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Latin American Government & Economy Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which best describes how the North American Free Trade Agreement encourages trade between member countries?

a)

It sets quotation items member countries can trade.

b)

It puts tariffs in place to slow trade with nonmember countries.

c)

It reduces trade barriers and increases trade between member countries.

d)

It allows member countries to decide what other countries can trade.

2.

What is one goal of the North American Free Trade Agreement?

a)

to remove tariffs

b)

to create a military

c)

to adapt a language

d)

to make a new currency

3.

Which form of government puts the power in a single person?

a)

autocracy

b)

democracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

confederation

4.

Which is true about a democracy?

a)

Leaders are elected by citizens

b)

Citizens do not vote for their leaders

c)

King or Queens rule autocratically in a democratic government

d)

Laws created in a democracy are more likely to protect the parliament

5.

Which country does not use a presidential democracy?

a)

United States

b)

Mexico

c)

Brazil

d)

Cuba

6.

Which type of government exists in Cuba?

a)

dictatorship

b)

monarchy

c)

parliamentary democracy

d)

presidential democracy

7.

One way that Mexico's government is different from the United States' government is that ______.

a)

the president is the chief executive

b)

the legislature is called the Congress

c)

citizens 18 years old and over may vote

d)

president can only serve one six-year term

8.

Which statement about political parties is true about Cuba?

a)

There are many political parties

b)

There is only one legal political party

c)

The leader of a political party cannot be president

d)

Those running for office may not be in the Communist

9.

Which country requires most adults to vote?

a)

Brazil

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

United States

10.

Citizens of which country are considered to have the least freedom?

a)

Brazil

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

United States

11.

Which pair of countries has governments that are most similar?

a)

Brazil and Cuba

b)

Mexico and Cuba

c)

Brazil and Mexico

d)

Cuba and the United States

12.

As with any small island country, Cuba has fewer natural resources than countries such as Brazil. This affects their trade in that Cuba ____.

a)

exports a wide variety of products because they have so few resources.

b)

should import fewer products because they have so few resources

c)

needs to import more products because they do not have all the resources they need

d)

does not import or export

13.

The limit on how many items can be imported into a country is the ___.

a)

demand

b)

quota

c)

supply

d)

tariff

14.

The economic system of communist countries is most closely related to which of the following:

a)

command economy

b)

market economy

c)

traditional economy

d)

mixed economy

15.

What three economic questions are asked when studying the similarities of traditional, command, market and mixed economies among nations of the world?

a)

What to produce, why to produce, when to produce?

b)

What is your opportunity cost, what economic resources are needed, why should these resources be used?

c)

What to produce, how to produce, for whom to produce?

d)

What is your opportunity cost, why are economic resources needed, when should these resources be used?

16.

The relationship between literacy rate and standard of living in Latin America is _____.

a)

literacy rate has not effect on the standard of living

b)

the higher the literacy rate the higher the standard of living

c)

the standard of living is independent of literacy rate

d)

low literacy rate creates a higher standard of living

17.

Economic decisions based customs and beliefs are found in a ______.

a)

market economy

b)

free enterprise system

c)

traditional economy

d)

command economy

18.

In a command economy, economic decisions are made by the ____.

a)

consumers

b)

market

c)

government

d)

producers