Unit 1: Geography
Unit 2: Government and Economics
Unit 3: European Foundations
Unit 4: Age of Exploration
Unit 5: Modern History
100
What country is the Amazon Rainforest located in?
Brazil
100
What kind of democracy is this: People vote for their political party. The political party votes for the head of the executive branch.
Parliamentary Democracy
100
This the most widely practiced religion in Europe today.
Christianity
100
What were the 3 motives for exploration
God, Gold, and Glory
100
What were the M.A.I.N. causes of WWI?
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
200
Name the country shown in red on the map.
Italy
200
What is the name of the branch of government that makes the laws?
Legislative Branch
200
What is monotheism?
The belief in a single God/The belief in one God.
200
What South American country that now speaks Portuguese did Portugal colonize?
Brazil
200
What type of warfare became widely used in WWI?
Trench Warfare
300
True or False: Most people in Australia live along the coasts.
True
300
This type of trade barrier puts a limit on the amount of goods that can be traded.
Quota
300
Assign a language family to each language below:
- Spanish
- English
- Russian
Spanish: Romance
English: Germanic
Russian: Slavic
300
What caused the Transatlantic Slave Trade to start?
Europeans had to replace the native/indigenous people working the land due to disease.
300
What did the fall of the Berlin Wall symbolize?
the Soviet Union's loss of control/the fall of the Soviet Union
400
What is the name of the body of water located between the UK and France?
English Channel
400
Which side of the economic continuum would we find Cuba? (Left, Right, or Middle)
Left
400
Which religion uses the Torah as their holy book?
Judaism
400
What were European nations competing for during the age of exploration?
Acceptable Responses:
- Land
- Natural Resources
- Newest technology
400
What were 2 effects of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany?
Acceptable Responses
- Forced them to pay for the damages caused by the war (reparations).
- Took away some of their territories/land
- Reduced the size of their military
500
What is the name of the mountain range that runs along the western coast of South America?
Andes Mountains
500
Which type of economy is this describing?
Supply and demand guides producers in what goods to produce, how to produce them, and for which consumers to produce them. The government will intervene to ensure fairness and productivity.
Mixed Economy
500
Why are romance languages like Spanish and Portuguese commonly spoken in Latin America.
Because of Spanish and Portuguese colonization/colonialism
500
What was a major consequence of European colonization of South America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
The transatlantic slave trade grew a lot
500
The Allied Forces landed in France in June of 1944. Why is this a major event in World War II?
The Allies moved towards Paris, eventually kicking the Nazis out of France.