Latin America Government & Economics 2024

SS6CG1g Which of the following best explains citizen participation in Mexico?

• Mexico is an autocracy so citizens participate in the voting process and select their leaders.

• Mexico is an autocracy so citizens do not participate in the voting process and select their leaders.

• Mexico is a democracy so citizens participate in the voting process and select their leaders.

• Mexico is a democracy so citizens do not participate in the voting process and select their leaders.

SS6CG1g Cuba has a type of government in which the ruler has absolute power and is not restricted by a constitution, laws, or the citizens. Name the type of government. (PS)

• Federal-Republic

• Autocracy

• Presidential democracy

• Parliamentary democracy

SS6CG1g How are the governments of Brazil and Mexico similar?

• A single individual makes all government decisions.

• Citizens vote for government officials in a national election.

• A small group of citizens runs the entire government.

• Government officials inherit their positions through the royal family.

SS6CG1h What is the difference between a parliamentary democracy and presidential democracy?

• In a parliamentary democracy, citizens vote for their president whereas in a presidential democracy citizens vote for the queen.

• In a parliamentary democracy, citizens vote for members of parliament. Parliament chooses their prime minister. In a presidential democracy, citizens vote for their President.

• In a parliamentary democracy, citizens vote for their prime minister. In a presidential democracy, the head of the government is a monarch.

• In a parliamentary democracy, citizens vote for members of the judicial branch. These members select a president from that group. In a presidential democracy, citizens vote for their prime minister.

SS6G2a Which of the following best explains how specialization encourages trade between nations?

• Specialization encourages businesses to make a wide variety of items, that way it ensures that someone will want to trade with them.

• Countries that are allies will always want to trade with each other.

• Specialization allows nations to protect domestic markets from foreign competition and block the importation of dangerous products.

• Specialization allows nations to choose to market only those products/services which they are capable of providing fastest, cheapest, and in great abundance.

SS6E1d Global agreements like NAFTA exist to make trade more affordable between member nations. They achieve this by eliminating ___________ on imported goods.

• quota

• tariffs

• embargo

• borders

SS6E1a Which statement BEST compares a market economy to a command economy?

• In both market and command, the government controls the economic activity in a country.

• In both market and command, the government controls the economic activity in a country.

• In a market economy individuals decide for themselves what they will buy and sell, while the government decides in command economy.

• In a market economy there is no private ownership, while command promotes it.

SS6E1b Which action would do the MOST to make Cuba’s economic system more like Brazil’s?

• increasing incentives to trade

• decreasing personal income tax rates

• decreasing government involvement in major industries

• increasing per capita income by not allowing a free market

SS6E1c In which countries do buyers and sellers come to agreement on prices in order to trade?

• Brazil and Cuba

• Cuba and the U.S.

• Mexico and Brazil

• U.S., Cuba, Brazil

SS6E3a Based on the map of world literacy in 2011, what can you conclude about Latin America's literacy rate?

• Latin America is the region with the lowest literacy levels in the world.

• Latin America has high levels of literacy, except in a few countries in

  Central America.

• South America shows the lowest level of literacy of all continents showed on the map.

• Latin America shows much higher literacy rates than all North America.