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Government and Economics of Latin America Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This includes service industries that offer services to other businesses and consumers.

a)

Market Economy

b)

Secondary Sector

c)

Tertiary Sector

d)

Primary Sector

2.

Who elects the national leader in a parliamentary democracy?

a)

Citizens

b)

Representatives

c)

Military

d)

Wealthy Class

3.

The part of the economy that makes direct use of natural resources.

a)

Primary Sector

b)

Secondary Sector

c)

Tertiary Sector

d)

Quaternary Sector

4.

What happened to people who spoke out about a dictator in Latin America in the early twentieth century?

a)

They were allowed to run for office

b)

They were given a job

c)

They were listen to

d)

They were sent to prison

5.

Why did European countries become rich from their Latin American colonies?

a)

They took raw materials and made manufactured goods to sell back to the colonies.

b)

They took people to use as slaves in Europe.

c)

They took raw materials and sold it to other countries.

d)

They built manufacturing plants in Latin America.

6.

What is the production of a cash crop, including livestock, on a large scale called?

a)

Family Farms

b)

Agriculture

c)

Commercial Farming

d)

Subsistence Farming

7.

What is the part of the economy that manufactures, or creates, finished goods called

a)

Command Economy

b)

Tertiary Sector

c)

Secondary Sector

d)

Primary Sector

8.

What is a form of government in which a single person or a small group of people have absolute power called?

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Democracy

9.

What did United Fruit do in the 1870’s in Costa Rica to help the county?

a)

Build Rail Road

b)

Bought Raw Materials

c)

Bought Land

d)

Bought Raw Materials

10.

Economic system where the government controls all of the economic activities.

a)

Democracy

b)

Command Economy

c)

Market Economy

d)

Communism