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WorksheetsLatin America Economics
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which is NOT a question every country must answer when developing an economic plan?
Why do people have to consume these goods/services?
Who will consume the goods and services?
How will the goods/services be produced?
What goods and services will be produced?
Which is NOT a type of economic system?
traditional
command
money distribution
market
This system answers the 3 economic systems' questions based on traditional customs and beliefs of the past.
command
money distribution
market
traditional
Which gov't economic system reflects the values and traditions and how they've been passed down from generation to generation?
market
traditional
command
money allowance
What system do these characteristics fall under?
*strict governmental control
*Gov't regulates ALL of the economic decisions.
money distribution
market
traditional
command
This system is harsh to live under. Because of this, there are NO pure command countries in the world.
democratic
command
traditional
market
This system answers the three economic questions based
on SUPPLY and DEMAND.
command
market
a bank cd
traditional
In which system does the government have no control over the economy, and private citizens answer all the economic questions.
command
traditional
weak economy
market
Since there are really no countries with either a "pure command" or "pure market economy," it makes them........
mixed
non-existent
overlap
It takes them off the economic continuum.
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.
Cuba
Mexico
Russia
Latin America
Mexico has a mixed economic system that is about ____________________.
50% free and 50% market
99 % free, and 1% command
65% free and 35% command
20% free, and 80% command
This country has one of the highest levels of economic freedom in Latin America.
Venezuela
Brazil
Cuba
Mexico
This country has the second largest one in Latin America.
Cuba
Mexico
Brazil
Venequela
In Mexican mixed market economy, citizens are generally free to ___________________________________.
get approval from dictator to open a business.
make the most economic decisions themselves.
make a few economic decisions themselves.
request approval of an economic decision each time they need to.
What country has a mixed economic system that is about 53% free and 47% command?
Cuba
Brazil
Venezuela
Mexico
Over the past thirty years ____________national government has let more and more citizens have a say in the economy.
Brazil's
Venezuela's
Mexico's
Cuba's
_______________government is very active in its economy.
Cuba's
Mexico's
Chile's
Brazil's
In this country, a number of industries like electricity, oil, mining, _________and_________are state-run.
water and tree-cutting
water and telecommunications
hunting and fishing
water and rock-climbing
In recent years, ________ government has begun loosening its control.
Mexico's
Russia's
Brazil's
Cuba's
______________economy is only 33% free and 77% controlled.
Cuba's
Brazil's
Georgia's
Mexico's
Private businesses and citizens have no real role in _______________economy.
Cuba's
Brazil's
Mexico's
Ukraine's
This country's government owns all property, factories, and resources.
Brazil's
Chile's
Mexico's
Cuba's
The ______________central government makes most economic decisions about what to produce, how much to charge, and for whom.
America's
Brazil's
Mexico's
Cuba's
Whose factories, machinery, and equipment are severely outdated?
America's
Brazil's
Cuba's
Mexico's
Which government's economy has had no positive economic growth in many decades?
Cuba's
Brazil's
Mexico's
Which country regulates its economy without much input from private citizens?
Chile
Mexico
Brazil
Cuba
This system answers the three economic questions through strict government control.
Brazil
Cuba
Mexico
Chile
Most democratic countries have some characteristics of both systems, so we keep it simple and call them __________.
double economies
mixed
stricken by governments' scary tactics
defeated
In a truly free market economy, there would be no _______________at all.
homeless people
rich people
poor people
government
In a truly free ___________economy, there would be no laws to protect workers from unfair bosses.
mixed
Antarctic
hippie
market
