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Which of the following best describes Cuba?
a) Capitalist
b) Theocracy
c) Communist
d) Federal

Which of the following best describes both the governments of Mexico and Brazil?
a) Autocratic Dictatorships w/ Federal Systems
b) Parliamentary Democracies w/ Unitary Systems
c) Presidential Democracies w/ Federal Systems
d) Oligarchies w/ Federal Systems

Which of the following situations would be an example of investment in physical capital?
a) A government making laws to protect forests from being cut down.
b) A government hiring teachers to train workers.
c) A pizza shop owner buying a new oven that can cook faster.
d) All of the above are examples of investment in physical capital.

Which is a way that entrepreneurs help increase a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
a) writing laws to protect personal property
b) creating businesses that make money give people jobs
c) closing businesses that are making too much money
d) working to decrease the amount of goods and services sold in a country

Which of the following situations would be an example of investment in physical capital?
a) A government making laws to protect forests from being cut down.
b) A government hiring teachers to train workers.
c) A pizza shop owner buying a new oven that can cook faster.
d) All of the above are examples of investment in physical capital.

Which is a way that entrepreneurs help increase a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
a) writing laws to protect personal property
b) creating businesses that make money give people jobs
c) closing businesses that are making too much money
d) working to decrease the amount of goods and services sold in a country

Where do most Brazilians choose to live?
a) In the coastal cities
b) In the Amazon Rainforest
c) In the Andes Mts
d) None of the Above

In which of the following Latin American cities is air pollution a major environmental concern?
a) Buenos Aires, Argentina
b) Rio de Janiero, Brazil
c) Havana, Cuba
d) Mexico City, Mexico

What environmental issue affects Venezuela?
a) Deforestation
b) Oil-related pollution
c) Acid Rain
d) Radiation exposure from nuclear power plants.

If a country invests in human capital by building schools universities to educate its workforce, what effect are they hoping it will most likely have on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?
a) the GDP will go up/improve
b) the GDP will go down/get smaller
c) The two things have nothing to do w/ each other
d) None of the Above

How is power distributed between the central regional governments in Canada?
a) Unitary System
b) Confederated System
c) Federal System
d) None of the Above

Before the French Indian War, which two european nations claimed land in Canada as a part of their colonial empires?
a) Portugal Spain
b) France Germany
c) France Britain
d) France Spain

In which Canadian Province would be most likely to find seperatists that would like their province to be an independent country?
a) British Columbia
b) Quebec
c) Ontario
d) Manitoba

Where do most people in Venezuela choose to live why?
a) In the mountainous areas of the southern part of the country, because more jobs are there.
b) In the south, so they will be closer to Brazil.
c) The population is evenly scattered throughout the whole country.
d) In the northern coastal areas mountain valleys, because it is a bit drier and cooler there.

Which of the following best describes the government of Canada?
a) Presidential Democracy, but not a Constitutional Monarchy
b) Presidential Democracy Constitutional Monarchy
c) Parliamentary Democracy Consitutional Monarchy
d) Parliamentary Democracy, but not a Constitutional Monarchy

The United States, Canada, Mexico established the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for what purpose?
a) To create trade barriers like tariffs and quotas
b) To stop the spread of communism
c) To protect North America from foreign military invasions.
d) To make trade easier by removing barriers like tariffs

Why would a country put a tariff in place?
a) To make foreign goods seem cheaper
b) To make foreign goods more expensive
c) To make domestic goods less attractive to consumers
d) None of the above

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