Midterm Review 2024

What river is sacred to the Hindu faith?

• Ganges River

• Indus River

• Mekong River

• Yangtze River

What is the main cause of air pollution in China?

• wind currents from the Gobi Desert

• monsoons flooding large urban areas

• arable land is lost due to drought

• coal burning factories and car emissions

What is the main cause of pollution in the Yangtze River?

• monsoons

• factories dumping waste and fertilizer run-off

• shipping issues

• too many forest fires near the river

When a government decides to increase a tariff, it increases the amount of a tax placed upon _________.

• people’s income

• imported goods

• people’s property

• natural resources

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic questions that all economic systems must answer:

• For whom to produce?

• What to produce?

• How much to produce?

• How to produce?

Investing in human capital means spending money on:

• factories and businesses

• education and training.

• developing natural resources

• machinery and technology

Which is often an effect of a high literacy rate?

• higher poverty rate

• a lower standard of living

• a higher standard of living

• lower education levels

A _________ economic system is usually used in an autocratic government.

• market

• bartering

• traditional

• command

Which of the following environmental issue impacts the most people in the Middle East (Southwest Asia)?

• Water shortage/not enough

• air pollution

• hurricanes and monsoons

• deforestation

Which of the facts is true of Judaism?

• worship in mosques

• Jesus is the founder

• began in Saudi Arabia

• Abraham is the founder