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What type of government does Canada have?
Pure Command
Who is required to vote in Australia?
EVERYONE 18 and over is REQUIRED to vote. (They have no choice)
What is the purpose of currency exchange?
1. Different countries have different currency values
2. It makes trade easier
The Sierra Madre Mountains are found in which country?
Mexico
Which country is the biggest in South America?
Brazil
Why do Brazilians live near the coast?
They need water for crop growing.
What are Australia’s two most important resources?
Bauxite and Iron Ore
Why was the European Union created?
To decrease trade barriers.
The North American Free Trade Agreement reduced trade restrictions that existed between the United States, Canada, and ?
Mexico
How did the United States respond to the Cuban Revolution?
The U.S placed an embargo on Cuban products.
The coral sea is nearest which other Australian physical feature?
The Great Barrier Reef
Which bay is found in Canada?
Hudson Bay
How were the aborigines treated?
They were denied basic rights.
In a presidential democracy, who elects the legislative branch?
The citizens.
Why do most Australians live along the coast?
The center of the continent has harsh environments.
Why did Germans not like the Treaty of Versailles?
It forced them to take blame for the war.
What reason would Quebec want to be independent from Canada?
Majority of the people in the province speak French as the first language.
Which was an underlying cause of the Holocaust during WWII?
Feelings of prejudice toward Jewish.
What was a cause of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine?
Radiation poisoning.
The president of Russia is elected by whom?
The citizens.
Spanish, Italian, and French are a part of which language family?
Romance Languages
Creating a new capital good would increase a country’s what?
The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Colonization by the Europeans in Latin America led to an increase in which religion in the area?
Catholicism (A form of Christianity)
If majority of the people in a country are literate (able to read and write) what does that mean for the economy?
The standard of living is higher.
Russia, along the eastern coast.