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Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Laissez-faire means...
a)
Hats off
b)
Hands around
c)
Hands off
d)
Hands on
2.

All of the following contribute to a free market system except

a)

Economic freedom

b)

Competition

c)

Self-Interest

d)

Government ownership

3.
What is capitalism based upon?
a)
government ownership of resources
b)
private ownership of resources 
c)
monarch's ownership of resources 
d)
no ownership of resources 
4.

A _____________ economy is driven entirely by voluntary exchange of buyers and sellers in markets

a)

Traditional

b)

Planned/Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Free Market

5.

A 100% free market without government involvement doesn't really exist in the modern world.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Most countries in the world, including the US, use what economic system?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

7.

Competition between businesses is an example of what economic system?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

8.

Which economic system is based on government control?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

9.

In which economic system do people grow and make things based on history and tradition?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

10.

What is a Presidential democracy?

a)

When the citizens of a country directly vote for the leader of their country

b)

When the majority party in parliament elect someone to be the leader

11.

Which of the following definitions describe's a democracy?

a)

A system of government where a small group of people hold all the power

b)

A system of government where one person has all the power

c)

A system of government where the people elect their leader's

12.

In a pure command economy what answers the three economic questions: What to produce? How to produce it? and Who to produce it for?

a)

Government

b)

Supply and demand

c)

Traditions, beliefs and customs

d)

A mix of supply and demand, along with government regulation

13.

In a mixed economy, what answers the three economic questions: What to produce? How to produce it? and Who to produce it for?

a)

Government planning

b)

A mix of supply and demand, along with government regulations

c)

Supply and demand

d)

Traditions, customs and beliefs

14.

What is an autocracy?

a)

A form of government when one person has absolute control

b)

When the majority party in the legislature elect the leader

c)

When the people directly elect their leader

d)

A form of government where a small group of people rule the contry

15.

What is the most common economic system in the world?

a)

Mixed

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Traditional

16.

What are the three basic economic questions all societies must answer?

a)

Who gets to produce goods and services, who gets to consume them, and who collects the profits?

b)

Why should goods and services be produced, when should they be produced, and how should they be produced?

c)

Where should goods and services be produced, who should sell them, and who should get the profits?

d)

What goods and services should be produced, how should they be produced, and who will consume them?

17.

The factors of production are

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Government

18.

In which economic system is the protection of private property rights essential?

a)

Command

b)

Traditional

c)

Market

d)

Socialism

19.

What percentage of the earth's water is found in our oceans?

a)

about 3%

b)

about 25%

c)

about 71%

d)

about 97%

20.

Only about 3% of Earth's water is fresh water. Of this 3% most of it cannot be used by humans because it has been captured by _________.

a)

lakes

b)

the atmosphere

c)

glaciers and ice caps

d)

the oceans

21.

The majority of water used worldwide is for...

a)

Domestic use

b)

Industry use

c)

Agricultural use

22.

A Push Factor is:

a)

Conditions that encourage someone to leave

b)

Conditions that motivate someone to enter a country

c)

How many times someone has been pushed

d)

How much someone wants to move

23.

A Pull Factor is:

a)

Something that attracts/motivates people to move to a certain place

b)

Something keeping immigrants in their home country

c)

Something that is pulling someone towards their family

d)

How many times the immigrant ship can be pulled to shore

24.

Give examples of immigrant "push" factors.

a)

Promise of a better life

b)

War or religious persecution

c)

Religious Freedom

d)

Better opportunities

25.

Which of the factors of production is this?

a)

capital

b)

entrepreneur

c)

land

d)

labor

26.

Which one is a need and not a want?

a)

going out to eat

b)

drinking a glass of water

c)

going to the movies

d)

luxury sports car

27.

Which one of the factors of production is this?

a)

physical capital

b)

human capital

c)

land

d)

labor

28.

Which factor of production is this?

a)

capital

b)

entrepreneur

c)

land

d)

labor

29.
Which system of government will you find shared power between state and central government? 
a)
democracy 
b)
monarchy 
c)
federal
d)
unitary 
30.
In this form of government, each citizen gets to vote directly on issues.
a)
Representative Democracy
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Theocracy 
d)
Dictatorship
31.
The form of government in the U.S. in which the people elect representatives to make policies and laws for them.
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Absolute Monarchy
d)
Representative Democracy
32.

Oligarchy is known as:

a)

One person in charge of every person's life

b)

A government of the people and by the people

c)

Rule by a few

d)

Anything goes, no rules

33.

Name the form of government that recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority.

a)

Theocracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Junta

d)

Democracy

34.
What do an absolute monarchy, dictatorship, and oligarchy have in common?
a)
The head of state is chosen by Parliament
b)
Their citizens decide public issues for themselves
c)
Political power is exercised by representatives elected by the people
d)
A single individual or small group exercises control over government
35.
Representative democracy is also known as:
a)
Confederal
b)
Republic
c)
Socialist
d)
Dictatorship
36.
A military leader who becomes the head of a country, often by force:
a)
Dictator
b)
Oligarch
c)
Governor
d)
Socialist
37.

This government is led by a king or queen

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Anarchy

38.

What kind of thematic map is this?

a)

Physical features map

b)

Economic activity map

c)

Political map

d)

Vegetation zone map

39.

What kind of thematic map is this?

a)

Economic activity map

b)

Physical features map

c)

Political map

d)

Vegetation zones map

40.

Which map do you think this is?

a)

Proportional Symbol map

b)

Dot Density Map

c)

Point Symbol Map

41.

Lines that RUN east-west, but help us MEASURE north-south

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

42.

Lines that RUN north-south but MEASURE east-west

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

43.

Which type of thematic map does the image show?

a)

Choropleth

b)

Dot Distribution

c)

Isoline

d)

Cartogram

e)

Graduated Circle

44.

Which type of thematic map does the image show?

a)

choropleth

b)

dot distribution

c)

isoline

d)

graduated circle

e)

cartogram

45.

Which type of thematic map does the image show?

a)

choropleth

b)

dot distribution

c)

isoline

d)

graduated circle

e)

cartogram

46.

Which type of thematic map does the image show?

a)

choropleth

b)

dot distribution

c)

isoline

d)

graduated circle

e)

cartogram

47.

Which type of thematic map does the image show?

a)

choropleth

b)

dot distribution

c)

isoline

d)

graduated circle

e)

cartogram

48.

Which type of thematic map does the image show?

a)

choropleth

b)

dot distribution

c)

isoline

d)

graduated circle

e)

cartogram

49.

Dividing the powers of government between the Central government and the States is called:

a)

Federal system

b)

Feudal system

c)

Confederal system

d)

Unitary system

50.
A form of government where rulers gain their power through heredity (their parents were rulers too).  England is the best example of this today. 
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Dictatorship
51.

Based on the population pyramid, what type of government/economic system would you predict they had?

a)

Democracy/Command

b)

Democracy/Free Market

c)

Monarchy /Command

d)

Theocracy/Command