Workers strike as Spain makes big budget cuts

Q: A day after a million protesters took to Spanish streets and unions conducted a general strike, Spain's government slashed spending and enacted reforms making it easier to fire workers. Where is Spain on this map?

Circle the area on this map


Q: Spain has the highest unemployment rate in Europe - at 23 percent. Spain is in what part of Europe?

A. Scandinavia

B. Balkan Peninsula

C. Normandy

D. Iberian Peninsula

Q: Before the banking meltdown and housing collapse in 2008, Spain's government ran a balanced budget for years. But it is now suffering economic problems like its neighbor on the Iberian Peninsula . . .

A. France

B. Italy

C. Portugal

D. Greece

Q: The crash in housing prices plunged Spain into recession, and the government ran a budget deficit last year that was equal to 8.5 percent of Spain's economy. What European nation overspent at a greater rate?

A. Ireland

B. Britain

C. Greece

D. All of the above

Q: Spain has the fifth-largest economy in the European Union. Which nation has the largest economy in the EU?

A. Britain

B. France

C. Germany

D. Italy


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