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Term 1 "The Americas"
Term 1 "The Americas"
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The judicial branch...
enforces laws
interprets laws
makes laws
2
Mexico is facing many challenges today, except...
growing population
low unemployment rate
increased population
national debt
3
The total value of goods and services produced in a country in a given year...
GNP
NAFTA
exports
GDP
4
Born in America to Spanish parents and lived in the cities...
Native Americans
Peninsulares
Creoles
Mestizos
5
What is a consequence of the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest?
more timber for the forestry industry
global warming: gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth
growth for the Brazilian economy
increased farmland for settlers
6
The executive branch...
enforces laws
makes laws
interprets laws
7
What major mountain range is located in Peru?
Appalachian
Sierra Occidental
Andes
Sierra Madre
8
The U.S. legislative branch...
interprets laws
enforces laws
makes laws
9
Congress is divided into two separate houses...
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Congress
10
The Cuban Missile Crisis...
the Soviet Union built atomic missile sites in Cuba
the Soviet Union built atomic missile sites in the U.S.
Cuba built nuclear missiles
the Soviet Union sold missiles to Cuba
11
The Supreme Court decides whether or not a law violates the Constitution...
congress
federalism
veto
judicial review
12
The
collapse of the Soviet Union
affected the standard of living for people in Cuba.
False
True
13
The most powerful citizens, were from Spain, and lived in the cities...
Peninsulares
Native Americans
Creoles
Mestizos
14
What European country controlled most of South America during colonial times?
Portugal
Great Britain
France
Spain
15
What is the religion of most Mexicans today?
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
Islam
Protestantism
16
People of
mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
(lived on the outskirts of the city)...
Creoles
Peninsulares
Native Americans
Mestizos
17
A system in which citizens
elect public officials
to make laws
and other decisions for them...
federal republic
communist state
direct democracy
representative democracy
18
The
exchange of goods, animals, and ideas
between the Eastern and Western hemispheres...
European rule
Columbian Exchange
European conquest
Conquistadors
19
The first 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution are called...
the Preamble
the Bill of Rights
the Congress
the Articles
20
Deforestation is caused by all the following,
except
...
timber industry
scientific research
cattle ranching
mining
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Subsistence farming...
growing food to export to other countries
growing cash crops
growing only enough crops to feed one's family
growing food for the town
22
___________________ colonized what is now Brazil.
Portugal
France
Spain
Great Britain
23
The three branches have
powers over one another
; no one branch becomes too powerful...
popular sovereignty
checks and balances
branches
monitoring
24
The Cuban economy was near to collapse, so...
they began allowing some privately owned businesses
they became a democratic nation
they required assistance from the U.S.
the Soviet Union provided economic support
25
Which of the below is a natural resource?
artist
timber
roads
automobiles
26
What is the cause of increased maquiladoras (factories) in Mexico?
an embargo
tourism
NAFTA
Treaty of Tordesillas
27
The _______________ is the document that establishes how our government is set up and run.
Bill of Rights
Preamble
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
28
Castro overthrew the Cuban government and gain control in 1959. This government was...
a democracy
a federal republic
communist
an absolute monarchy
29
Rubber tappers and the Native Amazonians practice
sustainable development
in the rainforest.
clearing the land for settlers
cutting timber for the forestry industry
grazing cattle
use of natural resources without destroying them
30
Spreading of knowledge and ideas between cultures...
cultural exchange
cultural diffusion
subsistence farming
31
What
treaty
impacted settlement and present-day culture of Latin America?
Treaty of Paris
Atlantic Slave Trade
Treaty of Tordesillas
Columbian Exchange
32
Cuba's government and economy:
communism and market
representative democracy and mixed
communism and command
constitutional monarchy and traditional
33
Principle of the Constitution
involves balancing powers between the state/national governments
federalism
amendments
popular sovereignty
checks and balances
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The Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas...
were atheistic
were polytheistic
were monotheistic
