3)
Why were the Europeans able to drive Australia's Aborigines off the best land and into the dry interior?
A) The Europeans paid the Aborigines a large amount of money.
B) The Europeans had better military technology and equipment.
C) The Aborigines were nomadic and did not stay in one location.
D) The Aborigines were easily able to farm and graze sheep there.
4)
Most democratic countries have a mixed economy with a differing balance between a market and command economy.
Which country has/had a strong mixed economy?
A) Cuba
B) Australia
C) North Korea
D) Soviet Union
5)
If governments around Europe reduced funding for primary and secondary schools, which of these would be the MOST likely to be the result?
A) Europeans would take more vacations.
B) Europeans' standard of living would decrease.
C) Europe would export more "high tech" products.
D) People would have more money to spend on "luxury goods."
6)
In both Mexico and Venezuela the majority of the population
A) lives in poverty.
B) lives in urban areas.
C) is not allowed to vote.
D) practice Protestant religions.
7)
Most of the 1,300, British settlers who landed in Australia in 1788 were
A) soldiers.
B) prisoners.
C) gold seekers.
D) religious pilgrims.
8)
One of the PRIMARY reasons that trade between nations takes place is because
A) no nation can be economically self-sufficient.
B) resources are evenly distributed around the world.
C) nations use their absolute advantage in production to monopolize international markets.
D) nations produce a surplus at a lower cost and export it for goods that are too costly to produce.
9)
Between which three countries did NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) promote trade and increase economic activity?
A) Canada, USA, Mexico
B) China, Russia, India
C) USA, Great Britain, Brazil
D) Great Britain, Italy, Russia
10)
Both Brazil and Cuba are major world producers of
A) automobiles.
B) electronics.
C) oil.
D) sugar.
6 answers
3.b
4.A
5.C
6.B
7.d
8.d
7.b
8.c
9.a
10.b
4.A - no
5.C - no
6.B - yes
7.d - no
8.d - yes
7.b ??
8.c ??
9.a - yes
10.b - no
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