7th SS - March Madness FINAL week

What is economic specialization?

• Directly swapping goods from one country to another without having to use money

• Trying to avoid investing in industry and technology because of the expense involved

• producing all goods and services needed for a country's growth, so that trade with other countries is not needed

• Producing those goods a country can make most efficiently so they can trade them for goods made by others that cannot be produced locally

The economies of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran could best be described as

• Mixed

• Command

• Market

• Traditional

What is an embargo?

• A tax placed on goods coming into the country from overseas

• A limit to the amount of a certain good allowed into the country

• A formal halt to trade with a particular country for economic or political reasons

• A tax paid by the producer before he can sell his goods in another country

What is a quota?

• A decision to prevent certain goods from being imported

• a tax placed on imported goods when they enter the country

• a limit on the number or amount of a foreign-produced good that is allowed into the country

• a tax placed on goods when they are purchased in the market

A political system in which voters separately choose a leader to serve in the government as head of the executive branch

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Autocracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Oligarchy

How have the major rivers of Southwest Asia become a part of political conflict?

• Many rivers dry up during the hot summers

• The rivers have nothing to do with the area's political conflict

• Several countries have built dams along their portion of the river, cutting off water to those living downstream

• Most countries do not allow water to be taken out of rivers for irrigation

People living in the deserts in Southwest Asia have usually made their living by

• farming

• working in the oil industry

• mining and hired labor

• trading animals and handmade goods

Why is most rainforest area lost today?

• unchecked forest fires

• harsh drought and high winds

• logging for industry, farming, and fuel

• diseases that attack old growth trees

What is the definition of "deforestation"?

• Elimination of a species of an animal

• Creating nature preserves to protect forests

• Forcing people to move from cities into traditional forest villages

• Cutting down and clearning trees from the area

Which phrase best describes the Sahel?

• An area that borders the desert

• Rolling grasslands and low hills

• A desert made up of high sand dunes

• Cleared land that was once rainforest