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WorksheetsAfrica Government and Economics
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Why has Kenya’s government struggled to uphold its constitution and protect the rights of all its people?
Kenya has had dictators in the past
They have problems with rigged elections on a national level
Constitution calls for freedom of speech, but it is sometimes restricted.
Their country did not gain independence until 2011
One person runs the government.
Autocracy
Democracy
Parliamentary
Oligarchy
An oligarchic government is run by a small group of people.
True
False
What is one reason that African countries experience military coups?
absolutely no poverty
absolutely no disease
no natural resources
government corruption
What are some problems with education in Africa?
Poverty throughout Africa
Religion issues
The gov. needs to pay for militaries, instead of education
Civil wars
Which term is correctly paired with the right definition?
command - government answers all basic economic questions.
market - citizens and private businesses answer basic economic questions
mixed - citizens and gov. answer basic economic questions
all of the above
Most Africans are able to buy medicines to fight disease because the medicines are cheap.
True
False
What is a tariff?
tax on imports
NOT a type of trade barrier
quota
blocking all trade
Why do diseases in Africa keep spreading, even though we have great advances in medicine and technology?
They don't feel like helping their citizens
many countries in Africa choose to spend gov. money on conflicts, instead of using it to prevent the spread of diseases
because people don't wash their hands
They don't have enough trained medical professionals to take care of helping with the prevention of famine and the spread of diseases
What is a quota?
a tax on imports
NOT a trade barrier
limits on how much of a product can be imported
restrictions on trade
What is an embargo?
restrictions on trade
limits on how much of a product can be imported
tax on imports
a type of trade barrier
Diversification is important for a country because...
they don't have to rely on one resource to make them wealthy
they are only able to rely on one resource
if one industry were to fail there are other industries to bring in income for the country.
diversification is bad
Specialization is important for a country because...
a country can make lots of money off of one resourse
a country makes no money of of any resources
they don't have to rely on one resource to make them wealthy
specialization is a terrible terrible thing
Countries have developed a system of currency exchange so they can…
make money off of one resource
make no money
trade money back and forth without problems
not trade money back and forth with problems
The total value of goods and services a country produces in one year is called the _________
GDP per capita
gross domestic product
literacy rate
diversification
What resources drive the economy of South Africa?
gold and diamonds
coal and limestone
mining and agriculture
petroleum and oil
What are micro loans?
the amount of people in a country that are literate
The amount of people in a country that are illiterate
the amount of money a country makes in one year
small scale loans
What resources drive the economy of Kenya?
gold and diamonds
coal and petroleum
mining and minerals
oil and limestone
