Weekly Review 202018

  1. What term refers to the percentage of a country’s people who can read and write?
  2. Which part of the United Kingdom’s parliament is elected by the citizens and controls the country’s budget?
  3. What is the name of the most powerful house in Germany’s Parliament whose members are directly elected by the citizens?
  4. What term refers to the symbolic leader of a country who usually has little ruling power and is considered a figurehead of the country? (Chief executive, head of state, dictator, or czar)
  5. What is the name (title) given to the person who is responsible for making decisions and running the government on a day-to-day basis? (head of state, monarch, or chief executive)
  6. What country was created by the United Nations in 1948 to give the Jewish people a homeland?
  7. What was the name of the treaty that was signed to end World War I and made Germany give up a lot of territory and pay huge reparations?
  8. What is the holy or sacred book ofIslam?
  9. What narrow waterway is located between Great Britain and France?
  10. What river flows northward through Germany, empties into the North Sea, and is an important way to transport people and goods?

Weekly Review 20 2018

  1. What term refers to the percentage of a country’s people who can read and write?
  2. Which part of the United Kingdom’s parliament is elected by the citizens and controls the country’s budget?
  3. What is the name of the most powerful house in Germany’s Parliament whose members are directly elected by the citizens?
  4. What term refers to the symbolic leader of a country who usually has little ruling power and is considered a figurehead of the country? (Chief executive, head of state, dictator, or czar)
  5. What is the name (title) given to the person who is responsible for making decisions and running the government on a day-to-day basis? (head of state, monarch, or chief executive)
  6. What country was created by the United Nations in 1948 to give the Jewish people a homeland?
  7. What was the name of the treaty that was signed to end World War I and made Germany give up a lot of territory and pay huge reparations?
  8. What is the holy or sacred book of Islam?
  9. What narrow waterway is located between Great Britain and France?
  10. What river flows northward through Germany, empties into the North Sea, and is an important way to transport people and goods?