This group often engage in guerilla warfare. They represent poor farmers in Mexico
Who are the Zapatistas?
100
A period of distrust between two superpowers
What is the Cold War
100
The monolith found in central Australia
What is Ayers Rock?
100
This area of Canada contains a distinct culture and a population that has considered trying to become independent and separate from Canada.
What is Quebec?
100
A system of government where the central government has all the power, and distributes this power to the local governments
What is a unitary government?
200
This physical feature is found on the western coast of South America, between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the driest places on Earth
What is the Atacama Desert
200
The body of water that surrounds Italy and the Italian peninsula
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
Australia provides this to make sure its population is smart and can produce many things, raising the country's GDP
What is education (investing in human capital)?
200
This physical feature is a mountain range found on the western part of Canada, and spans Canada and the United States.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
200
A system of government that shares power between the central and local governments; each government has their own responsibilities and duties
What is a federal government?
300
This person took over Cuba's government during the Cuban Revolution, and is still the current dictator of the country.
Who is Fidel Castro?
300
The man who developed technology for sailing, including different types of sails; he set up a school in Portugal
Who is Prince Henry the Navigator?
300
This group of people are believed to have originally come from Asia, but then migrated to Australia and became the first group of people to live there.
Who are the Aborigines?
300
This type of trade was the start of Canada becoming a trade center. Samuel de Champlain saw these animals as he traveled up the St. Lawrence River and trade and sold them for warmth
What is the beaver fur trade?
300
A type of government that has only one leader with all the power. This person can be a dictator, king, or queen.
What is an autocracy?
400
This person is known as the "Father of Independence" for Mexico. His occupation was a priest
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
400
The document that ended World War I; placed the blame Germany
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
400
Great Britain established this type of colony in Australia; prisoners performed manual labor to build homes, public buildings, etc
What is a penal colony?
400
These countries were the first to colonize Canada. Even today, the languages of these two countries are spoken in Canada
What is England and France?
400
This type of democracy has the people elect leaders to the legislature, and those leaders then elect a prime minister
What is a parliamentary democracy?
500
The physical feature that is located in central Europe. It experiences a good climate and contains a lot of arable land
What is the European Plain?
500
This physical feature is located off the northeastern coast of Australia, and contains rare and fascinating plant and animal life
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
500
This physical feature is located at the southern border of Canada. The United States and Canada work together to clean out the pollution found in these bodies of water
What are the Great Lakes?
500
This type of democracy is the one used by the United States. Individuals choose both the legislature and the chief leader of the country