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Unit 3 Remediation
Europe's History, Government and Economics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Concentration Camps | Mass Extermination of Jews during WWII |
| Led to the Rise of Adolf Hitler | -Humiliation -Having to pay for war damages -Worldwide Depression |
| Holocaust | Hitler's attempt at the systematic destructions of the Jews, Blacks, Gypsies, and others |
| The event that led to WWII | Germany invaded Poland |
| What led to the US entering into WWII | The bombing of Pearl Harbor |
| Allied Power (WWII) | France, USA, Soviet Union, Great Britain |
| Axis Powers (WWII) | Germany, Japan, and Italy |
| How do is the Cold War described | Distrust between the US and the USSR, development of nuclear weapons, and the Space Race |
| What was the literal symbol of the Cold War and Iron Curtain? | The Berlin Wall |
| What led to the collapse of the Soviet Union? | Communists were unable to compete with the appeal of economic and political freedom in the West |
| A parliamentary democracy is.... | the leader of parliament is not elected by the people but by the legislature, the head of government is called the Prime Minister |
| A presidential democracy is... | the type of government where individual citizens have many rights, freedoms, and can directly vote for the executive branch and the legislative branch separately. |
| An autocracy is... | citizens have little to no participation in the government process |
| A federal government system is.... | where power is shared equally between the regional and central authorities |
| An example of a confederation (government system) is... | the European Union |
| Which country voted to exit the European Union? | Great Britain (UK) |
| Human Capital | skills, knowledge, training, and education |
| Results of investing in human capital | increase GDP, improved literacy rates, and improved standard of living |
| Tariff | a tax on trade or imported goods |
| Quota | a limit on trade |
| Embargo | a ban on trade |
| Subsidy | the government provides a local business owner with money to help them compete globally. |
| Effects of Brexit | -labor shortages in the UK -slight decrease in immigration from UK -Reduce trade with EU countries |
| Mixed economy | -has both government control and private ownership of businesses in this economy |
| Command economy | total government control |
| Market economy | only businesses and individuals control economy, no government, based on supply and demand |
| How do entrepreneurs contribute to a country's economy | -invest in human capital and human resources -generate new ideas -help a country adapt to new trends |
| Describe the governments of many Eastern European countries during the Cold War | many were satellite governments of the Soviet Union |
| East Germany had what type of government after WWII? | Communist |
| Why did Mikahil Gorbachev encourage change in the Soviet Union? | He wanted to save his country because he saw signs that communism was failing |
| Who led the Soviet Union during WWII and the beginning of the Cold War? | Josef Stalin |
| After WWII, Germany was divided into: | East and West Germany; Communist (East) and Capitalist (West) Germany |
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