How are Nigeria and Kenya similar?

citizens can only vote for legislature

How can an investment in capital goods impact GDP?

Investments in capital goods allow countries to produce more goods and services.

Investments in capital goods hurt the economy.

Capital goods have no impact on economic growth.

Capital goods hurt human capital, but help improve the GDP of a country.

What is infrastructure?

capital goods like roads and power lines

capital goods like pencils and paper

What is specialization?

when a country produces the things they are able to produce easily and trades for the things that they need

are financial penalties applied by one or more countries against a targeted country

an economic system in which supply and demand (the consumer) determine what is made, how it is made, and for whom it is made

an economic system in which customs and traditions determine what is made, how it is made ,and for whom it is made

How do unstable governments impact education in Africa?

Unstable governments are unable to invest in human capital because they may be fighting wars or wasting their money

Teachers won't work in countries with unstable governments

Unstable governments want to keep their literacy rates low

Tradition says that children should not go to school, but should work at home.

How do literacy rates impact GDP?

high literacy rates mean a country has invested in human capital, so their GDP will increase

literacy rates have no impact on GDP

high literacy rates mean a country has invested in capital goods, so their GDP will increase

high literacy rates mean a country has invested in human capital, so their GDP will decrease

a rural area blacks were forced to live on

urban ghettos blacks were forced to live in

urban ghettos coloureds were forced to live in

a rural area coloureds were forced to live on

Even with the end of apartheid, what was a major problem that remained?

income inequality between blacks and whites

laws that treated whites better than blacks

blacks being forced to live in homelands

What did F.W. de Klerk do for South Africa?

He helped to end apartheid and released Nelson Mandela from prison.

He put Nelson Mandella in jail.

He fought for South Africa's independence.

How did F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela help end apartheid in South Africa?

they worked for a peaceful end of apartheid and helped set up a new democratic South Africa

they fought for South Africa's independence from Great Britain

they made new laws that extended apartheid for three more years and then end it

Even though apartheid has ended many problems remain. Which of these is one of those problems?

blacks cannot run for government office

only Indians and coloureds can go to college

Why would a country most likely use a quota?

To protect domestic producers and workers

Why did a number of the countries of the United Nations have an embargo on South Africa?

They wanted South Africa to end its system of apartheid.

South Africa refused to take part in international trade.

Some were hoping for better oil deals from the South African government.

They wanted South Africa to lower the world price of gold and diamonds.

How are Nigeria and Kenya similar?

citizens can only vote for legislature

Which is a key difference between parliamentary and presidential democracies?

There is less separation of powers between the executive and legislative power in a parliamentary democracy.

There is less separation of powers between the executive and judicial power in a presidential democracy.

There is less separation of powers between the executive and legislative power in a presidential democracy.

There is less separation of powers between the executive and judicial power in a parliamentary democracy.

Why are literacy rates for girls lower than those for boys in both Kenya and Sudan?

Traditional views say that girls should be married rather than educated

Very few schools have been opened for girls in either country

Girls have shown they cannot do schoolwork as easily as boys

Most girls in these countries have no interest in going to school

Why do most economies in the world today operate somewhere between a market economy and a command economy?

Most economies have found that they need a mix of free market and some government control to be successful and protect consumers

Government control always makes a market economy more profitable.

Most consumers prefer government control to a free market system

Most business owners prefer government control to a free market system

The modern day political boundaries, civil wars, and conflicts found in Africa can often be traced back to which of the following event?

European partitioning and colonization

Ancient African trading empires

European cooperation in the late 1800s

The scramble for Africa can be described as.......

fighting for natural resources and land in Africa

Europeans working together to get new African trade routes

Why was the Pan African movement so important?

it allowed unity to exist among Africans and ignited nationalist movements

it forced African countries to become members of the United Nations

it created an ethnic division that led to civil war in many African countries

it granted African countries sovereignty from their European colonizers

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What are some major exports from Africa?

Gold, oil, diamonds, uranium, and platinum

Oil, gold, coal, timber, and technology

Medicine, diamonds, cars, silver, and copper

Iron ore, coal, sulfur, silver, and platinum

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is HIV/AIDS a major problem in Africa?

There are many cures available that cure the virus.

Drugs to treat the virus are very expensive and unstable African governments can't help their citizens obtain them.

Education is available, but most Africans choose not to listen and make risky choices.

It is not a problem in Africa because most people have been cured.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Reasons for famine in Africa include

drought, unstable governments, conflicts/civil wars

global warming, rising sea levels, unstable governments

no one wants to farm anymore

lack of water, soil erosion, no tools

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who is the head of government in Kenya?

prime minister

president

king

emperor

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are reasons for the widespread epidemic of AIDS in Africa?

no medications available, lack of water, no hospitals

civil war, desertification, no internet for research

lack of education & training, expensive medications

government corruption, no roads for ambulances, no medications available

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the type of government in which the leader is elected by the citizens?

constitutional republic

autocracy

parliamentary democracy

presidential democracy

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In South Africa, citizens elect members to the National Assembly (house of Parliament), then parliament selects one of its members to be the president. South Africa has what type of government?

Parliamentary Democracy

Presidential Democracy

Dictatorship

Communist

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2nd Semester Interim Review 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 50

What are some major exports from Africa?

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Reasons for famine in Africa include

Who is the head of government in Kenya?

What are reasons for the widespread epidemic of AIDS in Africa?

What is the type of government in which the leader is elected by the citizens?

In South Africa, citizens elect members to the National Assembly (house of Parliament), then parliament selects one of its members to be the president. South Africa has what type of government?

How are Nigeria and Kenya similar?

Who is the head of government in South Africa?

What is a benefit of free trade?

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