Economics
How is a tariff different from a quota?
A tariff is a fee on imports.
What treaty forced Germany to accept blame for WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
What are the Bundestag and Bundesrat?
Germany's Parliament
What European country is shaped like a boot?
Italy
What body of water has many islands that attract tourists?
Caribbean Sea
What restricts the amount of a product that can be imported?
quota
What is the policy of obtaining and occupying colonies to form an empire?
Imperialism
What government gives citizens full and equal rights to participate?
democracy
What peninsula is occupied by Spain and Portugal?
Iberian penisula
The English Channel lies between what two countries?
Great Britain and France.
What helps raise a country's Gross Domestic Product?
High literacy rate.
The worst nuclear disaster in history occurred here
Chernobyl, Ukraine
What type of government does Cuba have?
communist
What connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Panama Canal
What helped Spanish explorers defeat the Incas and Aztecs?
diseases
What organization encourages trade between European countries?
European Union
Why did European settlers prefer Africans to work on their land?
They had more immunity to European diseases.
Some leaders of Quebec feel their province should take what action?
become its own independent country.
What is the largest of the world’s five Oceans?
Pacific ocean
What type of languages are French and Italian?
Romance
What is the name of Mexico’s currency?
Peso
What organization encourages trade between European countries?
European Union
Why does the Canadian government have to work with the U.S. government to clean up the Great Lakes?
They both share access to the lakes
Name all five of the great lakes
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
What mountain range forms the boundary between Europe and Russia?
Ural Mountains