European Conflicts
Latin American Geography
Government
European Geography
Human Modifications of Latin America
100
This “A” in the acronym M.A.N.I.A. refers to countries forming partnerships that required them to defend each other.
What are alliances?
100
This Latin American country is home to the city of Mexico City and borders the United States to the south.
What is Mexico?
100
This type of government requires leaders to follow the law, and its power is limited by a constitution.
What is a limited government?
100
This European country is home to the capital city of Paris.
What is France?
100
This major waterway was built to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, allowing ships to travel more quickly between the two.
What is the Panama Canal?
200
This event in 1914 triggered the start of World War I when a major political figure from Austria-Hungary was killed.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
This narrow land bridge connects North and South America and is home to the country of Panama.
What is the Isthmus of Panama?
200
In this type of government, one ruler or group holds complete power and often uses fear or force to stay in control.
What is an unlimited government?
200
This major European mountain range stretches through countries like Switzerland, Austria, and Italy.
What are the Alps?
200
This environmental problem occurs when forests are cleared for farming, ranching, or business expansion, especially in the Amazon.
What is deforestation?
300
This treaty ended WWI but punished Germany harshly, leading to anger and instability in Europe.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
300
This South American country contains the Amazon River and the Amazon Rainforest and is the largest country in Latin America.
What is Brazil?
300
Protecting citizens’ rights and preventing leaders from abusing power are two main reasons why societies choose to do this?
What is limit the power of government?
300
This peninsula includes Spain and Portugal and extends into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
300
This South American country speaks Portuguese because it was colonized by Portugal, not Spain.
What is Brazil?
400
This leader rose to power in Germany by promising to restore the nation’s pride, rebuild the economy, and ignore the Treaty of Versailles.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
400
On a map of South America, this long mountain range stretches down the entire western coast and passes through countries
like Peru and Chile.
What are the Andes Mountains?
400
This civic responsibility requires citizens to participate in the legal system and help ensure fair trials.
What is serving on a jury?
400
This European capital city is located in Greece and is famous for ancient landmarks like the Acropolis and Parthenon.
What is Athens?
400
This cultural exchange spread foods like potatoes and corn to Europe and brought horses and diseases to the Americas.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
500
Created after WWII, this organization expanded cooperation among European nations and promoted peace, shared laws, and open trade.
What is the European Union (EU)?
500
This landform in southeastern Mexico separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea and is known for its ancient Maya ruins and tropical climate.
What is the Yucatán Peninsula?
500
This political gathering allows members of the same party to discuss ideas and choose the candidate they want to represent them in an election.
What is a caucus?
500
This northern European peninsula includes Norway and Sweden and stretches toward the Arctic Ocean.
What is the Scandinavian Peninsula?
500
This major highway, built to improve transportation from the Atlantic to the Pacific, also increases access to the rainforest and contributes to habitat destruction.
What is the Transoceanic Highway?