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The Human World Test Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of economy includes competition, free trade, private ownership, and prices set by supply and demand?

a)

A command economy

b)

A traditional economy

c)

A market economy

d)

A mixed economy

2.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a developing nation?

a)

Small family size

b)

High GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

c)

Industrialization

d)

Low literacy rates

3.

Which of the following are characteristics of a developed nation?

a)

Agricultural economy

b)

Lack of jobs

c)

High literacy rates

d)

Access to healthcare

e)

Large family size

4.

Which of the following explain why the world's population has exploded in the past 200 years?

a)

Better sanitation

b)

Better food production

c)

Better medicines and vaccines

d)

Better exercise equipment

e)

People stopped eating Peeps because they realized they were nasty!

5.

Which of the following is the best example of a culture region?

a)

Teenagers age 13-19

b)

American women

c)

The American South

d)

Americans with college degrees

6.

What is "a group who shares a common culture and ancestry?"

a)

A culture group

b)

An ethnic group

c)

A population density group

d)

An economic group

7.

What are two events that cause a change in culture?

a)

Changes in standard of living & sources of food

b)

Advancements in medicine & education

c)

Advancements in technology & when two groups come into contact

d)

Changes in education & when two groups come into contact

8.

Which of the following nations is an example of a country with a communist form of government?

a)

The United States of America

b)

France

c)

Egypt

d)

China

9.

What happens when a government collapses and the result is chaos, rioting, and a struggle for power?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Communism

10.

True or False: In dictatorships, there is a lack of human rights (the right to free speech, the right to religion, etc.).

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What statistic measures the value of all goods and services produced in a country in a single year?

a)

The standard of living

b)

Literacy rates

c)

The birth rate

d)

The GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

12.

An American company, Boeing, sells 737 jet airliners to the French government. The planes are an _________________ for the United States.

a)

Import

b)

Export

c)

Tariff

13.

You are shopping for your weekly groceries at Kroger. You pick up bananas grown in Costa Rica, blueberries from Peru, and some avocados from Mexico (you are trying to eat healthier). This scenario is an example of____________________________ .

a)

globalization

b)

tariffs

c)

a command economy

d)

GDP

14.

Which of the following nations has a mixed economy--one that is part market (private ownership, free trade, competition) and part command (operated by the central government)?

a)

North Korea

b)

The United States

c)

Russia

d)

China

15.

Which of the following is the best definition of an oligarchy?

a)

A form of government where the people have the power to elect leaders

b)

A form of government with a king or queen with total power

c)

A form of government where a few powerful, rich, educated people run the government

d)

What occurs when a government collapses; chaos

16.

Which teacher is kinder, more organized (has a clean white board in their classroom), has better taste in food, music, and sports teams, AND is too classy to insult others by making comments like "They are old and wrinkly?"

a)

Mrs. Siegert

b)

Mr. Higdon