World Cultures First Semester ACP

Question 1

How many institutions are in a country?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 2

what is socialism?

Accepted Answer

makes people lazy, government provides for all citizens, free / low cost healthcare

Question 3

What does the word urban mean?

Accepted Answer

cities

Question 4

What were the causes of World War 1?

Accepted Answer

Tensions in the Balkans., Austrian Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated

Question 5

What is an institution?

Accepted Answer

A tradition or custom, that reflects the society.

Question 6

What is the physical geography in America?

Accepted Answer

mountains, deserts, canyons, grasslands,

Question 7

What is a renewable resource?

Accepted Answer

a resource that can be used again and again.

Question 8

What is latitude?

Accepted Answer

Lines that go east and west.

Question 9

What are the names of the institutions?

Accepted Answer

government, economic, religious, education, family

Question 10

Where did people in past settle?

Accepted Answer

river

Question 11

what is GDP?

Accepted Answer

how strong a country's economy is

Question 12

What is a non-renewable resource?

Accepted Answer

a resource that doesn't come back.

Question 13

What is a primary source?

Accepted Answer

document or image that provide information firsthand

Question 14

What were the causes of World War 2?

Accepted Answer

Hitler invaded Poland, Germany broke the peace treaty.

Question 15

What are the different ecosystems in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

deserts, rainforests

Question 16

What were the effects of colonization on those indigenous people?

Accepted Answer

Native American adopted their language., Native Americans died from diseases., Native American were turned into slaves., Native Americans died from fighting.

Question 17

What is a secondary source?

Accepted Answer

information that a person read that wasn't firsthand.

Question 18

Why are natural resources important?

Accepted Answer

used to export and make money, they can use those resources themselves, used to export and increase their GDP

Question 19

what is longitude

Accepted Answer

lines on a map that go north and south

Question 20

How has the environment been modified in Latin America, how and why?

Accepted Answer

Deforestation, by cutting down a lot of trees to make houses

Question 21

Who were the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas?

Accepted Answer

Native American tribes that lived in Central / South America

Question 22

Which physical geography is not present in Europe?

Accepted Answer

deserts

Question 23

In a ___ government, citizens can remove elected officials from office.

Accepted Answer

limited

Question 24

What are the key features of a map?

Accepted Answer

scale, title, key, compass rose

Question 25

Where do people settle now? why?

Accepted Answer

city because it has more jobs

Question 26

What is culture?

Accepted Answer

music, language, food, clothes, religion

Question 27

Unlimited governments

Accepted Answer

Citizens have a few or no civil rights, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and North Korea have unlimited govt, government has all the power

Question 28

What are the benefits of the European Union (EU)?

Accepted Answer

All countries in the EU have Euros., People can work and live in the EU easily., People can travel in the EU without a passport

Question 29

what are the different religious holidays?

Accepted Answer

Ramadan, Christmas, Baisakhi, Yom Kippur, Diwali

Question 30

Why was the European Union formed?

Accepted Answer

Because Europe had a bad economy after WW2

Question 31

What are the four regions in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America

Question 32

What are the political rights and responsibilities of people living in America?

Accepted Answer

voting and following the law

Question 33

What is literacy rate?

Accepted Answer

adults reading and writing

Question 34

what is capitalism?

Accepted Answer

no government interference, profit driven, also called Free Market, free market enterprise, People make decisions about price

Question 35

What does wholesale industries mean?

Accepted Answer

stores that sell goods in bulk.

Question 36

Why is the key important?

Accepted Answer

shows what the symbols are

Question 37

Why is the compass rose important?

Accepted Answer

shows the directions on a map.

Question 38

what is life expectancy?

Accepted Answer

how old people live in a country

Question 39

What are the natural resources in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

gold, iron ore, petroleum, diamonds.

Question 40

How does climate effect settlement patterns?

Accepted Answer

people don't settle in cold, hot, mountain, or deserts

Question 41

What does standard of living mean?

Accepted Answer

money people are making in a country, GDP per capita

Question 42

What is multiculturalism?

Accepted Answer

several cultures living in a society.

Question 43

What is assimilation?

Accepted Answer

mixing your native culture and another culture

Question 44

What were the effects of colonization on the native americans?

Accepted Answer

became slaves., most died from diseases.

Question 45

What does economic opportunities mean?

Accepted Answer

the jobs that available in a country

Question 46

What is a retail industry?

Accepted Answer

stores that buy goods in small quantities.

Question 47

what does the word indigenous mean?

Accepted Answer

people that were native to that land

Question 48

Why is the title important?

Accepted Answer

tells you what the map means.

Question 49

Why is the scale important

Accepted Answer

shows the distance

World Cultures First Semester ACP

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World Cultures First Semester ACP

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