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WorksheetsCivics Chapter 23
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Countries that provide extensive social services at little or no cost to the users.
a)
Free Market
b)
Capitalist State
c)
Laissez-faire State
d)
Welfare State
2.
Taxes in socialist countries take 50-60% of a person's income
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Government bureaucrats plan how an economy will develop over a period of years.
a)
Welfare State
b)
Free Enterprise
c)
Free Market
d)
Centrally Planned Economy
4.
What another name for a Centrally Planned Economy?
a)
Free Enterprise
b)
Free Market
c)
Welfare State
d)
Command Economy
5.
A large number of developing countries choose socialism.
a)
False
b)
True
6.
What is one reason developing countries turn to socialism?
a)
They are unable to make their own decisions and need someone to make them
b)
Foreign countries own the large industries and nationalization gives local people control
c)
Developing countries actually choose capitalism over socialism
d)
The people dislike America and do not want to have a similar economy
7.
In a socialist society, the government may devote so much attention to one or two basic industries that the production of food or consumer goods may be neglected
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Political instability is a persistent problem in developing nations and one reason these governments turn from socialism to a totalitarian methods
a)
False
b)
True
9.
Which is NOT a criticism of socialism?
a)
An economy is too complex to be directed by central planners
b)
People are deprived of individual freedom and initiative
c)
Fairness, morally superior
d)
Can lead to a totalitarian government
10.
Which is NOT a defense of socialism?
a)
Economy is too complex and cannot be directed by central planners
b)
Fairness, morally superior
c)
Everyone's needs are taken care of
d)
More control over daily life given to workers and citizens
11.
It was developed by Karl Marx and is often called a collectivist ideology, calling for state ownership of land.
a)
Free Enterprise
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
d)
Capitalism
12.
Karl Marx's book in which he analyzed and criticized capitalism
a)
Communist Manifesto
b)
The State and Revolution
c)
The conquest of bread
d)
Das Kapital
13.
Karl Marx believed that history was a story of class struggle over labor and property.
a)
False
b)
True
14.
Communists do NOT believe in violence
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Karl Marx believed religion was what?
a)
Best thing possible
b)
A drug
c)
A right
d)
A necessity
16.
Which is true of the "dictatorship of the proletariat" from Karl Marx's book, Das Kapital?
a)
Religion is useless and a drug for society
b)
Profit and competition is profitable in communism
c)
The transitional phase representing the masses
d)
The free market is the best system
17.
The ultimate goal of Communism is a free, classless society.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
In a Communist country, which party makes all the decisions?
a)
Nationalist Party
b)
Democratic Party
c)
Libertarian Party
d)
Communist Party
19.
How long is the typical plan for a communist centralized economy?
a)
5 years
b)
10 years
c)
3 years
d)
8 years
20.
Millions of Soviet peasants were happy to embrace Communism and willingly gave up their privately owned farms.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
He made Russia a Communist state in 1917
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Joseph Stalin
22.
He became the Soviet, communist dictator in 1924 and introduced centralized planning run by Gosplan.
a)
Vladimir Putin
b)
Vladimir Lenin
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Boris Yeltsin
23.
Soviet who came to power in 1985 and tried to use Perestroika to better the Soviet economy which failed.
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Boris Yeltsin
d)
Vladimir Lenin
24.
Gorbachev's movement to give more authority to local farmers and factories but did not increase output.
a)
Glasnost
b)
Preevyet
c)
Prasteete
d)
Perestroika
25.
Russian President who called for privatization in 1991-1992.
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Vladimir Putin
c)
Boris Yeltsin
d)
Joseph Stalin
26.
The process of returning nationalized enterprises or property to private ownership.
a)
Gosplan
b)
Collectivization
c)
Communism
d)
Privatization
27.
The Russian economy is doing very well today. Poverty and corruption has been eliminated.
a)
False
b)
True
28.
He created the People's Republic of China in 1949 and appealed to Chinese peasants to establish communism.
a)
Mao Zedong
b)
Deng Xiaoping
c)
Ye Jianying
d)
Kim Jong Un
29.
A drastic attempt to modernize China quickly in 1958. Communes were established but it was a failure.
a)
The Great Leap Forward
b)
Perestroika
c)
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d)
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30.
Chinese leader in 1977 who made great changes by moving China toward a market economy and inviting foreign countries to invest in China
a)
Chiang kai-shek
b)
Deng Xiaoping
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Ho Chi Minh
31.
Taking over privately owned industries and putting them under government control
a)
Centrally Planned Economy
b)
Public Welfare
c)
Nationalization
d)
Taxation
32.
Which is NOT one of the factors of production?
a)
Land
b)
Taxation
c)
Capital
d)
Entrepreneurship
33.
What is another name for capitalism?
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Free Enterprise
d)
Closed Market
34.
An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods and investments that are determined by private decisions not state.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Socialism
c)
Communism
d)
Anarchy
35.
Which is NOT a factor of the Free Enterprise System (Capitalism)
a)
Private Ownership
b)
Nationalization
c)
Competition
d)
Profit
36.
In capitalism, entrepreneurs are essential to start and grow businesses.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
Competition between businesses benefits the customer by usually making products cheaper and of high quality.
a)
False
b)
True
38.
The Law of Supply and Demand states:
a)
Plentiful supplies then prices drop, scarce supplies prices rise
b)
Plentiful supplies then prices rise, scarce supplies prices drop
c)
Does not apply to capitalism
d)
Goods remain constant at all times in a free market
39.
When a single business becomes so successful that all of its rivals go out of business.
a)
Bourgeoisie
b)
Centrally Planned
c)
Monopoly
d)
Trust
40.
When several corporations in the same line of business combine to eliminate competition and regulate prices.
a)
Trust
b)
Monopoly
c)
Absolute Agency
d)
Share
41.
Passed by Congress is 1890 and outlawed monopolies and trusts.
a)
Economy Act of 1890
b)
Safe Banking Act
c)
Sherman Trust Act
d)
Sherman Anti-trust Act
42.
Government should play a very limited, hands-off role in society, promoted by Adam Smith
a)
Communism
b)
Socialism
c)
Mixed Economy
d)
Laissez-faire
43.
A business owned by 1 person
a)
Sole proprietorship
b)
Partnership
c)
Corporation
d)
Trust
44.
A business owned by two or more individuals
a)
Sole Proprietorship
b)
Partnership
c)
Corporation
d)
Trust
45.
Small companies and national firms with many owners called shareholders.
a)
Sole Proprietorship
b)
Partnership
c)
Trust
d)
Corporation
46.
A fraction of ownership in a corporation.
a)
Share
b)
Trust
c)
Firm
d)
Bond
47.
He wrote the book, The Wealth of Nations and promoted the Laissez-faire theory
a)
Friedrich Engels
b)
Friedrich Nietzsche
c)
Adam Smith
d)
Karl Marx
48.
An economic and political philosophy based on the idea that wealth should be equally distributed throughout a society.
a)
Capitalism
b)
Communism
c)
Socialism
d)
Laissez-faire
49.
Socialists accept individualism and competition for profit.
a)
False
b)
True
50.
What event did modern socialism develop from?
a)
American Revolution
b)
French Revolution
c)
Post-modern Revolution
d)
Industrial Revolution
51.
Many workers during the Industrial Revolution lived in poverty and slums, worked long hours in dangerous factories, and earned low wages.
a)
True
b)
False
52.
The father of modern day socialism.
a)
Friedrich Nietzsche
b)
George Washington
c)
Adam Smith
d)
Karl Marx
53.
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's book about the miseries caused by the Industrial Revolution.
a)
The Communist Manifesto
b)
The Wealth of Nations
c)
Hardships in America
d)
The State of Revolution
54.
The workers who were badly abused according to Karl Marx
a)
Proletariat
b)
Bourgeoisie
55.
The capitalists who abused the workers and would one day be overthrown according to Karl Marx
a)
Bourgeoisie
b)
Proletariat
56.
Basic resources necessary to any nation's economy no matter what economic system it follows.
a)
Free Enterprise
b)
Nationalization
c)
Central Planning
d)
Factors of Production
57.
Which is NOT a characteristic of socialism?
a)
Private Ownership
b)
Nationalization
c)
Taxation
d)
Centrally Planned
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