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a) Tariffs

b) Embargoes

c) Quotas

d) border patrol

a) Parliament

b) Prime Minister

c) Supreme Court

d) Queen

a) Officials in Chernobyl were able to contain the radiation and prevent health concerns.

b) The disaster had a small impact on the environment surrounding the plant.

c) It contaminated the water and fish for many years.

d) Ukrainian doctors refuse to help patients affected by radiation poisoning at the clean-up site.

a) The United States and Canada share a border but are not major trading partners.

b) Canada has to import most of its natural resources because it does not have many resources.

c) The Canadian Shield located in the central part of Canada has very few usable natural resources.

d) Water is the major source of transportation in Canada; most of its manufactured goods are produced in the Great Lakes region.

a) That is where the richest farmland is located.

b) The climate in northern Canada is too harsh for most people to live.

c) The government has made the rest of Canada an environmentally protected area.

d) Most Canadians really want to be United States citizens.

a) They won the French and Indian War and demanded freedom.

b) The American Revolution freed the Canadians.

c) They gained their independence through peaceful negotiations over time.

d) Since they have a democratic government, the people voted for freedom and Britain had to comply with the law.

a) Canada conquered Quebec during World War II.

b) Oppressed Quebec citizens desire freedom of speech and religion.

c) Quebec doesn't want to share the large deposits of fossil fuels it has found.

d) French descendants living in Quebec feel their culture and language is being overcome by the English.

a) GDP will stay the same because human capital does not affect it.

b) GDP will increase because educated workers will be more productive.

c) GDP will no longer be significant because people will have higher education.

d) GDP will decrease because the cost of investing in human capital is too high.

a) Cuba's government is unitary where as Brazil and Mexico have a federal form of government.

b) Cuba's government has many political parties, but Brazil and Mexico have only one political party.

c) Cuba's citizens have to be at least 25 years of age to vote, but Brazil and Mexico's citizens have to be older than 25 to vot

d) Cuba's chief executive can serve for only 2 terms in office where as Brazil and Mexico's chief executive can serve up to 4 ti

a) improve trade by establishing a large free-trade zone.

b) set up tarriffs between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

c) lowering the standard of living for some people while increasing it for others.

d) prevent people from one country from buying products from the other two countries.

a) monarchy

b) communist

c) presidential democracy

d) parliamentary democracy

a) Cuba

b) Brazil

c) Venezuela

d) about the same in each

a) NAFTA

b) religion

c) air pollution

d) transportation

a) Cuba broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

b) Cuba's relationship with the United States was strengthened.

c) Cuba became a communist nation under the control of Fidel Castro.

d) Cuba allowed the United States to purchase its land and businesses.

a) European prisons

b) Being sold into slavery

c) diseases brought by the Europeans

d) extinction of the wallaby

a) Aztec

b) Atahualpa

c) Tenochitlan

d) Mexico City

a) The Aztec and Incas welcomed the Spanish into thier cities and thier friendships lasted for many years.

b) The Aztec and Incas fought off the Spanish conquests and reclaimed thier cities. The Spanish left and did not return.

c) The Aztec and Incas were conquered by the Spanish and most of their traditions, art, and arcitecture were destroyed.

d) The Aztec and Incas did not allow the Spanish into their cities; however, they shared their traditions, art and arcitecture w

a) Land in Venezuela is flat with little rainfall so people live along the Caribbean coast.

b) Venezuela's climate allows it to produce large amounts of sgricultural products to trade with its neighbors.

c) The trade of Venezuela's most abundant natural resource, oil, produces the government's main source of income.

d) Most of Venezuela's citizens live in rural areas in order to produce agricultural products to trade with other countries.

a) English and French

b) French and Spanish

c) Portuguese and English

d) Spanish and Portuguese

a) Most people live in the central areas of Brazil.

b) A large portion of Brazil's land is arable (farmable).

c) The Amazon River stretches across much of Brazil.

d) Brazil's climate is generally mild with long periods of drought.