2nd Nine Weeks Exam Review

Brazilians between 18 and 70 are required by law to 

The most common language and religion in South America are:

What country borders both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean?

Mexican holiday celebrating the defeat of an invading French Army

The only British territory in Europe that "guards" the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses is called 

What body of water in Eastern Europe is used to transport raw materials and send products?

Many of Mexico's mountains are volcanoes, because Mexico lies along the 

Between the 1100s to late 1400s, Peru was the center of which Empire?

What German leader was responsible for the genocide known as the Holocaust?

What industry did Hugo Chavez seize control of in 2009, increasing Venezuela's wealth?

In the 1900s,Countries along the Atlantic could trade with countries along the Pacific due to 

What economic coalition formed in 1993 so that Europe could compete with US, Japan, and China?

What body of water separates Great Britain and France?

The exchange of people, plants, animals, & diseases between the Americas, Africa, and Europe

This area is a culture region because the ethnic groups living there share a colonial past

In the Caribbean, language patterns were affected by cultural diffusion in which way?

Body of fresh water that is the only kind in the world that contains oceanic animal life

Mexico has this form of government:

What Caribbean country has been a communist "state" since 1959?

Europe is comprised of how many countries?

Who were the first natives Christopher Columbus met in 1492?

This "landlocked" country is rich in mineral resources, and two-thirds of its people are poor

The Amazon River is 

What economic agreement allows the U.S. to have factories in Mexico to use cheap labor

The US placed economic sanctions on Cuba during the Cold War because

What valuable Mexican territory was lost and eventually annexed by the United States?

The Galapagos Islands contain __________ found no place else on earth.

Eastern Europe transitioned from a communist economy to a _______ economy.

Most Southern Europeans practice what form of Christianity?

Competition between the US and the Soviet Union following WWII was known as the ...

The Andes Mountains are unique because they are _____ group of mountain ranges in the world.

A blending of beliefs and practices from different religions

What major body of water borders Mexico's eastern coastline?

When farmers grow just enough food for themselves and their families

The Portuguese were the first European group to colonize 

The first nation in the history of the world to be founded by former slaves is 

How many countries make up Eastern Europe?

What political system has strong government control of society and economy?

Many Brazilians cities are surrounded by slum areas called...

A Spanish Army lead by Hernan Cortes defeated the