SOCIAL STUDIES MID TERM REVIEW

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)Traditional 2)Market 3)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 jobs 2.Banks closed 3.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?

COMMUNISM

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