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Entrepreneurs create
a) new roads
b) new machinery
c) new bridges
d) new jobs
Education, skills, health, and training of citizens is known as _____.
a) human capital
b) government improvements
c) infrastructure
d) capital goods
Most Brazilians live along the Amazon River.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
The 13 day standoff between the US and the Soviet Union over nuclear weapons was known as _____.
a) Cold War
b) World War 3
c) Cuban Missile Crisis
d) Vietnam War
Who transformed Cuba into a communist government?
a) Osama Bin Laden
b) Adolf Hitler
c) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
d) Fidel Castro
Brazil's top export is _____.
a) sugar
b) tobacco
c) medicine
d) coffee
Tax on imports.
a) Embargo
b) Tariff
c) Quota
d) Boycott
In response to Castro's takeover of Cuba, the US placed an embargo on Cuban _____.
a) cars
b) tobacco
c) sugar
d) coffee
New machinery, technology, and buildings are known as _____.
a) human capital
b) government improvements
c) infrastructure
d) capital goods
Stops all trade.
a) tariff
b) embargo
c) boycott
d) quota
Mexico's high elevation makes the pollution problem worse.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
This type of government determines economic decisions with little citizen participation.
a) democratic
b) oligarchic
c) traditional
d) autocratic
African slave labor was needed because the native peoples died from a lack of _____.
a) food
b) water
c) immunities
d) shelter
Mexico's main source of environmental issues are from _____.
a) burning wood
b) garbage
c) burnt popcorn
d) car exhaust
The government of Mexico controls what economic sector?
a) agricultural sector
b) energy sector
c) educational sector
d) food sector
What is Cuba's top export?
a) cars
b) shoes
c) sugar
d) wheelchairs
Citizens directly vote for the head of government in this type of system.
a) Parliamentary democracy
b) Presidential democracy
c) Communist government
d) Autocratic government
Trading goods or services without using money is known as free trade.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)
Growing enough food for you and your family is known as _____.
a) slash and burn farming
b) subsistence agriculture
c) small plot farming
d) cash crop farming
Entrepreneurs create an increase in GDP.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)
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