Latin America Government and Econ.

1. Cuba leans mostly toward a __________________ economy on the economic continuum.

• market
• parliamentary
• command
• traditional

2. Brazil and Mexico are classified as having a ____________ economy.

• command
• traditional
• autocratic
• mixed market

3. Brazil and Mexico are both examples of what type of government?

• parliamentary democracy
• autocratic
• presidential democracy
• monarchy

4. What is one of the biggest differences between a presidential and a parliamentary government?

• there is no difference
• the leader in a presidential democracy is chosen by the parliament not the people
• the legislative and executive branches are equal in a presidential democracy
• the leader of a parliamentary democracy is elected by the legislature

5. If Brazil charges a 20% tax on silver imported from Mexico, this is an example of a/an ________.

• tariff
• quota
• charge
• embargo

6. In a/an _________________ power is held by a single leader and there is no limit to his or her control. The leader denies power to the citizens.

• presidential democracy
• autocracy
• parliamentary democracy
• constitutional monarchy

7. In which economic system, does the government decide what goods will be produced, how they will be produced, and how they will be distributed.

• Mixed economy
• Command economy
• Traditional economy
• Market economy

8. What type of government does Cuba have?

• autocratic
• democratic
• theocracy
• monarchy

9. A ___________________________ economy is one that blends characteristics of both command and market economies, but falls closer to one form or the other.

• pure command
• pure market
• mixed
• traditional

10. Hunting and gathering, bartering, and subsistence farming are all characteristics of a __________________ economy.

• mixed
• traditional
• market
• command