Social Studies Review #6

17.The _____ Amendment guarantees “equal protection of the laws"1

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Which goal of the government is NOT contained in both the United States Constitution

and the Confederate States of America Constitution?

• Establish Justice

• Ensure Domestic Tranquility

• Provide for the Common Defense

• Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and posterity

What area is a major crossroads between Africa and Southwest Asia and is home to

the Suez Canal, one of the world’s most important waterways?

• Guiana Peninsula

• Baja Peninsula

• Sinai Peninsula

European country sparked the Industrial Revolution over 250 years ago but

today must import one-third of its food because of a lack of farmland and limited

growing season?

• United Kingdom

• Germany

• China

• Nepal

26.Which country is an archipelago off the coast of eastern Asia?

a. India c. Japan

b. China d. Nepal

• India

• Japan

• China

.What country has large deposits of coal, oil and natural gas, minerals such as nickel,

tin, iron ore and gold and its soil can produce rich yields of grain and vast forests and

yet has difficulty obtaining and transporting them?

• Croatia

• Armenia

• The Czech Republic

• Russia

Which South American country exports electricity because it has the world’s largest

hydroelectric power generator at the Itaipu Dam on the Parana River?

• Argentina

• Venezuela

• Urugual

• Paraguay

Taiwan has one of the world’s most prosperous economies. Its wealth

comes largely from high-technology industries, manufacturing and

trade with other countries..What are high-technology industries?

• Home or village based industry

• Crop grown for the purpose of selling

• Industry that provides services like banking, education, and tourism

• Produce computers and other types of electronics

is the development of a world culture and interdependent world economy.

• Feudalism

• Globalization

• Imperialism

Which agreement opened free trade among the United States, Mexico and Canada?

• United Nations

• European Union

• North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement

• Lighthouse of Commerce