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title: Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth — how Mova does on the tests · Geography
description: Lesson 38 of the geography course of Mova's primary school: 3 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth

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**Tests:** 3 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** plain · **Understood:** 7 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 38 of the geography course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/).

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### Test 1 · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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my mate reckons Brexit happened in 2016. not quite, is it

- **1.** No, Brexit happened in 1945 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, the UK is still in the EU — no support
- **3.** Yes, the UK left the EU on the very day of the vote — no support
- **4.** The vote was in 2016, but the UK left in 2020 — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t1/)

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### Test 2 · right ✓ {#t2}

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If France vetoes a Security Council decision that every other member supports, what happens?

- **1.** The decision is blocked — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** France is thrown out of the UN — no support
- **3.** The vote is moved to the EU — no support
- **4.** It passes anyway — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 38, line 3: «Think of a school council: everyone has a vote, but in the UN Security Council five permanent members can each block a decision on their own, which is a bit li…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «block» (+1); the same thing acted on «decision» (+1). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t2/)

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### Test 3 · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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A friend says every Commonwealth country was once a British colony. What is wrong?

- **1.** Only France is in it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Nothing, every member was a colony — no support
- **3.** The Commonwealth has no members at all, only a flag — no support
- **4.** Some, like Rwanda and Mozambique, never were — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t3/)

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### Test 4 · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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In EU5, France and Spain fight war after war. What are they now?

- **1.** Still at war every year — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **2.** Partners in the European Union — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** One single country — no support
- **4.** Both British colonies — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 30, line 12: «The slave trade caused wars, raids and the loss of millions of young people from West and Central Africa, and in 1526 King Afonso I of Kongo wrote to the king…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «wars» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t4/)

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### Test 5 · right ✓ {#t5}

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You travel from Italy to Germany with euros in your pocket. Why don't you need to change money?

- **1.** All 27 EU countries use the same notes — no support
- **2.** Italy uses German money — no support
- **3.** Both use the euro — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **4.** Germany has no money of its own — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 16: «The European Union has 27 member countries after the United Kingdom left in 2020, and 21 of them use the euro since Bulgaria joined it in 2026.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «use» (+3). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t5/)

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### Test 6 · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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Which group links all 55 countries of Africa?

- **1.** The European Union — **← Mova's choice** · score 11
- **2.** NATO — score 8
- **3.** The African Union — **✓ the right answer** · score 11
- **4.** The Commonwealth — score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 38, line 16: «The African Union links all 55 African countries to work together on peace, trade and development, and its headquarters is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «link» (+5); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same thing acted on «55 african countries» (+2); the same doer «african union» (+1). The right option, 3, scored 11. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t6/)

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### Test 7 · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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oi, is the UN some kind of world government that bosses everyone?

- **1.** Yes, it rules every country directly — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** No, it's a club of countries that talk and work together — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** Yes, its army controls all borders — no support
- **4.** No, it only runs New York — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t7/)

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### Test 8 · right ✓ {#t8}

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A general is accused of war crimes. Which court in The Hague can try him?

- **1.** The UN Security Council — no support
- **2.** The International Criminal Court — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 11
- **3.** The European Parliament — no support
- **4.** The International Court of Justice — score 11

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 11, tied with another option at 11 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 38, line 17: «The International Court of Justice in The Hague settles legal disputes between countries, and The Hague also hosts the International Criminal Court, which can…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «try» (+5); the same property (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «international criminal court» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t8/)

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### Test 9 · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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If Finland had not joined NATO, how many members would NATO have?

- **1.** 27 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 56 — no support
- **3.** 31 — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** 33 — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t9/)

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### Test 10 · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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Jamaica's head of state is the British monarch. What does this make Jamaica?

- **1.** A member of the EU — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** A Commonwealth realm — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** A NATO member — no support
- **4.** A part of the UK — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t10/)

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### Test 11 · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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Your cousin says the UN only argues and never does anything useful. Which fact answers him?

- **1.** The UN drew the Tordesillas line — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **2.** The WHO helped wipe out smallpox — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** The UN built the Great Wall — score 3
- **4.** The UN ended the Hundred Years' War — score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 38, line 9: «The UN has agencies for special tasks, such as UNICEF for children, the World Health Organization for health and the World Food Programme for hunger.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «un» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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State the year of foundation of the United Nations and the number of its present member states.

- **1.** 1991, with twenty-seven member states — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 1945, with one hundred and ninety-three member states — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** 1945, with fifty-six member states — no support
- **4.** 1918, with fifty-one member states — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Identify the prerogative peculiar to the permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations.

- **1.** Each may expel any other member state — no support
- **2.** Each may relocate the headquarters — no support
- **3.** Each may cast a double vote in the General Assembly — no support
- **4.** Each may veto a decision of the Council — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 5

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 38, line 7: «The UN Security Council has five permanent members, the USA, Russia, China, the UK and France, each of whom can veto a decision.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «veto» (+3); the same thing acted on «decision» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Commonwealth of Nations?

- **1.** A voluntary association of fifty-six states, the majority formerly within the British Empire — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A customs union of twenty-seven European states — no support
- **3.** A military alliance obliged to mutual defence — no support
- **4.** A single sovereign state governed from London — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain the date upon which the United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union, the referendum having been held in 2016.

- **1.** 2007 — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** 2016 — no support
- **3.** 1973 — no support
- **4.** 2020 — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/e4/)

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