is headquartered in Monaco.
22.Which organization is the founding body of the Red Cross movement?
- A. the ILO
- B. the ICRC
- C. the International Criminal Court
- D. the WHO
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the ICRC
Did you know? The ICRC was founded in Geneva in 1863.
23.Which organization sets standards for international civil aviation?
- A. the International Olympic Committee
- B. ICAO
- C. Doctors Without Borders
- D. the Red Crescent
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ICAO
Did you know? ICAO headquarters are in Montreal, Canada.

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