European Test # 1 (2024-2025)

In which type of economic system does the government have the MOST control of the economy?

• a pure command economy

• mixed economy

• pure market economy

• traditional economy

Which type of economic system puts the MOST value on economic decisions made by people in the past?

• a pure command economy

• traditional economy

• pure market economy

• mixed

What types of economies do the modern states of Germany and Russia have?

• pure market economies

• pure command economies

• mixed economies

• traditional economies

Match the following

• Islam

• Church

• Judaism

• Mosque

• Christianity

• Synagogue

Which statement BEST summarizes the variety of economic systems throughout Europe?

• Most of them are primarily command economies with elements of market economies.

• Most of them are command economies, and the rest are nearly pure market economies.

• Most of them are nearly pure market economies, and the rest are command economies.

• Most of them are primarily market economies with elements of command economies.

During the 1930s, Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, directly controlled all affairs of state for the Soviet Union. What type of government controlled the Soviet Union during this time period?

• a monarchy

• an oligarchy

• a democracy

• an autocracy

What do countries with market economies base their answers to economic questions on?

• what skilled workers want

• what consumers want

• what previous generations produced

• what the government wants to produce

What do countries with traditional economies base their answers to economic questions on?

• what skilled workers want

• what consumers want

• what previous generations produced

• what the government wants to produce

What type of economy do the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia all have?

• mixed economy

• a pure command economy

• a pure market economy

• traditional economy

What is one of the key differences between parliamentary democracies and presidential democracies?

• The head of government has legislative power in a presidential democracy, but does not have legislative power in a parliamentary democracy.

• The head of government has executive power in a presidential democracy, but does not have executive power in a parliamentary democracy.

• The head of government has legislative power in a parliamentary democracy, but does not have legislative power in a presidential democracy.

• The head of government has executive power in a parliamentary democracy, but does not have executive power in a presidential democracy.