What export do Venezuela and Mexico have in common?
Oil
100
Name three barriers to trade
Embargo
Quota
Tariffs
100
Which country’s culture had the greatest impact on the language & religion of Australia?
United Kingdom
100
The location of the Aztec empire
The location of the Incan empire
Aztec - Mexico
Incan - Present day Peru
200
What is the difference in an oligarchy and a autocracy
Oligarchy - power in the hands of a few
autocracy - power in the hand of one leader
200
Cuba’s main industry
Farming
200
This trade agreement was created to remove trade barriers (tariffs) between what 3 America, Mexico, and Canada
NAFTA
200
Why did the British want to start a colony in Australia?
They wanted a penal colony to help with their over crowded jails
200
Cortez conquered which Latin American Empire
Pizarro conquered which Latin American Empire
Cortes conquered the Aztec
Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire
300
In this government the ruling party in the legislator elects the leader (Prime Minister) and the people elect the legislators
Parliamentary
300
What 3 regions make up Latin America?
Central America, South America, & the Caribbean
300
How does the literacy rate impact the standard of living for a country?
The higher the literacy rate (reading and writing) the higher the standard of living.
300
What do the Aborigines and the Aztec/Inca have in common?
They were both conquered by Europeans
300
What two countries have had the most impact on South America (religion and language)
Spain and Portugal
400
A weak central government with strong local or regional government
Confederate
400
The Panama Canal was built to create a short cut between what two oceans?
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
400
Name one positive effect of the Columbian Exchange and one negative effect
Positive: New plants and animals were introduced to Europeans and Native Americans
Negative: Europeans introduced diseases that killed many Native people.
400
Where do most people in Australia live and why
In the Southeast (Sidney) because it has a temperate (mild) climate with some rain fall
400
Name two facts we learned about the Zapatistas
Fight for the rights & land for the indigenous people in Mexico
They feel NAFTA hurts business for poor Native American farmers.
500
Government where all power is from the central authority.
Unitary government
500
Name 2 of the 6 landforms you have to label on the Australian map
Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Canberra, Great Victoria Desert, Indian Ocean, Ayers Rock
500
Name one economic factor that works to help Australia have a high GDP?
Natural resources, Human capital, Capital goods and entrepreneurship
500
Name three negative results for Aboriginal people that occurred when Europeans settled in Australia
Their children were taken and educated in European schools
They were taken from their home land
Many were killed by European diseases
500
Name one leader that tried to over throw European rule in Latin America and the area they tried to liberate
Toussaint L’Ouverture - Haiti
Simon Bolivar - New Grenada, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
Miguel Hidalgo - Mexico