SEMESTER REVIEW
Unit 1 - North America
Mexico, United States, and Canada have a free market economy also known as a capitalist economy
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Consumer’s influence which goods are produced
Producers are allowed to determine what to produce, how much to produce,
and what to charge for their product.
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Understand supply and demand: if supply goes down, prices go up,
if supply goes up, prices go down
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Know the difference between a service industry (industry that sells services) and a
goods industry (industry that sells a product)
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High taxes are placed on imported goods to encourage people to by their own
countries products
Official language of Mexico is Spanish, United States is English, and Canada is English and French
Mexico
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Mexico’s rapid growth has caused unemployment
The Rio Grande, separating Texas from Mexico, has caused problems in controlling
illegal immigration
Study the list of culture characteristics
The geology of California, the fault line, makes it susceptible to earthquakes
Unit 2 - Government
Government of the United States is a democracy; most countries in the world have
a limited government
Divided into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
Legislative - make the laws
Executive - enforces the law
Judicial - decides if laws are constitutional
One rule government - dictatorship; few rule government - junta, rule by all - democracy
Unit 4 - South America
Recognize the affect of South America having opposite seasons than the United States
Unit 5 - Europe
Great Britain has a constitutional monarchy - a Queen but Parliament actually runs the government
Why would Germany’s male population over the age of 75 be less than some other countries in Europe?
What is the Iliad?
Unit 6 - Eurasia
Eurasia is separated from Europe by the Ural Mountains
Most of Russia is cold tundra; understand how that climate could affect the country