NewsTracker Answers for week of May 27, 2013

Q: A week of rioting by immigrant youths has shaken ethnic Swedes and older immigrants alike. Where is Sweden on this map?

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Q: Up to 200 cars were set ablaze, fires were started in schools, police stations and restaurants, and about a dozen police officers were injured in riots on the outskirts of Sweden's usually calm capital. What is the capital of Sweden?

A. Oslo

B. Helsinki

C. Copenhagen

D. Stockholm


D. Many of Sweden's immigrants live in largely segregated suburban neighborhoods around Stockholm. Sweden arguably has the world's most generous asylum policies, and about 1.8 million of its 9.5 million people are first- or second-generation immigrants.


Q: Many recent immigrants to Sweden have fled fighting in Iraq, Somalia and Syria. Most of these immigrants are . . .

A. Muslim

B. Buddhist

C. Christian

D. Atheist


A. Muslim immigration in Western Europe has increased sharply in recent decades as the newcomers have sought better economic opportunities as well as refuge from war.


Q: A growing Muslim population and shrinking economic growth has led to a backlash and anti-immigrant political parties in Europe, including Sweden and its Scandinavian neighbor to the southwest . . .

A. Finland

B. Norway

C. Denmark

D. Belgium


C. The anti-immigrant Danish People's Party has pressured a coalition government to turn Denmark's immigration regime into one of Europe's tightest. Scandinavian refers to the related cultures and languages of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.


Q: Sweden and Denmark are linked by a bridge-tunnel across the strait that separates them. The Danish straits also connect the North Sea to which body of water?

A. Aral Sea

B. Baltic Sea

C. Caspian Sea

D. Dead Sea


B. The Baltic and North seas are part of the Atlantic Ocean, while the Aral, Caspian and Dead seas are landlocked.