Geography CH4

What is Embargo? a) a tax on profits b) an agreement to stop taxing goods and services c) a ban on trade by one country with another d) an export tax that is put in place to stimulate the economy

C) A ban on trade from one country with another

Cities and their surrounding areas are known as a) urban towns b) city regions c) metropolitan areas d) suburbs

C) Metropolitan Areas

Why must countries trade with each other? a) Each country wants to make other countries happy b) Natural resources are distributed evenly throughout the world c) Natural resources are distributed unevenly among countries d) Other wise countries would accumulate too many goods

C) Natural resources are distributed unevenly among countries

Renewable resources are those that a) can be used up over time b) can be replaced c) are very little value d) can be made usable only through modern technology

B) Can be replaced

Which nation listed in the chart has an oligarchy form of government a) Botswana b) China c) Denmark d) Gbana

B) China

Farmers who raise crops to sell in the market a) are called subsistence farmers b) Are called commercial farmers c) rarely have food beyond what they themselves can eat d) rarely can feed themselves because the sell everything+

B) Commercial Farmers

What are two major factors that aided the development of complex social systems? a) hunting and gathering b) Trade and Increased wealth c) decreasing population and disease d) the invention of the saw and the rise of forestry

B) Trade and Increased wealth

A Monarchy is a form of government in which a) the government is run by the people b) a king or queen has chief control of the state c) an elected parliament makes all the laws d) there are no laws

B) a king or queen has chief control of the state

An ethnic group is made up of people who a) have only their race in common b) have a common language, history and origin c) come from different places but have similar traditions d) put aside their differences to work toward a common goal

B) have a common language, history and origin

Which explains the sharp rise in population growth around 1900 a) death rates have slowed while birth rates have not b) birth rates and death rates have grown c) birth rates have fallen while death rates have increased d) death rates have increased while birth rates have decreased

A) Death rates have slowed while birth rates have not

Some of the factors that change culture are a) trade, migration and war b) geology and the need from people to stay in one place c) a never-changing water supply and the amount of rainfall d) living in a totally isolated place and not traveling

A) Trade, Migration and war

Communism is a command economy with a) Very strict controls b) Few or no controls c) decision-making power in the hands of individual businesses d) a very strong free enterprise systems

A) Very Strict Controls

What is a Tariff? a) A tax imposed on imported goods b) A tax imposed on excess merchandise c) a plan under which governments give money to private businesses d) a necessary part of a free-trade agreement

A) a tax imposed on imported goods

What changes have occurred in recent years that could explain the sharp increase in world trade between 1990 and 2000? a) increased trade barriers b) breakup of the European union c) removal of trade barriers d) stricter quotas and tariffs

C) Removal of trade barriers

What is an embargo? a) a tax on profits b) an agreement to stop taxing goods and services. c) a ban on trade by one country with another d) an export tax that is put in place to stimulate the economy.

C) a ban on trade by one country with another

According to Joel Swerdlow, the world's nations are interdependent and interactive. what is a challenge these nations might face as they try to work together. a) different types of governments b) different languages c) different cultural customs d) all of the above

D) All of the above

According to George Stuarts description, the Olmec form a a) Culture diffusion b) Culture region c) language family d) culture health

D) Culture health

Under what form of government is political opposition allowed free reign a) Autocracy b) Oligarchy c) Absolute Monarchy d) Democracy

D) Democracy

An Absolute Monarch is one who a) shares power with his or her subjects b) has no real power at all c) is elected by the vote of the people d) has unlimited rule of the people

D) Has unlimited rule of the people

At the end of the 1900's the world experiences the ____Revolution? a) Industrial b) Agricultural c) Green d) Information

D) Information