NewsTracker Answers for week of Aug. 09, 2010

Q: Supermodel Naomi Campbell testified last week at the war crimes trial of former Liberia President Charles Taylor. Where is Liberia?

Circle the area on this map


Q: Campbell testified that Taylor gave her a bag of "dirty" diamonds at a 1997 dinner party. Taylor is accused of using blood diamonds to funding a civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone, which is . . .

A. Northeast of Liberia

B. Southeast of Liberia

C. Southwest of Liberia

D. Northwest of Liberia


D. Liberia is bordered by Sierra Leone to the northwest, Guinea to the northeast, Cote d'Ivoire to the east and southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest.


Q: The dinner was hosted by Nelson Mandela, who was then president of . . .

A. Kenya

B. South Africa

C. Cameroon

D. Zimbabwe


B. Mandela was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election.


Q: The Republic of Liberia was founded in 1847 by colonists from . . .

A. America

B. Britain

C. France

D. Spain


A. It was founded and colonized by freed American slaves with the help of a private organization called the American Colonization Society, on the premise that former American slaves would have greater freedom and equality there.


Q: What is the capital of Liberia?

A. Lincolnville

B. Monrovia

C. Washington

D. Jefferson City


B. The capital city was named after James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States and a prominent supporter of the colonization.