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SW Asia Economic Systems

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the acronym OPEC stand for?

a)

Oil Producing and Exporting Countries

b)

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

c)

Oil and Petroleum Exporting Countries

d)

Oil Producing and Exporting Consortium

2.

Type of economy that depends on agriculture and bartering, where decisions are based on customs, beliefs or habits.

a)

Mixed Economy

b)

Market Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Command Economy

3.

An economic system that has characteristics of both command and market economies.

a)

Autocratic Economy

b)

Command Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Mixed Economy

4.

Economy where decisions are made at an individual, rather than a government, level. (Individuals and corporations own most businesses and farms)

a)

Traditional Economy

b)

Market Economy

c)

Command Economy

d)

Autocratic Economy

5.

An economy where production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government.

a)

Market Economy

b)

Free Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Command Economy

6.

_____________________ is when a country focuses on producing goods and services that they can do best and trades for what they are unable to produce.

a)

Specialization

b)

Production

c)

Trade Barrier

d)

Entrepreneurship

7.

A tax paid on imported goods.

a)

Quota

b)

Tariff

c)

Embargo

d)

Entrepreneurship

8.

A government order stopping trade with another country.

a)

Tariff

b)

Embargo

c)

Quota

d)

Oligarchy

9.

A specific limit placed on the number of imports that may enter a country.

a)

Embargo

b)

Tariff

c)

Quota

d)

Oligarchy

10.

The percentage of people in a country who are 15 years and older and are able to read and write.

a)

Literacy Rate

b)

Educational Rate

c)

Reading Quotient

d)

Readability Scale

11.

Total value of final goods and services produced within a country in one year.

a)

Profit and Loss

b)

Tariff

c)

Gross Domestic Product

d)

Quota

12.

The knowledge, skills, and experience of workers in a business, workforce, people who produce the goods and services.

a)

Capital Gains

b)

Human Capital

c)

Capital Goods

d)

Literacy Rate

13.

Where on the economic continuum is Saudi Arabia found?

a)

Mixed, but more towards a free market economy

b)

Mixed economy (50% command/50% market)

c)

Mixed, but mostly a command economy

d)

Pure command economy

14.

Man made tools tools and machinery that are used by a business to produce goods and services.

a)

Capital Gains

b)

Capital Goods

c)

Human Capital

d)

Non-human capital

15.

Which Middle Eastern economy has the most free (from government control) mixed economy?

a)

Israel

b)

Turkey

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

None

16.

Saudi Arabia specializes in the production of:

a)

Livestock

b)

Olives and grapes

c)

Oil and olives

d)

Oil and natural gas

17.

Why has Israel specialized in the area of technology?

a)

It has a poorly educated population.

b)

It has few natural resources and little farmland.

c)

The money earned is used to support the military.

d)

The country has little in the way of fishing.

18.

The economies of Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey can best be described as:

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

19.

Which of the following would reflect Israel's mixed economy?

a)

The country's distribution of resources is based on inheritance.

b)

Prices and wages are solely regulated by the country's government.

c)

Economic decisions are based on customs and beliefs of ancestors.

d)

A combination of privately-owned businesses and government regulations.

20.

Which characteristic BEST describes Turkey's economy?

a)

Pure market

b)

Command-leaning

c)

Traditional

d)

Market-leaning

21.

Which country in Southwest Asia has a system that allows for the most individual economic freedom in the region?

a)

Israel

b)

Turkey

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

None

22.

Nations with more economic freedom tend to correlate to what type of government?

a)

Autocratic

b)

Oligarchic

c)

Democratic

d)

Theocracy

23.

Governments with low citizen freedom tend to correlate to economies with low economic freedom.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The relationship between the literacy rate and standard of living in Southwest Asia is ____________.

a)

Literacy rate has no effect on the standard of living.

b)

Low literacy rate creates a higher standard of living.

c)

The higher the literacy rate, the higher the standard of living.

d)

The standard of living is independent of literacy rate.

25.

Tariffs and quotas are alike because they both _________.

a)

restrict or limit trade between countries.

b)

completely stop trade between countries.

c)

increase trade between countries.

d)

make trading a lot easier between countries.

26.
The four types of economic systems are: 
a)
Traditional, Command, Mixed, & Market
b)
Traditional, Command, Combined, & Market
c)
Communism, Capitalism, Free Market, and Macroeconomics
d)
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Individual, and Traditional.
27.
A command economy is when the government is in control.
a)
True
b)
False
28.

Which of the following is an economic system in which the government and people are used to decide how to use scarce resources?

a)

Market economy

b)

Command economy

c)

Traditional economy

d)

Mixed economy

29.

Which of the following is an economic system in which economic decisions are made according to tradition & culture?

a)

Market economy

b)

Command economy

c)

Traditional economy

d)

Mixed economy

30.

What is an economic system where only the government makes the economic decisions?

a)

traditional economy

b)

free enterprise

c)

mixed economy

d)

command economy

31.

What type of economy do most countries in the world have?

a)

Market economy

b)

Command economy

c)

Traditional economy

d)

Mixed economy

32.

The country of North Korea has a dictator that makes all of the economic decisions. What type of economy is this?

a)

Traditional

b)

Market

c)

Command

d)

Centrally Planned

33.

The government has little to no role in the production of goods in this type of economy.

a)

Traditional

b)

Mixed

c)

Command

d)

Market

34.

I am a farmer in a rural village, and have always traded for my goods. I have a _____ economy.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

35.

The government gets to decide who gets what

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Market

36.

Based on traditions

a)

Command

b)

Traditional

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

37.

The goods produced will be the same, generation after generation

a)

Mixed

b)

Market

c)

Command

d)

Traditional

38.

Businesses have freedom to produce whatever they think consumers will buy

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

39.

Business FREEDOM

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

MIxed

d)

Traditional

40.

A command economy is when the government is in control.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Bartering can be seen in which type of economy?

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

42.

Government planning groups make the basic economic decisions such as which goods and service to produce, prices and wage rates.

a)

Command

b)

Traditional

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

43.

,In my country, the government tells me where to work.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

44.

In a command economy, who holds power over the economy?

a)

The people

b)

The government

c)

Beyonce

d)

The traditions of your ancesetors

45.

An economic system in which people usually produce just what they need to survive.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed