Trade and Economy
US and Canada
Latin America
Ancient Greece
Miscellaneous Vocab
100

This term means "an economy that allows business owners to compete in the market with little government interference"?

Free enterprise

100

Which word means "the document that is the foundation for all US laws and the framework of the US government"?

Constitution

100

Why are Mexico, Central, and South America called "Latin America"?

They speak Spanish and Portuguese, languages descended from Latin.

100

Which word means "a government that receives its power from the people"?

Democracy

100

Which word means "of the countryside"?

Rural

200

The word means "the system by which business owners use productive resources to provide goods and services?

Economy

200

How did the ancestors of the First Nations travel to North America?

 Ice bridge from Asia

200

What is the major industry in Peru?

Ranching (cattle, sheep, alpacas)

200

What term means, "a central city and its surrounding villages, which together follow the same law"?

City-state

200

Which word means "of the city"?

Urban

300

Which word means "a continuing increase in the price of goods and services or a decrease in the ability of money to buy those goods"?

Inflation

300

This term means "a government ruled by a king or queen whose power is determined by the nation's constitution and laws"?

Constitutional monarchy

300

Which word means, "a person of mixed European and Native American ancestry"?

Mestizo

300

Ancient Greek wrote the first examples of this art form?

Play

300

Which word means "the spreading of an idea, product, or technology around the world"?

Globalization

400

What are the four types of industry?

Primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary

400

Which term means, "in a parliamentary democracy, the leader of the cabinet and head of the executive branch"?

Prime minister

400

Which term means "the exchange of goods and services between Europe and its colonies in North and South America"?

Columbian Exchange

400

Which word means, "a person who studies and thinks about why the world is the way it is"?

Philosopher

400

Which word means "relating to the time period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the modern world"?

Medieval

500

Which word means "to establish government control of a service or industry"?

Nationalize

500

Which word means, "Canada's national lawmaking body"?

Parliament

500

What was the major cause of the Mexican Revolution?

Large gap between the rich and poor

500

Name one major contribution the Ancient Greeks made to art or literature.

Poetry, plays, sculptures

500

Which word means, a political and economic system in which kings gave land to nobles in exchange for military service"?

Feudalism