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