NewsTracker Answers for week of Jan. 07, 2019

Q: Mexico’s new president said last week that he he owns no real estate, vehicles or personal property, but he added that his family’s cars and home are in his wife’s name. Mexican politicians often transfer their wealth to family members. Where is Mexico?

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Q: Under a new anti-corruption system, Mexico’s federal, state and local officials will soon be required to submit detailed disclosures about their income and assets, as well as those of their families. What Nordic nation makes all of its taxpayers’ records public on what has been called “National Jealousy Day”?

A. Britain

B. Canada

C. Finland

D. Russia

C. Finland reveals every citizen’s taxable income on Nov. 1 each year to comply with government transparency laws. The event is unusual, even among the Nordic states. The Nordic countries are generally considered to refer to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and their associated territories.

Q: Much of the U.S. government shut down after President Donald Trump demanded billions of dollars to build a wall along the nation’s border with Mexico. Which U.S. state has the longest border with Mexico?

A. Arizona

B. California

C. New Mexico

D. Texas

D. Texas has the longest stretch of the border with Mexico, while California has the shortest. Trump has said he wants a1,000-mile wall made of concrete or steel along the 1,954-mile border. Before Trump took office, there were 654 miles of a variety of border fences and barriers. No new miles have been built, but some barriers have been replaced with existing designs.

Q: Mexico lost a third of its territory to the United States in the Texas Revolution and Mexican-American War. Which one of these western states was NEVER part of Mexico?

A. Colorado

B. Idaho

C. Nevada

D. Utah

B. In 1848, Mexico signed a treaty ceding to the United states the present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah, most of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming. Territory covering the states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington and parts of Montana and Wyoming had become part of the U.S. in an 1846 treaty with Britain.

Q: In his campaign for a wall with Mexico, President Trump has threatened to “shut down” the border with the United States’ third-largest trading partner. What is the top U.S. trade partner?

A. China

B. Canada

C. Germany

D. Japan

A. Our top trading partner is China, followed by Canada, Mexico, Japan and Germany.