European Geography
What country is shaped like a boot?
Italy
What is the name of Canada's francophone province?
Quebec
This is a government in which one person holds all the power.
Autocracy
Most democratic countries have what type of economic system?
mixed, market-leaning
How long was the Seven Years' War fought?
Seven years
What is the largest country in the world?
Russia
What mountain range runs along the western side of Canada?
The Rockies
What form of government gives power to the people?
Democracy
What are the three economic questions?
What? How? For whom?
The genocide of 6 million European Jews by the Nazis was known as what?
The Holocaust
What mountain range forms the border between France and Spain?
The Pyrenees
What is the name of Canada's large inland sea?
The Hudson Bay
What form of democracy does Russia use?
Presidential
What is a tariff?
A tax on imported goods
The Treaty of Versailles forced which European country to pay reparations following WWI?
Germany
What are the two continents separated by the Ural Mountains?
Europe and Asia
What rocky region surrounds the Hudson Bay?
The Canadian Shield
Which type of democracy has its members of Parliament elect a leader?
Parliamentary
What is an embargo?
When trade is completely forbidden with another country.
What was the first country to colonize Canada?
France
Which 4 countries make up the United Kingdom?
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Name the 5 Great Lakes.
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
What is the name of the person who carries out the interests of the British monarch in Canada?
Governor General
Gwen opens up a lemonade stand so she can raise money to buy herself a PS5. This is an example of
Entrepreneurship
Today, some citizens and elected leaders of Quebec believe their province should take which action?
Become an independent country.