Some International Relations quizzes

Here are some links to some quizzes, most with answers. Some of them are old so check what the updated answer would be. However, they should give you some ideas about possible question areas and you can always find new quizzes by doing a search on Google for current affairs or international relations quizzes 2016-17-18-19.

in Italian
http://www.mininterno.net/concorsi.asp
http://quiz.concorsipubblici.com/attualita.htm
http://www.studenti.it/search/quiz

in English

https://www.cfr.org/quizzes

https://www.introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/04/international-studies-quiz/ https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/quiz-donald-trump-questions https://www.afsusa.org/study-abroad/blog/article/?article_id=9947&utm_medium=post&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=sending+nh17&utm_content=3-28-17+intercultural+quiz+blog https://supchina.com/2018/04/26/the-supchina-foreign-relations-quiz/ https://supchina.com/tag/quiz/ https://www.mcqschain.com/50-international-current-affairs-quiz-2/ https://www.cfr.org/news-releases/test-your-knowledge-foreign-policy-new-quizzes-cfr http://www.wwnorton.com/college/polisci/essentials-of-international-relations5/ch/01/quiz.aspx http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=197543

http://www.sparknotes.com/us-government-and-politics/political-science/international-politics/quiz.html

http://www.britannica.com/quiz/browse

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=political-international-relations-concepts

http://quiz.thefullwiki.org/International_relations

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/cards/international-relations-quiz-1-1480137

https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp

http://quizlet.com/8677933/international-relations-quiz-5-flash-cards/

http://www.introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/04/international-studies-quiz/

https://apkpure.com/international-relations-quiz/com.professionalquizzes.internationalrelations

http://recruitmentresult.com/international-current-affairs/

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/polisci/essentials-of-international-relations5/

https://blog.oup.com/2015/11/foreign-affairs-quiz-2014/

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2657941e6e3f8.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz197543169eb50.html

http://mcauleyhistory.edublogs.org/international-relations-revision-quiz/

the EU

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/world/government/european_union.html

http://www.isabelperez.com/europe.htm (second half of page on the left)

http://www.isabelperez.com/lenguas.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,5961,516289,00.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=test-your-knowledge-on-europe--european-union

http://www.toporopa.eu/en/

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Hejman/pay_your_union_dues

http://www.slideshare.net/EUintheUS/eu-quiz-for-europe-day-2012

http://www.quizfactor.com/quiz/european-union/127

the UN

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=united-nations

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/world/organizations/united_nations.html

http://www.triviaplaza.com/united-nations-facts-quiz/

https://www.channelone.com/interact_post/united-nations-quiz/

http://www.actionquiz.com/united-nations-facts-quiz/

https://www.sporcle.com/games/tags/unitednations

http://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3199

http://www.123facts.com/play-quiz/United-Nations-1801.html

http://www.fao.org/zhc/detail-events/en/c/336648/

the IMF

http://www.globalization101.org/imquiz/

http://www.cnbc.com/id/44504678

http://quiz.thefullwiki.org/International_Monetary_Fund

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=international-monetary-fund

https://www.sporcle.com/games/SwedishViking/imf-non-member-countries

NATO

http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2012/Chicago/Quizz-Nato-summit/EN/index.htm

http://www.go4quiz.com/1510/nato-quiz/

http://www.123facts.com/play-quiz/NATO-4056.html

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Jam1/natoquiz

http://www.triviaplaza.com/nato-facts-quiz/

international law

http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=225157

http://www.globalization101.org/quiz-3/

https://blog.oup.com/2013/02/public-international-law-quiz-pil/

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/world/the_law/international_law.html

https://www.sporcle.com/games/shoomy/international-law-trivia

https://www.sporcle.com/games/Max_J_Graham/intl-law-and-the-un-wk4

the environment

http://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/quizzes

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/freshwater-quiz-climate-change/

http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/environment/1.html

http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/quiz/quiz-climate/quiz01.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2017/jan/19/understand-global-warming-climate-change-quiz

http://www.quizrevolution.com/ch/a114964/go/deforestation_quiz

http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/global-warming/1.html

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/energy/great-energy-challenge/nuclear-power-quiz/

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/nuclear_power/quiz426.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz3079852342500.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=nuclear-power

nuclear weapons

http://www.wmdawareness.org.uk/quiz/

http://www.sporcle.com/games/tags/nuclear

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/World/Nuclear-Weapons-1-303346.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=atomic-bomb-quiz_1

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz30334622ba678.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2013/1225/How-much-do-you-know-about-nuclear-weapons-Take-our-quiz

https://www.sporcle.com/games/LTH/atomicbomb

http://www.hiroshima-spirit.jp/en/quiz/quizbox.html

http://old.seattletimes.com/special/trinity/supplement/quiz.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz33113525e8890.html

world leaders

http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/world-leaders-quiz.php

http://lizardpoint.com/people/world-leaders-quiz.php?test=g20x

https://www.sporcle.com/games/subcategory/worldleaders

https://www.sporcle.com/games/dudemanbearpig/worldleaders

history

http://www.paulsquiz.com/free-quiz-questions/history-quizzes

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/ap_world_history/economic_crisis_and_the_great_depression/quiz11139.html

geography

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3007

see list of other quizzes below at the bottom of the page, for example

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3069

http://www.triviaplaza.com/geography-world-quizzes/

http://world-geography-games.com/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world

http://www.jetpunk.com/tags/geography

http://www.paulsquiz.com/free-quiz-questions/geography-quizzes

world population

http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/fQ-Awdj/World-Population

https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/world_population_2050

https://freedomhouse.org/blog/quiz-freedom-world-2017

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/topic/world-population

the economic crisis in the US

https://educationforjustice.org/interact/EconQuiz/quiz.html

https://www.britannica.com/quiz/financial-crisis-of-2007-08

http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0070983992/student_view0/chapter23/multiple_choice_quiz.html

failed states

http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/20972-failed-states-and-dictators

https://ww2.sporcle.com/games/jack_attack17/failed_states

Africa

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/geography/africa.html

general

http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/history/20th__21st_centuries/2000s_history.html

http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195365634/student/chapter03/mcquiz/

http://www.paulsquiz.com/people-quizzes-mainmenu-348/free-quiz-questions/people-quizzes/world-leaders-quiz-2

http://currentaffairs.freejobalert.com/december-2012-current-affairs-online-test/4080/

http://currentaffairs.freejobalert.com/august-2012-current-affairs-online-test-2/2914/

http://c2w.com/quizzes/103869-World-Current-Affairs-Quiz-Questions-Answers-October-2012

http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/Global9ReviewPage.htm

http://www.linkingsky.com/government-exams/bank/Bank-Exams-Preparation/Quizzes/International_Misc_Quiz-5.html

http://www.linkingsky.com/government-exams/bank/Bank-Exams-Preparation/Quizzes/index.html

http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/twt/archive/view/188543 

http://c2w.com/quizzes/105053-International-Current-Affairs-Quiz-Questions-Answers-January-2013

http://www.funtrivia.com/newflash/trivia.cfm?qid=306474

http://www.123facts.com/play-quiz/Diplomatic-Terms-6373.html

http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/1N5A13N/Diplomacy

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/category/sub_section/quiz

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/Classic-International-Relations-197543.html

http://worldsavvy.org/docs/2007_WAC-Quiz.pdf

http://www.quiz4fun.com/category/curr

http://introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/04/international-studies-quiz/

http://www.funtrivia.com/html5/index.cfm?qid=306474

http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/1N5A13N/Diplomacy

http://democracyctr.org/blogfrombolivia/an-international-diplomacy-quiz/

http://www.leadthecompetition.in/PTs/tests.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=current-affairs-quiz-jan-2013

http://currentaffairs.freejobalert.com/

http://www.economist.com/economist-quiz

Some more international affairs quizzes 2016

https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp

http://introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/04/international-studies-quiz/

http://www.lowyinstitute.org/quiz/how-well-do-you-know-foreign-policy

http://www.sheir.org/current-affairs-quiz.html (lots of pages, lots of questions, some odd language)

http://lizardpoint.com/people/world-leaders-quiz.php?test=g20x

http://www.competitiveexamsonline.com/current-affairs-online-test-series-2015/

http://www.examguruadda.in/2015/12/current-affairs-quiz-of-1-2-december.html

http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k104561&pageid=icb.page678054

http://global.oup.com/uk/orc/politics/intro/baylis6e/student/mcqs/

https://www.chathamhouse.org/publication/twt/quiz-year

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/resources/edc/2015_Quiz_Questions.pdf

http://one-europe.info/euroquiz

http://carleton.ca/ces/eulearning/politics/government/activity-7-eu-and-government-web-quiz/

https://www.channelone.com/interact_post/united-nations-quiz/

https://quizlet.com/7443280/united-nations-quiz-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/7443280/united-nations-quiz-flash-cards/

http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/Global9ReviewPage.htm

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=international-studies-exam-preparation

and more quizzes

http://blog.oup.com/2015/11/foreign-affairs-quiz-2014/

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/Classic-International-Relations-197543.html

http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/International-Relations-Theory-265794.html

http://www.lowyinstitute.org/quiz/how-well-do-you-know-foreign-policy

http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/the-news-iq-quiz/

https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp

http://www.one.org/us/2014/04/23/quiz-are-you-smarter-on-foreign-policy-than-a-high-school-student/

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=international-studies-exam-preparation

http://www.wwnorton.com/college/polisci/essentials-of-international-relations5/ch/01/quiz.aspx

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/14/quiz-20-questions-about-the-world-a-future-u-s-president-should-get-right/

plus anything else you find by doing a search on google for:

'international relations quiz'

I just got: http://blog.oup.com/2015/11/foreign-affairs-quiz-2014/

and https://inquiry.princetonreview.com/grad/internationalaffairsquiz/default.asp

or try adding a topic or institution. For example:

'international relations middle east quiz' gave me:

http://www.aish.com/jw/me/Quiz-Political-Change-in-the-Middle-East.html

or geography? 'European geography quiz' gave me:

http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php

or history? 'Modern European history' quiz gave me this:

http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/euroquizzes.html#WWI

I found this: http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/euroquizzes.html

which gave these:

http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/Euro%20Quizzes/WWIRnRev.htm

http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/Euro%20Quizzes/PostwarWorldII.htm

Some basic preparation for the concorso

‘Il concorso per segretario di legazione, Edizione 2018’:

https://www.simone.it/catalogo/v333_1.htm

https://www.ibs.it/concorso-per-segretario-di-legazione-libro-vari/e/9788891416438?lgw_code=1122-B9788891416438&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxoDR8sXs3gIV2OFRCh25yAn5EAQYASABEgKeLvD_BwE

Oil prices falling

https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil

https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cmjpj223708t/oil

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1409651/business-economy

https://nation.com.pk/23-Nov-2018/oil-falls-to-lowest-since-late-2017-on-emerging-supply-glut-opec-expected-to-cut

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/23/oil-price-falls-brent-crude-cost-barrel-oversupply-concerns

Another possible essay title

28 June 2019 will see the 100th anniversay of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. What significance does or should this have today for Europe and the international community in general?

La carriera diplomatica

La figura del diplomatico

La funzione tradizionale della diplomazia è quella di condurre le relazioni internazionali del Paese di appartenenza, affiancata in secondo luogo con l’esigenza di fornire servizi ai cittadini in patria e all’estero.

Nella gestione delle relazioni internazionali, il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale - MAECI contribuisce a individuare e definire l’interesse nazionale, sia esso politico, economico, culturale o sociale. La negoziazione e la difesa degli interessi nazionali, l’individuazione di soluzioni pacifiche alle controversie, la promozione delle relazioni commerciali, la raccolta e l’analisi di informazioni, sono solo alcune funzioni che caratterizzano il lavoro svolto quotidianamente dal corpo diplomatico.

Al diplomatico è richiesto anche di svolgere funzioni “di servizio”: la tutela dei connazionali, il voto all’estero, l’assistenza alle imprese, il rilascio di visti sono alcune delle attività diplomatico-consolari in crescita di pari passo con la crescente mobilità degli italiani, l’intensificarsi degli scambi commerciali e degli investimenti all’estero, l’interesse e l’amore degli stranieri per il nostro Paese.

Quella diplomatica è una carriera che si presenta molto attraente, privilegiata e multiforme, per la molteplicità di aspetti che permette di trattare e per la possibilità di poter viaggiare e trasferirsi in altri paesi lavorando nelle Ambasciate e nelle Rappresentanze permanenti dello Stato italiano all’estero o presso Organizzazioni Internazionali.

La complessità delle funzioni che un diplomatico è chiamato a svolgere richiede una solida preparazione culturale in campo storico, economico, giuridico e linguistico, flessibilità e la capacità di operare nei contesti più disparati. Una formazione di base alla quale generalmente si uniscono una o più specializzazioni per materia o per area geografica, scelte dal candidato spesso già nel momento di preparazione del concorso di accesso alla carriera.
Oltre ad una approfondita preparazione culturale, per un diplomatico del XXI secolo le parole d’ordine sono interdisciplinarità, rapidità, professionalità e capacità di comunicazione e di espressione in più lingue. Il diplomatico di oggi deve saper leggere il mondo che lo circonda e cogliere il senso degli avvenimenti, spaziando dalla politica all’economia, dai fenomeni socio-culturali alle priorità strategiche.

Gradi della carriera diplomatica

Il primo grado della carriera è il Segretario di Legazione, ruolo al quale si accede ‘in prova’ esclusivamente attraverso il superamento di un concorso pubblico piuttosto impegnativo, cui segue un periodo di 9 mesi di formazione presso l’Istituto Diplomatico della Farnesina.

I gradi della carriera diplomatica sono cinque:

• Segretario di Legazione (da 1 a 10 anni di carriera)
• Consigliere di Legazione (10-15 anni di carriera)
• Consigliere di Ambasciata (15-22 anni di carriera)
• Ministro Plenipotenziario (22-27 anni di carriera)
• Ambasciatore

https://www.esteri.it/mae/it/servizi/italiani/opportunita/al_mae/carriera_diplom/figura_del_diplomatico.html

https://www.esteri.it/mae/resource/doc/2017/05/il-diplomatico-nellera-della-globalizzazione.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2nqKKUK2CQ

Free Practice for IELTS

https://takeielts.britishcouncil.org/prepare-test/free-practice-tests

https://www.ieltsessentials.com/global/prepare/freepracticetests/academicreadingpracticetests

https://www.ielts-exam.net/practice_tests/

https://www.ielts.org/about-the-test/sample-test-questions

https://ieltsonlinetests.com/

http://mini-ielts.com/

https://idpielts.me/prepare-ielts/free-ielts-practice-tests/

https://www.examenglish.com/IELTS/IELTS_listening_part1.htm

https://ielts.com.au/study-for-ielts/practice-tests/

A possible essay title

What significance does the 100th anniversay of the end of the First World War have for the Europe of today?

https://www.quirinale.it/elementi/18659