NewsTracker Answers for week of Jan. 28, 2019

Q: Last week, 35,000 teenagers skipped school in Belgium to march against global warming in spreading student protests in Europe. Where is Belgium?

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Q: A few days later after the student march, the streets of Belgium’s capital were filled again with another climate protest by about 70,000 people. What is the capital of Belgium?

A. Belfast

B. Berlin

C. Brussels

D. Budapest


C. The Belgian students in Brussels were joined by other teens in the German capital of Berlin last week. Many of the protesters in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Australia and other countries have been inspired by 16-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg, who skipped school every Friday to protest in front of the Swedish parliament, demanding more decisive action on climate change.


Q: Greta Thunberg went to a Swiss ski resort to speak to elite business and political leaders who held their World Economic Forum last week. What is the name of the Swiss resort town where the forum is held every year?

A. Cortina

B. Davos

C. Grenoble

D. Innsbruck


B. The annual meeting of some of the world’s wealthiest people is held of at the end of January in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland. Greta Thunberg said her message to the forum “was that most emissions are caused by a few people, the very rich people, who are here in Davos."


Q: Besides being the capital of Belgium, Brussels is the home of the. . .

A. European Union

B. North Atlantic Treaty Organization

C. World Customs Organization

D. All of the above


D. Since the end of World War II, Brussels has been a major center for international politics, and it is the de facto capital of the European Union political and economic union. Brussels hosts the headquarters of the NATO military alliance. It also is a major European financial center and home of the World Customs Organization which facilitates world trade.


Q: Belgium’s western neighbor was recently rocked by widespread protests against measures to reduce climate change. Which nation is west of Belgium?

A. France

B. Germany

C. Luxembourg

D. Netherlands


A. After violent “yellow vest” protests last month, the French government dropped plans to increase fuel taxes designed to wean the nation off the use of fossil fuels. Belgium is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the west and southwest and the North Sea to the northwest.