Match each term with its description below

Question

Queen Elizabeth II
Congress
Belize
Civil War
Nicaragua
Representative Democracy
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 U.S. form of government
 El Salvador and Nicaragua experienced this for more than a decade.
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Up and into the 20th century, only one percent of the population owned land in this country
 Canada’s head of state
 Central American country settled by the British  The U.S. equivalent to Canada’s Parliament

Answer 1

Congress - U.S. form of government
Civil War - El Salvador and Nicaragua experienced this for more than a decade.
Belize - Central American country settled by the British
Queen Elizabeth II - Canada’s head of state
Representative Democracy - The U.S. equivalent to Canada’s Parliament

Answer 2

Match each term with its description below. (2 points)
An alliance formed by countries with similar political or economic goals
Unimpeded exchange and flow of goods and services between trading partners regardless of national borders
Halted the import of Canadian beef to the U.S.
A government tax on imports and exports
 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy  Blocs  Tariff  Free trade agreement

Answer 3

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy - Halted the import of Canadian beef to the U.S.
Blocs - An alliance formed by countries with similar political or economic goals
Free trade agreement - Unimpeded exchange and flow of goods and services between trading partners regardless of national borders
Tariff - A government tax on imports and exports

Answer 4

Which of the following scenarios will decrease the genetic variation of a population? (1 point)
a population of birds suddenly decrease their frequency of sexual reproduction
a mutation in a chromosome makes it more likely to undergo genetic recombination
a mutation alters the sequence of a gene resulting in a new allele
an individual works out, increasing their muscle mass

Answer 5

A. a population of birds suddenly decrease their frequency of sexual reproduction