Unit 8 Post Test

Which characteristic is PRIMARILY associated with a command economy?

• competition among suppliers in the market

• free access to the marketplace for producers

• centralized decision making about what will be produced

• competition in the marketplace to provide consumer choice

In a command economy, how is it determined what goods and services will be produced?

• Businesses decide what to produce on the basis of market conditions.

• Consumers decide through their behavior in the marketplace.

• Central government planning decides what will be produced.

• Supply and demand control production and price.

Many people who live in Quebec are part of a movement that seeks

• to have French made the official language.

• to change Canada's name to New France.

• to gain independence from Canada.

• to become a province of France.

Canada achieved independence from what country?

• France.

• Germany.

• Great Britain.

• United States

Many people in the Canadian province of Quebec want the state to become independent from Canada. Which of these statements BEST summarizes their case?

• Quebec has a distinctly different culture from the rest of Canada.

• Quebec has closer ties to the United States than does the rest of Canada.

• Quebec wants to become part of the United Nations unlike the rest of Canada.

• Quebec does not participate in the same types of trade as the rest of Canada.

The head of state of the Canadian government is the

• President.

• Prime Minister.

• King of Canada.

• Queen of England.

Because Canada is a parliamentary democracy, its political leader

• is whoever is the eldest child of the current reigning monarch.

• is elected by the majority of the popular votes of its citizens.

• is chosen by the party with the majority of members in the legislature.

• is elected by an electoral college chosen by the unicameral legislature.

All of the following Canadians would be allowed to vote EXCEPT

• an 18-year old male.

• an African-Canadian woman.

• a man on an Indian reservation.

• a prisoner serving a life sentence.

These items are describing what type of government system?

• confederation

• oligarchy

• parliamentary

• presidential

The PRIMARY motive for the separatist movement in Quebec is

• they are interested in and admire French culture.

• they are recent settlers in the province of Quebec.

• they are worried about the value of the Canadian dollar.

• they are supporters of violent action to gain independence.