Ambassador

An ambassador is an example of what?

Diplomat

Any type of aid that comes from a government is known as what?

State relief

Providing safety for an endangered party is known as what?

Sanctuary

The concept of extending diplomatic ties is known as what?

Government recognition

What Canadian ambassador to Iran was featured in the movie "Argo"?

Ken Taylor

What's it called when a territory is altered because of water?

Accretion

What's it known as when one country has excessive influence over another country?

Sphere of Influence

What US ambassador is also the owner of the New York Jets football team?

Woody Johnson

When a country takes complete control over another country, what's it known as?

Conquering

When a country violates international law, it will receive what?

Sanction

Who served as US ambassador to Russia from 2017 to 2019?

Jon Huntsman Jr

Who was the US ambassador to the United Nations between 2017-2018?

Nikki Haley

What is the capital of Cuba?

Havana

What is the capital city of Chile?

Santiago

What is the official language in Brazil?

Portuguese

What is the USA's fiftieth state?

Hawaii

When does the USA celebrate independence?

4th of July

In which city can you climb the Eiffel Tower?

Paris

Which country does Hawaii belong to?

USA

Which country does the island of Sardinia belong to?

Italy

Which country does the tourist island of Ibiza belong to?

Spain

In which country is the city of Chernobyl, the site of a nuclear accident in 1986?

Ukraine

What is the USA's country code?

1

A legal, but slightly aggressive act taken against another country is known as what?

Retorsion

A softening of aggression between two nations is known as what?

Detente

Communications sent from one country to another in an attempt to gain legal cooperation from an individual are known as what?

Letters Rogatory

Posse Comitatus was passed in the United States during what historical period?

Reconstruction

States positioned between two potential enemy states are known as what?

Buffer States

Unilaterally terminating the terms of an agreement is known as what?

Abrogation

What document allows a diplomat to act on the behalf of his or her country?

Letters of Credence

What entity allows a private vessel to act in the interest of a belligerent state in the time of war?

Letters of Marque

What entity insists that a country can not use force to collect a debt from another state?

Drago Doctrine

What is the phrase used to describe something that's owned in common?

Res Communis

What word describes the act of a military commander exceeding his authority in terms of surrendering?

Sponsion

When a third party adheres to an already existing treaty, it's known as what?

Accession

Which British Prime Minister once appointed his son-in-law to the job of ambassador to the United States?

Jim Callaghan

Which of these Chinese municipalities is not home to an American embassy or consulate?

Pudong

Which of these Japanese municipalities is not home to an American embassy or consulate?

Shinjuki

Who has been the United States ambassador to Uruguay since 2016?

Kelly Keiderling

Who has been the US ambassador to China since 2017?

Terry Branstad

Who was appointed to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Japan in 2017?

William Haggerty

Who was the first American ambassador to France?

Benjamin Franklin

Who was the second American ambassador to France?

Thomas Jefferson

In 2006, which European country was considered the poorest?

Moldova

Which country is the world's largest exporter of opium?

Afghanistan

Which country does the island of Corsica belong to?

France

Roughly how many inhabitants does Germany have?

80 million

A belt of states which surrounds a heartland is known as what?

Rimland

A country which is adjacent to a body of water is known as what?

Littoral power

Before she became Prime Minister, Golda Meir served as the Israeli ambassador to what country?

Soviet Union

Shirley Temple served as the US ambassador to which of these nations?

Ghana

Czechoslovakia

The earliest female ambassador was an ambassador to what country?

Japan

The earliest female ambassador is from what country?

Armenia

What's it called when a neutral party brings together two enemies to form a compromise?

Providing good offices

What's the German word for treaty? 

Vertrag

What is the name of the earliest female ambassador? 

Diana Apcar

What term is used to describe the way in which a waterway creates a boundary between two countries?

Thalweg

What US ambassador to England once said “democracy is finished in England”?

Joseph Kennedy

Which of these men has been the United States Ambassador to Russia since 2017?

Jon Huntsman

Which of these rivers would be considered a Thalweg?

Rio Grande

Which of these was the first woman appointed to be an ambassador by the United States?

Eugenie Anderson

Who has been the French ambassador to the United States since 2014? 

Gerard Araud

Who has been the German ambassador to the United States since 2014?

Peter Wittig

Who has been the Latvian ambassador to the United States since 2016?

Andris Teikmanis

Who has been the US ambassador to Afghanistan since 2017?

John Bass

Who has been the US ambassador to Canada since 2017?

Kelly Knight Craft

Who has been the US ambassador to France since 2017?

Jamie McCourt

Who has been the US ambassador to Israel since 2017?

David M. Friedman

Who has been the US ambassador to Japan since 2017?

William F. Hagerty

Who has been the US ambassador to Mexico since 2016?

Roberta Jacobson

Who has been the US ambassador to Moldova since 2014?

James Pettit

Who was the US ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2017?

Matthew Barzun

Who has been the US ambassador to Brazil since 2016?

P. Michael McKinley

What doctrine states that illegal regimes should not be accepted in the international community?

Tobar

Which country is Africa's largest in terms of land area?

Algeria

Which of these vessels was NOT part of Christopher Columbus's expedition to discover India?

Santa Helena

Which of these countries was considered to be the most expensive to live in 2006?

Norway

Who is the name of the personification of England who is a portly man in a tailcoat, a Union Flag waistcoat and a low topper?

John Bull

Which country occupies the territory of West Sahara?

Morocco

Which countries make up the Benelux Union?

Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxemburg

What city is the Potsdamer Platz in?

Berlin

Who served as the German ambassador to the United States starting in 2014?

Peter Wittig

Which of these countries do the Galapagos Islands belong to?

Ecuador

In which city can you visit the U.N. International Court of Justice?

The Hague

Where did the sombrero originate?

Mexico