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5 Written Questions

1. farming or ranching
2. widespread cutting of forests
3. Iceland
4. Switzerland
5. the decide how much gas to produce - when less is produced - the demand is greater and the price is higher

5 Matching Questions

1. What is the term that describes an attempt to completely eliminate a group of people in a particular country?
2. What country is the Amazon Basin located (northern region)?
3. What do Egyptian farmers rely on to control the Nile waters?
4. What is the term for a country that is wealthy and provides services to people who are sick, needy, jobless, or retired?
5. Why was the Berlin Wall torn down?

1. a dams
2. b Holocaust
3. c Brazil
4. d to reunite Western and Eastern Germany
5. e welfare state

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. it has boosted the standard of living
   1. What is the economic status of most people in a welfare state?
   2. What do Egyptian farmers rely on to control the Nile waters?
   3. What is one positive effect that oil has had on the countries in the Middle East?
   4. What type of government is found in the United Kingdom?
2. the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
   1. What religion do most people in Western South America practice?
   2. What did Israel agree to give up to the Palestinians in the 1993 peace agreement?
   3. How are Israeli farmers able to grow crops in the desert?
   4. Why did the Afghan people turn to the Taliban for leadership?
3. one-fifth or 20 %
   1. What percent of Brazil's population lives in extreme poverty?
   2. What type of government is found in the United Kingdom?
   3. What is the standard of living like in the Nordic countries?
   4. What is the world's smallest country?
4. business changed ownership from the government to individual people
   1. What is monotheism?
   2. What is deforestation?
   3. What is altitude?
   4. What is privatization?
5. it is difficult to follow their traditional ways of life
   1. What is the standard of living like in the Nordic countries?
   2. How is deforestation threatening the life of Native Americans who live in the rain forest?
   3. What is one positive effect that oil has had on the countries in the Middle East?
   4. What is one negative effect that oil has had on the countries in the Middle East?

5 True/False Question

1. What is the economic status of most people in a welfare state? → the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
   

   True        False

2. What type of government is found in the United Kingdom? → Bolivia and Paraguay
   

   True        False

3. What is the major culture group in Brazil? → Portuguese
   

   True        False

4. What is hydro-electric power? → height above sea level
   

   True        False

5. What causes the geysers in Iceland? → a country that has no seas or oceans that touch its land
   

   True        False