Quiz: Treaties & Accords

The power to negotiate treaties rests with the:*

President
House of Representatives
Senate
State Department

A simple majority of senators must agree in order for the U.S. to adopt a treaty.*

True
False

Under the Constitution, a treaty is ratified when:*

Approved by the Senate
Approved by the State Department
Signed by the President
Instruments of ratification are exchanged

The Outer Space Treaty says that:*

Nations are liable for damage caused by their satellites
No nation can occupy outer space
Nations cannot place nuclear weapons into orbit
All of the above

The Treaty of Canandaigua is one of 370 treaties the U.S. signed with:*

Great Britain
Canada
Native Americans
The United Nations

NATO members are supposed to commit two percent of their gross domestic product to defense, but only seven of 29 members currently do so. Which of the following countries is not meeting its financial obligation to NATO?*

Poland
France
Lithuania
Greece

In 1963, an academic working on arms control issues learned that the U.S. was working to develop anthrax for military purposes. He began advocating against this practice, launching a movement that eventually led to the:*

Oslo Accords
Treaty of Paris
Biological Weapons Convention
Hague Conventions

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has 191 signatories, including the five nuclear states officially recognized as possessing nuclear weapons under the agreement. Which five nations are recognized in the NPT?*

China, France, Russia, U.K., U.S.
China, Israel, Russia, U.K., U.S.
Germany, France, Russia, U.K., U.S.
China, India, Russia, U.K., U.S.

After 9/11, the White House argued that because members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban were not fighting on behalf of a nation-state and targeted innocent people, they were not entitled to protections under the:*

Helsinki Accords
Vienna Declaration
Geneva Conventions
Convention against Torture

The Budapest Convention sets international rules for combatting:*

Patent law violations
Cybercrime
Air pollution
Unregulated fishing of open waters

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