Ch. 2 Assessment Discovering Our Past: A History of the World

Which map projection shows correct direction and shape, but not size and distance?

• Goode's Interrupted Equal-Area

• Mercator

• Robinson

• Winkel Tripel

The line that divides the Earth into eastern and western halves is called the

• Equator.

• latitude.

• hemisphere.

• Prime Meridian.

A map showing population density would be considered a

• general-purpose map.

• political map.

• physical map.

• special-purpose map.

In a ______ economy, all decisions are made by a central government.

• command

• market

• mixed

• traditional

In economics, capital is

• how much of something someone wants to make.

• the price charged for goods or services.

• money or goods used to produce things.

• the willingness of people to take risks.

The ______ branch of the United States government interprets the laws.

• judicial

• federal

• executive

• legislative

Adam Smith wrote about reasons people trade in his 1776 economics book. The Wealth of Nations:

"Whoever offers to another a bargain of any kind, proposes to do this |trade|. Give me that which I want, and you shall have this which you want, is the meaning of every such offer.... It is not from the benevolence |kindness| of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard |attention| to their own interest."

-from The Wealth of Nations

According to this passage, why do people trade with each other?

• to get something illegally

• to get something that they want

• to offer gifts

• to be benevolent

According to the passage, what convinces the butcher, baker, or brewer to provide food for us?

• They do it because the government tells them to do it.

• They do it out of kindness.

• They do it because it serves their self-interest.

• They do it because we want the food.