Wednesday, November 20, 2013

test answers



1. Forbes magazine has declared this person one of the most powerful women in the world for the last 10 years.  Angela Merkel

2. This leader has a daughter attending Harvard University.  Xi Jinxing

3. This country is ruled by a communist state.  China

4. This person is worth 21 billion dollars.  Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud

5. This is a system of government in which members of a religion are the rulers, and they use a holy book as a book of laws. Theocratic Republic

6. This leader became president after Hugo Chavez died from cancer – Nicolas Maduro Moros

7. Angela Markel holds this as her title – chancellor

8. Before entering politics, this leader worked as a college professor and a journalist.  Pranab Mukherjee

9. This leader’s reign has lasted for 60 years so far – Queen Elizabeth the 2nd

10. The leader of this state is their youngest Prime Minister in over 200 years – United Kingdom

11. This leader goes by the nickname “bibi” – Binyamin Netanyahu

12. Both the Prime Minister and President of Israel are members of this religion – Judaism

13. This leader married a soap opera actor – Enrique Pena Pieto

14. The leader of this country was imprisoned for three years, and sadistically tortured while in custody – Brazil

15. This leader has a PhD in quantum chemistry – Angela Merkel

16. This leader is one of the winners of the 1994  Nobel peace prize – Shimon Peres

17. This leader recently granted women the right to vote- Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud

18. This country is ruled by Supreme Leader Ali Hoseini-Khamenei- Iran

19. This leader speaks five languages fluently- Hamid Karzai

20. This leader has been highly critical of his predecessor – Hasan Fereidun Ruhani

21. This country is a monarchy, ruled by a leader who is both King and Prime Minister – Saudi Arabia

22. This leader’s family fled their home in 1934 to avoid religious persecution – Shimon Peres

23. This leader managed to get elected in 2012 despite personal scandals involving extramarital affairs– Enrique Pena Pieto

24. Name two leaders with strong backgrounds in economics: Dilma Rousseff and  Pranab Mukherjee.

26. This leader is the first Arab leader to meet with the Pope. Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud

27. Name three leaders who actively opposed their country’s government in their younger years:

Dilma RousseffAli Hoseini-Khamenei, Nicolas Maduro Moros

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