NewsTracker Answers for week of Nov. 18, 2024

Q: Georgia’s top vote counter was doused with black paint Saturday by a supporter of the opposition which rejected its loss in parliamentary elections, claiming the vote was rigged. Where is the small country of Georgia on the eastern coast of the Black Sea?

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Q: The Central Electoral Commission was meeting to confirm a win by the ruling Georgian Dream party which wants closer relations with the country’s northern neighbor ...

A. Armenia

B. Azerbaijan

C. Russia

D. Turkey

C. The Georgian Dream party suspended the nation’s bid to join the European Union which Russia had opposed, and it passed a “foreign influence law” that critics said mimics Moscow’s crackdown on civil society. Russia is north of Georgia and Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan south and east of the country.

Q: Russia annexed the kingdom of Georgia in 1801. When did the modern nation of Georgia become independent?

A. 1905

B. 1978

C. 1988

D. 1991

D. Georgia declared its independence in April 1991 shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union. The county also was briefly independent after the 1917 Russian Revolution, but it was soon annexed by the new Soviet Union.

Q: When did Georgia become a temporary home for thousands of people fleeing Russia?

A. World War I

B. World War II

C. Afghanistan war

D. Ukraine war

D. In 2022, Georgian officials reported 5,000 to 6,000 Russians crossing the border every day to escape being drafted to fight in Ukraine.

Q: Georgia is located in which mountain range that is considered a border between Europe and Asia?

A. Alps

B. Caucasus

C. Himalayas

D. Pyrenees

B. The Caucasus Mountains extend from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea at the intersection of Europe and Asia,