UNIT ONE: GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE



UNIT THREE: CIVICS, GOVERNMENT, AND ECONOMICS OF EUROPE

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DO NOT WRITE ON THE TEST. All of your answers should be recorded on the test answer sheet. Someone else will be using this test after you.

SECTION 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE

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1. In France, all power is in the hands of the central government. The states have hardly any power at all. This means that France’s government system is:

a. unitary

b. a confederation

c. federal

d. parliamentary

2. In the United States, power is shared between the state governments and the national government in Washington, D.C. This means that the government system of the United States is:

a. unitary

b. a confederation

c. federal

d. parliamentary

3. In the former Soviet Union, one man, Josef Stalin, got to make all the decisions for his country. This means that the Soviet Union was this form of government:

a. a democracy

b. a republic

c. an autocracy

d. an oligarchy

4. In which two types of forms of government do the people have no voting rights?

a. an autocracy and a democracy

b. an oligarchy and a democracy

c. an oligarchy and an autocracy

d. the people can vote in all three forms of government

5. The main difference between a parliamentary and a presidential democracy is that:

a. in a presidential democracy you vote and in a parliamentary democracy you don’t

b. in a presidential democracy voters choose their leader directly and in a parliamentary

democracy voters choose representatives to select the leader.

c. a presidential democracy has states and a parliamentary democracy doesn’t

d. parliamentary democracies are always bigger countries than presidential democracies.

6. Which is true of both parliamentary and presidential democracies?

a. voters choose their lawmakers

b. the head of state is a king or queen without real power

c. the legislature chooses the president or prime minister

d. the government works by a system of checks and balances

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7. The person with executive power in the United Kingdom is the prime minister. How is he or she chosen?

a. elected by the people

b. chosen by the king or queen

c. he or she is chosen by the House of Commons in Parliament

d. every prime minister gets to choose his or her replacement

8. The main reason that the European Union was created was:

a. to scare the Soviet Union

b. to solve common problems and make European countries stronger

c. to fight the U.S.A.

d. to end World War II with a powerful peace treaty

9. What is the currency for most European Union countries?

a. dollar

b. euro

c. yen

d. pound

10. Which of these are the benefits of being a member of the EU?

a. free trade, single currency, higher standard of living

b. free school funding, protection of the environment

c. free trade, no transportation

d. lack of friends, lost money

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11. In Cuba, the government controls all decisions about money. Cuba is a:

a. command economy

b. market economy

c. mixed economy

d. traditional economy

12. In third world countries, the some people live and make trading decisions based on their past and the way things have always been. These people live in a:

a. command economy

b. market economy

c. mixed economy

d. traditional economy

13. Most economies have characteristics of a command economy and a market economy, we say that they are:

a. communist

b. free

c. hybrid

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CUBA RUSSIA GERMANY U.K. U.S.A.

14. Which country shown in the diagram above has the LEAST free economy?

a. Cuba

b. Germany

c. Russia

d. United States

15. In which country would it be most difficult for a person to start their own business?

a. Germany

b. Russia

c. the United Kingdom

d. about the same in each country

16. In which country would buyers and sellers usually get to determine their own trade prices?

a. Germany

b. Russia

c. the United Kingdom

d. none of them

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17. Which type of trade barrier puts a limit on the number of goods brought into the country?

a. embargo

b. tariff

c. quota

d. exchange rate

18. In order to help Russian farmers sell more food, some people want to put a tax on any food brought in from other countries. This is an example of a(n):

a. embargo

b. quota

c. tariff

d. exchange rate

19. What is the name for a trade barrier where trade is completely stopped, or prohibited?

a. embargo

b. exchange rate

c. tariff

d. quota

20. What would make an embargo against a country successful?

a. Business people can keep doing business.

b. People in the country are not really affected by the embargo.

c. The country does not really need to trade with other countries.

d. The people in the government suffer because of the embargo and demand changes from

their government.

21. What is the term used to switch between dollars and euros when you travel?

a. embargo

b. exchange rate

c. tariff

d. quota

22. What is one problem with exchanging currencies?

a. people make more money when they exchange currencies

b. most people want to use American dollars to trade

c. banks do not like to exchange money

d. it costs more to do business because banks change fees for exchanges

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23. Which is an example of investing in human capital?

a. cash

b. education

c. factories

d. highways

24. Which is an example of investing in capital goods by a company?

a. building a new factory

b. keeping old delivery trucks

c. training workers to do their jobs better

d. keeping old computers to save money

25. Which is an example of a natural resource?

a. cars

b. education

c. highways

d. forests

26. Which is an example of an entrepreneur?

a. people who run a hospital

b. someone who runs a government-owned coal mine

c. roofers who work for someone else’s company

d. a person who uses her money to start a business selling cell phones.

|Country |GDP per |Capital (money in technology)|Literacy Rate |Natural Resources |

| |capita | | | |

|United States |? |High |97% |Many, including coal |

|Somalia |? |Low |38% |Underground, unused |

|Brazil |? |Medium |86% |Some petroleum, metals |

|Denmark |? |High |100% |Petroleum, natural gas |

27. According to this chart, in which country are most adults able to read?

a. United States

b. Somalia

c. Brazil

d. Denmark

28. According to this chart, the poorest country (the one with the lowest GDP) should be:

a. the United States

b. Somalia

c. Brazil

d. Denmark

SECTION 2: WRITING

29. Choose the United Kingdom, Germany, OR Russia. Describe its government, including what system of government it has, what form of government it has, and who its leaders are.

30. Explain the difference between a market and a command economy. How do these economic systems answer the three economic questions?

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MARKET

Economy Continuum

COMMAND

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