6th Grade Topic 4 Section 7 Review

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What is corruption?

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use of power for personal gain

Answer explanation

#41 corruption - use of power for personal gain

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What is deforestation?

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When you cut down more trees than you can replant

Answer explanation

#42 deforestation - loss of forest cover in a region that results from trees being destroyed faster than they can grow back

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What is a free trade zone?

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area within which all countries can freely trade with one another

Answer explanation

#43 free trade zone - area within which all countries can freely trade with one another

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What does the term operate mean?

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to work

Answer explanation

#46 operate - to work

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What have most South American countries become more of in recent years?

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democratic

Answer explanation

#81 What type of government do most South American governments have? - democratic

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How can Political corruption directly hurt a country’s economy?

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it wastes money that could be invested.

Answer explanation

#78 How political corruption hurts a country’s economy - it wastes money that could be invested.

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What does Venezuela do to critics of the government?

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Silence them & block opposition

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What is Brazil doing to decrease the damage caused by deforestation?

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tracking the illegal cutting of trees & encouraging shade farming

Answer explanation

#42 deforestation - loss of forest cover in a region that results from trees being destroyed faster than they can grow back

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What is the main goal of Mercosur?

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to allow free trade among South American countries

Answer explanation

#77 What is Mercosur - to allow free trade among South American countries

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What do non governmental organizations (NGO) do?

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antipoverty programs to help stabilize countries.

Answer explanation

#44 non governmental organization (NGO) - group, usually nonprofit, that operates with private funding