Unit 5 Pre/Post Assessment

Front

Which factor is the most important to consider when determining whether a government is a presidential democracy or a parliamentary democracy?

Back

the separation between executive and legislative power in the government

Front

Which answer choice correctly contrasts the Brazilian and Cuban governments? Options: In Brazil, people can vote for government officials, and there are multiple political parties; in Cuba, people can vote for government officials, but all candidates are members of the same party.

Back

In Brazil, people can vote for government officials, and there are multiple political parties; in Cuba, people can vote for government officials, but all candidates are members of the same party.

Front

What type of economy do small communities in the remote parts of the Amazon Rainforest have if they hunt and farm in the same ways their ancestors did and barter for things they cannot make themselves?

Back

Traditional

Front

Based on this information, what conclusion can be drawn about the government of Jessica's country? Citizens vote on who they want to serve in the legislature, which is the most powerful branch of the government. The judiciary has oversight over the legislature, but the legislature appoints the president and directs executive policy.

Back

It is a parliamentary democracy.

Front

How do market economies answer the three basic economic questions?

Back

Supply and demand will guide producers in what goods to produce, how to produce them, and for which consumers to produce them. Supply and demand will guide all decisions.

Front

Why did the United States put an embargo on almost all trade with Cuba?

Back

Cuba nationalized businesses owned by American investors.

Front

In a democracy, from where does the power to govern derive?

Back

the people being governed

Front

How has the Internet helped to improve the economies of many Latin American nations?

Back

by expanding domestic agriculture

Front

What long-term impact did the Cuban Revolution have on Cuba's economy?

Back

All trade between the United States and Cuba stopped for over half a century.

Front

What was one of the immediate effects of the Cuban Revolution?

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The government seized private property and nationalized it.