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Latin America Economics

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is NOT a question every country must answer when developing an economic plan?

a)

Why do people have to consume these goods/services?

b)

Who will consume the goods and services?

c)

How will the goods/services be produced?

d)

What goods and services will be produced?

2.

Which is NOT a type of economic system?

a)

traditional

b)

command

c)

money distribution

d)

market

3.

This system answers the 3 economic systems' questions based on traditional customs and beliefs of the past.

a)

command

b)

money distribution

c)

market

d)

traditional

4.

Which gov't economic system reflects the values and traditions and how they've been passed down from generation to generation?

a)

market

b)

traditional

c)

command

d)

money allowance

5.

What system do these characteristics fall under?

*strict governmental control

*Gov't regulates ALL of the economic decisions.

a)

money distribution

b)

market

c)

traditional

d)

command

6.

This system is harsh to live under. Because of this, there are NO pure command countries in the world.

a)

democratic

b)

command

c)

traditional

d)

market

7.

This system answers the three economic questions based

on SUPPLY and DEMAND.

a)

command

b)

market

c)

a bank cd

d)

traditional

8.

In which system does the government have no control over the economy, and private citizens answer all the economic questions.

a)

command

b)

traditional

c)

weak economy

d)

market

9.

Since there are really no countries with either a "pure command" or "pure market economy," it makes them........

a)

mixed

b)

non-existent

c)

overlap

d)

It takes them off the economic continuum.

10.

Most countries in ______________have mixed economies, however some of them have a high level of gov't involvement that leans closer to command than market.

a)

Cuba

b)

Mexico

c)

Russia

d)

Latin America

11.

Mexico has a mixed economic system that is about ____________________.

a)

50% free and 50% market

b)

99 % free, and 1% command

c)

65% free and 35% command

d)

20% free, and 80% command

12.

This country has one of the highest levels of economic freedom in Latin America.

a)

Venezuela

b)

Brazil

c)

Cuba

d)

Mexico

13.

This country has the second largest one in Latin America.

a)

Cuba

b)

Mexico

c)

Brazil

d)

Venequela

14.

In Mexican mixed market economy, citizens are generally free to ___________________________________.

a)

get approval from dictator to open a business.

b)

make the most economic decisions themselves.

c)

make a few economic decisions themselves.

d)

request approval of an economic decision each time they need to.

15.

What country has a mixed economic system that is about 53% free and 47% command?

a)

Cuba

b)

Brazil

c)

Venezuela

d)

Mexico

16.

Over the past thirty years ____________national government has let more and more citizens have a say in the economy.

a)

Brazil's

b)

Venezuela's

c)

Mexico's

d)

Cuba's

17.

_______________government is very active in its economy.

a)

Cuba's

b)

Mexico's

c)

Chile's

d)

Brazil's

18.

In this country, a number of industries like electricity, oil, mining, _________and_________are state-run.

a)

water and tree-cutting

b)

water and telecommunications

c)

hunting and fishing

d)

water and rock-climbing

19.

In recent years, ________ government has begun loosening its control.

a)

Mexico's

b)

Russia's

c)

Brazil's

d)

Cuba's

20.

______________economy is only 33% free and 77% controlled.

a)

Cuba's

b)

Brazil's

c)

Georgia's

d)

Mexico's

21.

Private businesses and citizens have no real role in _______________economy.

a)

Cuba's

b)

Brazil's

c)

Mexico's

d)

Ukraine's

22.

This country's government owns all property, factories, and resources.

a)

Brazil's

b)

Chile's

c)

Mexico's

d)

Cuba's

23.

The ______________central government makes most economic decisions about what to produce, how much to charge, and for whom.

a)

America's

b)

Brazil's

c)

Mexico's

d)

Cuba's

24.

Whose factories, machinery, and equipment are severely outdated?

a)

America's

b)

Brazil's

c)

Cuba's

d)

Mexico's

25.

Which government's economy has had no positive economic growth in many decades?

a)

Cuba's

b)

Brazil's

c)

Mexico's

26.

Which country regulates its economy without much input from private citizens?

a)

Chile

b)

Mexico

c)

Brazil

d)

Cuba

27.

This system answers the three economic questions through strict government control.

a)

Brazil

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

Chile

28.

Most democratic countries have some characteristics of both systems, so we keep it simple and call them __________.

a)

double economies

b)

mixed

c)

stricken by governments' scary tactics

d)

defeated

29.

In a truly free market economy, there would be no _______________at all.

a)

homeless people

b)

rich people

c)

poor people

d)

government

30.

In a truly free ___________economy, there would be no laws to protect workers from unfair bosses.

a)

mixed

b)

Antarctic

c)

hippie

d)

market