Worksheets7th SS - March Madness FINAL week
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is economic specialization?
Directly swapping goods from one country to another without having to use money
Trying to avoid investing in industry and technology because of the expense involved
producing all goods and services needed for a country's growth, so that trade with other countries is not needed
Producing those goods a country can make most efficiently so they can trade them for goods made by others that cannot be produced locally
The economies of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran could best be described as
Mixed
Command
Market
Traditional
What is an embargo?
A tax placed on goods coming into the country from overseas
A limit to the amount of a certain good allowed into the country
A formal halt to trade with a particular country for economic or political reasons
A tax paid by the producer before he can sell his goods in another country
What is a quota?
A decision to prevent certain goods from being imported
a tax placed on imported goods when they enter the country
a limit on the number or amount of a foreign-produced good that is allowed into the country
a tax placed on goods when they are purchased in the market
A political system in which voters separately choose a leader to serve in the government as head of the executive branch
Parliamentary Democracy
Autocracy
Presidential Democracy
Oligarchy
How have the major rivers of Southwest Asia become a part of political conflict?
Many rivers dry up during the hot summers
The rivers have nothing to do with the area's political conflict
Several countries have built dams along their portion of the river, cutting off water to those living downstream
Most countries do not allow water to be taken out of rivers for irrigation
People living in the deserts in Southwest Asia have usually made their living by
farming
working in the oil industry
mining and hired labor
trading animals and handmade goods
Why is most rainforest area lost today?
unchecked forest fires
harsh drought and high winds
logging for industry, farming, and fuel
diseases that attack old growth trees
What is the definition of "deforestation"?
Elimination of a species of an animal
Creating nature preserves to protect forests
Forcing people to move from cities into traditional forest villages
Cutting down and clearning trees from the area
Which phrase best describes the Sahel?
An area that borders the desert
Rolling grasslands and low hills
A desert made up of high sand dunes
Cleared land that was once rainforest
Which would be an example of a religious group?
People who grow similar food
People who share a language or religion
People who like to read the same literature
People who share a belief in god or gods
What is nationalism?
Loyalty based on geographic location
A feeling of belonging to a group that is highly educated
A sense of belonging that is based on written document like a constitution.
Loyalty to a group with whom one shares a common history, culture, and/or religion
Why did the European countries eventually set up colonies in Africa?
They wanted to bring African laborers to Europe
They needed the raw materials found in the African continent
They wanted to help African nations settle ethnic and tribal disputes
Africans invited them in to help develop their natural resources
Which was part of early European plans for Africa?
Setting up democracies
Bringing Islam to the African people
Protecting trade and transportation routes
Acquiring animals for European zoos
Why did many of the boundaries of the new African states created after World War II cause problems?
The boundaries split tribes and kinship groups
All the boundaries carefully followed the paths of rivers
All of the new countries were too large to rule effectively
Europe drew the boundaries, so they could keep all the mineral wealth for themselves.
