NATO sends ships into Aegean Sea in migrant crisis

Q: NATO sent three warships to the Aegean Sea to stem the deadly smuggling of migrants from Turkey to Greece. Where is the Aegean Sea?

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Q: Despite winter weather, the onslaught of refugees crossing the waters of Aegean has not let up. The sea lies between the Greek peninsula and what other peninsula?

A. Aegean

B. Anatolian

C. Aral

D. Azores

Q: So far this year, 76,000 people have reached Europe by sea and 409 of them have died trying. The refugees are fleeing what war zone?

A. Afghanistan

B. Iraq

C. Syria

D. All of the above

Q: Which member of NATO — the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — asked the military alliance to help stop the criminals who are smuggling the migrants?

A. Germany

B. Greece

C. Turkey

D. All of the above

Q: The number of migrant arrivals in Europe in the first six weeks of 2016 is nearly 10 times as many as the same period last year. Bound for prosperous northern countries like Germany and Sweden, most migrants leave Turkey to cross what European region?

A. Balkans

B. Baltic

C. Basque

D. Brittany


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