How did the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine affect local people?

They had to leave their homes, abandoning the city

How were lords and knights connected in the Middle Ages?

Lords granted knights land in exchange for military service

What effect did Renaissance humanism have on the Catholic Church?

more people criticized Catholic Church

Free trade between Canada, Mexico, and the US

How did Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press affect European culture?

Spread new ideas and information

Which shows the social classes in order from most powerful to least?

peninsulares, criollos, mestizos, Native Americans

How did the Spanish take over the Incan Empire?

They killed Atahualpa in front of his people

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1
How did the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine affect local people?
They grew wealthy from increased coal production
They had to leave their homes, abandoning the city
They used more nuclear plants
They fled at the time, but were soon able to return and rebuild
2
What is the wall built to divide East and West Berlin in the Cold War?
Feudalism
Kyoto Protocol
Multinational corporation
Berlin Wall
3
How did the European Union encourages cooperation among nations?
common currency
tarrifs
military alliance
limited trade zones
4
What are people of Spanish and indigenous background?
Arawak
mestizos
Carib
Maya
5
Why did Europeans bring slaves from Africa to the Caribbean?
they wanted entertainment from the African music
most of the native people died
there was no culture
the natives went on strike
6
What is a time of rebirth?
Industrial Revolution
Kyoto Protocol
Renaissance
Magna Carta
7
What is a small group that holds political power, or a system of rule by the few
oligarchy
paramilitary
democracy
dictatorship
8
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were great Medieval artists.
False
True
9
What is a time of lower temperatures when much of the land was covered in ice?
Emigrate
Ice Age
Fascism
Scientific Revolution
10
To leave an area and move to a new place is called what?
Emigrate
Crusades
Tundra
Ice age
11
Why did farmers abandon their land in the 1930s?
World War 2
Dust Bowl
Manifest Destiny
Gold Rush
12
Galileo and Isaac Newton made great contributions during the Scientific Revolution
False
True
13
Who did Evo Morales help?
natives and the poor
militaries
businesses
politicians
14
What is an overthrow of the government called?
literacy
austerity measures
coup
boom and bust cycle
15
What is Pax Romana?
war
epidemic
food
peace
16
How was the government of ancient Athens different from most democratic countries today?
It was a direct democracy
Gave women the right to vote
People had no say in government
It was an oligarchy
17
What is a legendary place full of gold?
La Violencia
Brazil
Latin America
El Dorado
18
What is the area of the Americas influenced by the countries of Spain, France, and Portugal?
El Dorado
Latin America
MERCOSUR
offshore oil
19
What is an independent city that controls the surrounding area?
tundra
city-state
acid rain
emigrate
20
How were lords and knights connected in the Middle Ages?
Lords built monasteries for knights to live in
Knights conquered the Holy Land and gave it to lords
Lords granted knights land in exchange for military service
Knights forced King John to sign the Magna Carta
21
What is an economic and political partnership among member nations?
English Bill of Rights
European Union
Totalitarianism
Direct Democracy
22
What was a wave of political violence from 1948-1957?
austerity measures
MERCOSUR
El Dorado
La Violencia
23
What is a plant community made up of grasses, mosses, herbs, and low shrubs?
City-state
Holocaust
Tundra
Acid Rain
24
What is a period of economic growth followed by a period of sharp decline?
La Violencia
offshore oil
boom and bust cycle
austerity measures
25
What are armed forces not authorized by government?
criollos
conquistadors
abolitionists
paramilitaries
26
What is a good or service that is produced within a country and sold in another country?
export
diplomacy
climate
import
27
What is the harmful material released into the environment?
pollution
plains
humanism
taiga
28
What is an area of land with water on 3 sides and connected to the mainland?
Peninsula
Plains
Republic
Taiga
29
The U.S. government has many features from Greek and Roman government.
True
False
30
What is precipitation that is acidic?
Marshall Plan
Ice age
Acid rain
Fascism
31
What is a movement for African-American equality?
Manifest Destiny
Civil Rights movement
Great Depression
unlimited government
32
What is the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during WWII?
Holocaust
Velvet Revolution
Ice Age
Crusades
33
Private businesses, not government, make decisions about economy in this economy
diplomacy
communist
free enterprise
socialist
34
What effect did Renaissance humanism have on the Catholic Church?
more people criticized Catholic Church
more people supported Catholic Church
more people accepted Catholic teachings
ended Catholic influence in Europe
35
What are Spaniards born in the Americas
conquistadors
paramilitaries
peninsulares
criollos
36
What is a large commercial farm called?
export
diplomacy
plantation
migration
37
What is NAFTA?
It raises taxes on trade between Canada, Mexico, and the US
Free trade between Canada, Mexico, and the US
It bans immigration between Canada, Mexico, and the US
Disagreement between Canada, Mexico, and the US
38
What is the average temperature over a period of time?
migration
temperate
plantation
climate
39
What are people who wanted to end slavery
oligarchies
abolitionists
peninsulares
paramilitaries
40
Who was the leader of Cuba?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
George Washington
Christopher Columbus
Fidel Castro
41
How did Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press affect European culture?
Spread new ideas and information
Helped ships cross the Atlantic more quickly
Catholic Church became more powerful
Helped Renaissance artists like spread their work
42
What are governments controlled by a single leader?
dictatorships
parliamentary
monarchies
democracies
43
What is farming with machines?
multinational corporation
Magna Carta
feudalism
mechanized farming
44
What is a series of military expeditions by European Christians to take control of Palestine?
Velvet Revolution
Crusades
Ice Age
Holocaust
45
What is a powerful leader?
direct democracy
tyrant
humanism
republic
46
What are intense storms that form over the tropical Atlantic Ocean?
hurricanes
tornadoes
earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
47
What is a large area of flat or gently rolling land?
Plains
Taiga
Pollution
Peninsula
48
Which shows the social classes in order from most powerful to least?
peninsulares, criollos, mestizos, Native Americans
mestizos, criollos, Native Americans, peninsulares
criollos, mestizos, peninsulares, Native Americans
peninsulares, criollos, Native Americans, mestizos
49
How did the Spanish take over the Incan Empire?
They asked them nicely
They let the Sapa Inca rule and followed him.
They killed Atahualpa in front of his people
They found the most gold and won it
50
What is the document which limited the king's power?
Kyoto Protocol
Industrial Revolution
Magna Carta
Cold War
51
What are taxes on imports called?
offshore oil
tariffs
criollos
paramilitaries
52
What is a government in which citizens have the right to vote and elect officials?
English Bill of Rights
republic
tyrant
direct democracy
53
What is a natural defense?
austerity measures
terraced farming
MERCOSUR
immunity
54
What is the right to rule oneself?
isthmus
diaspora
Santeria
independence
55
What is a religious movement that led to the founding of Protestant churches?
Velvet Revolution
Ice Age
Holocaust
Reformation
56
What is the process where water, ice, and wind remove rocks and soil from the Earth's surface?
hurricanes
deforestation
diaspora
erosion
57
What is democracy in which the people elect representatives to make the nation’s laws?
monarch
direct democracy
dictatorship
representative democracy
58
How is French Guiana different from the rest of the South American countries?
It is the only country that doesn't speak Spanish
It is not Catholic
It is a territory, not a country
It has the largest oil industry in the continent
59
What is the planning of a city called?
urban planning
abolitionist
ethanol
oligarchy
60
What is it called when people vote to accept or reject a law?
urban planning
oligarchy
referendum
austerity measures
61
What is a government where citizens vote directly for laws?
English Bill of Rights
republic
direct democracy
tyrant
62
What is a wood that produces a red dye?
tariff
offshore oil
brazilwood
capoeira
63
What are the two main industries in Brazil
coffee and sugar
sugar and oil
oil and alpaca wool
coffee and oil
64
What is the post-WWII period of hostility between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?
Magna Carta
Renaissance
Cold War
Feudalism
65
What is a fuel that can be made from sugar cane?
ethanol
offshore oil
MERCOSUR
El Dorado
66
Who established the colony of Suriname in Caribbean South America?
British
Dutch
French
Spanish
67
Who contributed to democracy in Athens?
da Vinci and Michelangelo
Hitler and Stalin
Gutenberg and Galileo
Solon and Pericles
68
What is a variety of living things?
diaspora
biodiversity
hacienda
ecotourism
69
What is a government structure in which there are no effective limits on government actions?
diplocay
limited government
unlimited government
confederacy
70
What is an economy based on exports?
export economy
dictatorship
tariffs
boom and bust cycle
71
Why does Costa Rica have a stable government?
they have many natural resources
they have a communist government
they are very poor
they have no army
72
What are crops grown mainly for sale?
import
cash crops
migration
export
73
Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
FDR
George Bush
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
74
What are Spanish soldier-explorers?
paramilitaries
caudillos
criollos
conquistadors
75
Cuba has what type of government?
presidential democracy
dictatorship
parliamentary democracy
monarchy
76
What is a thick forest of coniferous trees?
Taiga
Humanism
Pollution
Tyrant
77
What effect has acid rain had in Europe?
It has damaged historic buildings, forests, and lakes
It has made the farmland stronger
It has led to drier conditions in the Mediterranean
It has improved the health of the people
78
What is government structure in which government actions are limited law?
diplomacy
limited government
Manifest Destiny
unlimited government
79
What is a good or service sold within a country and produced in another country?
import
export
diplomacy
climate
80
What is a worldwide economic slump during the 1930s?
export
Manifest Destiny
Great Depression
Constitutional Republic
81
What is a time in which new technologies transformed manufacturing and changed society forever?
Multinational Corporation
Cold War
Industrial Revolution
Mechanized Farming
82
What are slow-moving masses of ice and snow?
glacier
loess
Cold War
feudalism
83
What is the clearing of large numbers of trees?
deforestation
diaspora
erosion
isthmus
84
What is oil mined from the sea?
urban planning
abolitionists
offshore oil
paramilitaries
85
What did the Catholic Church build to sustain itself over time?
manors with castles
colosseums
stone aqueducts
cathedrals

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