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AUTO MEANS?
SELF
DEM MEANS?
PEOPLE
OLI MEANS?
FEW
CON MEANS?
WITH OR TOGETHER
UNI MEANS?
ONE
Government in which the power is divided?
FEDERAL
Type of government in
the United Kingdom?
PARLIAMENTARY
The head of parliament in
the United Kingdom?
the prime minister
The most powerful house of
parliament in the United Kingdom?
House of Commons
3 Types of Economic Systems?
1) Traditional2) Market3) Command
Economy in which decisions are made primarily by buyers and sellers?
MARKET
Economy in which decisions are
made primarily by the government?
COMMAND
Economy in which decisions are based largely on customs and habits?
TRADITIONAL
Economy in which decisions are made by both individuals
and the government?
Group made of 27 member countries
whose purpose is to work together to be
more competitive and powerful economically?
The European Union (EU)
The currency used by most countries in
Europe?
the Euro
Between the countries of the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia,
which one has the most economic freedom?
the United Kingdom
Between the countries of the United
Kingdom, Germany, and Russia, which one has the least freedom?
Russia
Type of trade barrier which is a
government order to stop trading with another country?
EMBARGO
Type of trade barrier which sets limits on the number of goods
that can enter a country?
QUOTA
Type of trade barrier that
puts a tax on imports?
TARIFF
The value of all goods and services produced within a
country in one year?
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
The people who work at a business?
HUMAN CAPITAL
Someone who uses his/her own time
and money to start a business?
ENTREPRENEUR
The city in the Ukraine where
a nuclear power plant exploded?
Chernobyl
ISLAM
Religion that uses the Koran as their holy
book?
Religion that has these major groups: Eastern Orthodox,
Roman Catholic, and Protestant?
CHRISTIANITY
Religion that has Abraham as its
founder?
JUDAISM(Jewish)
Main reasons people wanted to find shorter trade
routes east?
FOR GOODS SUCH AS SILKS
& SPICES
Who opened a school to teach sailors things such as shipbuilding,
mapmaking, and navigation?
Prince Henry
A territory controlled by a foreign land?
COLONY
A country ruled by a
king or queen?
MONARCHY
Country that led the way in
finding a water route to India?
PORTUGAL
What continent did Portuguese sailors
have to go around to sail to the eastern part of the world?
AFRICA
A desire for countries to become stronger by building
bigger empires?
IMPERIALISM
A major cause of the Russian Revolution was that many people were?
FOOD SHORTAGES
After the Russian Revolution, Russia
changed into a communist country
and was called?
THE SOVIET UNION
3 Results of the Great
Depression?
1.Loss of jobs2.Banks closed3.Farmers lost
land
The country hurt most by the
Treaty of Versailles?
GERMANY
The planned killing of a race
of people?
GENOCIDE
Those hurt most during
the Holocaust?
JEWISH PEOPLE
What did the Soviet Union and the USA
disagree about most during the Cold
War?
COMMUNIS
M
When a country has much power over world events, that
country is considered a?
SUPER POWER
The tearing down of what showed that communism was
ending in the Soviet Union?
THE BERLIN WALL
Mountains that form the border between France
and Spain?
PYRENEES
Mountains just above
Italy?
ALPS
Largest country in Europe?
RUSSIA
Mountains that form the border between Europe
and Asia?
URALS
England, Scotland, Wales,
and Northern Ireland make up?
THE UNITED KINGDOM
The two countries on the
Iberian Peninsula?
PORTUGAL AND SPAIN
The two countries that make up the
Scandinavian Peninsula?
NORWAY AND
SWEDEN
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