social studies mid term review. auto means? self

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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