Baseball Challenge! 7 th Grade Economic/Government Test Practice

Today’s Game is pitched by 7th Grade Social Studies Test Practice

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Batter Up! Home Single Visitor Single DoubleTripleHomer

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #1 – Any law or practice that a government uses to limit free trade between countries. *trade barriers* *market economy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #2 – A system in which decisions are made by the market, government, and tradition. *mixed economy* *market economy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #3 – A federal system of government divides the power between the *central government and regional governments* *the president and congress*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #4 – Citizens are more likely to actively participate in which form of government? *democratic* *autocratic*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #5 – What role does government stability have on the fight against AIDS in Africa? *Stable governments are better able to fight the spread of AIDs* *AIDS is a minor problem in Africa that is under control*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #6 – The rare mixture of the qualities needed to create and run new businesses. *Entrepreneurship* *Embargo*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #7 – An exchange of goods without the use of tariffs or quotas. *Free Trade* *Embargo Trade*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #8 – The literacy rate for women in Sudan is low because they have limited access to formal education. What effect might this have on the lives of people in Sudan? *the standard of living is lower in Sudan than in some countries* *women don’t need an education because they work at home*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #9 – Parliamentary and presidential forms of government have many similarities. What is one major difference? *In a presidential democracy, the president is elected directly by the citizens* *In a parliamentary form of government, the prime minister appoints the monarch*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Home Single #10 – A system in which decisions are made largely by an authority, such as a government planning agency. *Command economy* *Traditional economy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #1 – A system in which decisions are made largely by the interactions of buyers and sellers is called __. *market economy* command*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #2 – Difference in value between a country’s exports and imports over a certain period of time is called _____. *balance of trade* *foreign exchange*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #3 – The use of income today in a way that allows growth in the future is called ____________. *investment* *entrepreneurship*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #4 – A type of autocratic government where a king, queen, or emperor has complete control is called __. *absolute monarchy* *constitutional monarchy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #5– A limit on the amount of a product that may be imported during a given time is called ____. *a quota* *labor*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #6 – Money that a person receives in exchange for work or from use of property is called ________. *income* *labor*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #7 – A country or nation controlled by a small group of people and the average citizen has little say or rights in the government is called ___. *an oligarchy* *a democracy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #8 – a country or nation where the laws and decision are made at one level. [The central authority controls weaker states. Power is not shared between states, counties, or provinces.] *unitary* *confederation*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #9 – a type of autocratic or oligarchic government where one or more religious leaders control the government is called ______. *theocracy* *clan*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Visitor Single #10 – a type of democratic government where both the chief executive and the head of state are the same person; the President is unique in that he or she is elected independently of the legislature is called __. *presidential democracy* *parliamentary democracy*

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Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #1 – If you have a weak or loose organization of states where the smaller states make their own laws and decisions and the central government is only concerned about a common defense and trade, this is called _____. *confederation* *federal*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #2 – Iran has a small group of religious leaders who control the government by making and enforcing the laws that they believe are right. This type of oligarchy is called a __________? *Theocracy* *Confederation*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #3 – a type of democratic government where people elect representatives and give them the power to vote on issues for them: Citizens are involved through their representatives, lobbying, and voting. *a republic* a dictatorship*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #4 – In Jordan, people elect a parliamentary government, but they have a king with limited power. This type of government is called ________. *a constitutional monarcy* *an absolute monarchy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #5 – Before the end of apartheid, a small white minority ruled over the large black majority in South Africa. What type of government is this called? *oligarchy* *autocracy

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #6 – A fee charged by a government when imported goods cross its borders is called? *a tariff* *capital goods*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #7 – Only 1% of North Korea’s economy is privatized. This puts them on which side of the economic continuum? *command economy* *free market economy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #8 – a type of democratic government where the head of state and the chief executive are two separate people: the chief executive is chosen by the legislature and is the head of the legislature. The head of state has a ceremonial role. *parliamentary democracy* *presidential democracy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #9 – The machines, factories, and technology that are needed to make other goods is called ________. *capital goods* *human capital*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Double #10 – India’s government is elected by the people. Their parliament elects a prime minister to run the government. This is called a _________ democracy. *parliamentary democracy* *presidential democracy*

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Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #1 – If China has approximately 53% of its businesses privatized and Iran has 45% of its businesses privatized, which country falls closest to a free market on the economic continuum? *China* *Iran*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #2 – An economic system in which the government owns some of the factors of production. *socialism* *Marxism*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #3 – The amount of one currency that can be purchased for a given unit of another. *exchange rate* *a tax*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #4 – Barack Obama is both the chief of state and the head of the government of the United States. That means that the US is a ____________. *presidential democracy* *constitutional monarchy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #5 – Japan has an emperor who is the ceremonial head of state. The people vote on the Diet which designates the prime minister, who is then appointed by the emperor. This type of government is known as _____________> *constitutional monarchy* *absolute monarcy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #6 – The way in which a nation uses its resources to satisfy people’s needs and wants. *Economic system* *capitalism*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #7 – Israel has few natural resources, so they have depended on the high tech sector of their economy to survive. Japan is very similar to Israel in this respect. What did both countries need to accomplish this? *A high literacy rate* *a high mortality rate*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #8 – What is the purpose of currency in a country’s economy? *To make trading easier between people and nations* *To make more profit for the price of goods*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #9 – Which of the following is an example of economic independence? *people growing their own food* *importing goods from other countries*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Triple #10 – What is the relationship between education and training in a country and the country’s gross domestic product (GDP)? *countries with a high level of education and training also have a high GDP* *GDP only deals with the amount of investment in factories and machinery*

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Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #1 – When you compare China and India, you will find that the Literacy Rate (C- 90.9%; I %), GDP per Capita (C- $2,458; I- $909), Life Expectancy (C ; I ), Unemployment Rate (C- 4-9%; I-9%) are all factors that contribute to their standard of living. Which country has a higher standard of living? *China* *India*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #2 – Both China and Japan have a form of government where a central body has all governing authority. What is this called? *a unitary government* *a federal government*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #3 – How does a democratic government differ from an oligarchic government? *the role of the citizen* *the role of individual states*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #4 – Goods brought into one country from another through trade or sale. *imports* *exports*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #5 – Why is democracy referred to as self- government? *people elect representatives to make decisions for them* *the government runs itself*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #6 – In a parliamentary government, unlike the presidential system, the head of government belongs to which branch? *the legislative branch* *the executive branch*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #7 – What is economics? *The study of the production and distribution of goods and services* *The study of past events and the impact they’ve had on people*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #8 – Why do countries have mixed economies? *The country’s economy has both command and market elements* *The country’s economy has both national and state element *

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #9 – In order to protect a nation’s car manufacturing industry from foreign car producers, the government charges the importer a fee for each imported car. This is an example of what kind of trade barrier? *Tariff* *Subsidy*

Visitor Home Inning Total Home First Third Second Outs Homer #10 – Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software company, said that the company will invest $1.7 billion in India over the next four years to expand its operations. The money will be spent to make India a major hub for Microsoft's research, product and application development, and services and technical support. India's highly skilled software professionals, low-cost operations, a booming economy, good telecommunications links, and a rapidly growing market have made many foreign companies announce plans to expand their operations in India. Which is an example of human capital in the above passage? *skilled software professionals* *good telecommunication links*

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