Workers strike as Spain makes big budget cuts
Apr 02, 2012
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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