Cycle Nine About Africa Quiz
- 1.What is Nigeria’s main export? (SS7E3c)
- A.
Oil
- B.
Cotton
- C.
Fish
- D.
Textiles
- 2.What economic problem is South Africa currently facing? (SS7E3)
- A.
High literacy rates
- B.
High unemployment rates
- C.
No trading partners
- D.
Too much government control
- 3.What is a main reason for people to exchange currency? (SS7E2c)
- A.
To have foreign money
- B.
To use American dollars to trade
- C.
To make more money by trading currencies
- D.
To buy and sell goods and services with other countries
- 4.When a government decides to increase a tariff, it increases the amount of a tax placed upon ___________. (SS7E2b)
- A.
People’s income.
- B.
Imported goods.
- C.
Renewable resources.
- D.
People’s property.
- 5.What is an example of a physical trade barrier in Africa? (SS7E2b)
- A.
Quota on Egyptian cotton sheets
- B.
Tariff on Nigerian oil
- C.
The Sahara desert
- D.
Embargo on South Africa
- 6.How does voluntary trade help the economy? (SS7E2a)
- A.
It encourages specialization which means more profit.
- B.
It puts strict tariffs in place.
- C.
It involves many government regulations.
- D.
It sets high prices on imports.
- 7.Which is an example of human capital? (SS7E3a)
- A.
Education
- B.
Roads
- C.
Factories
- D.
Machinery
- 8.Which of the following is NOT one of the basic questions that all economic systems must answer: (SS7E1a)
- A.
What to produce?
- B.
How to produce?
- C.
How much to produce?
- D.
For whom to produce?
- 9.Which country has the strongest economy in Africa? (SS7E3)
- A.
Nigeria
- B.
Botswana
- C.
South Africa
- D.
Sudan
- 10.A product of the earth (“gift of nature”) that people use to meet their needs is a __________. (SS7E1c)
- A.
Good
- B.
Natural resource
- C.
Free enterprise
- D.
Service
- 11.Today, both South Africa and Nigeria have ___________ economic systems. (SS7E1c)
- A.
Traditional
- B.
Command
- C.
Market
- D.
Mixed
- 12.In which has South Africa specialized? (SS7E2a)
- A.
Oil production
- B.
textiles
- C.
Meat processing
- D.
Gold and diamond mining
- 13.Why did several members of the United Nations have an embargo on South Africa? (SS7E2b)
- A.
South Africa refused to participate in international trade.
- B.
They were holding out for better oil deals.
- C.
South Africa needed to lower the price of its gold and diamonds.
- D.
They wanted South Africa to end its apartheid system.
- 14.If Sudan’s government puts a limit on how much Nigerian oil it will import this year, what trade barrier is this? (SS7E2b)
- A.
Embargo
- B.
Tariff
- C.
Quota
- D.
Opportunity Cost
- 15.Tribes in Kenya use bartering to trade and practice which type of economy? (SS7E1a)
- A.
Traditional
- B.
Command
- C.
Market
- D.
Mixed
- 16.Which African country has the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? (SS7E3)
- A.
Congo
- B.
South Africa
- C.
South Sudan
- D.
Ghana
- 17.In which area has Nigeria invested heavily in capital goods? (SS7E3b)
- A.
Education
- B.
Agriculture
- C.
Communications technology
- D.
Oil production
- 18.Which of the following could help to prevent the spread of AIDS? (SS7CG3)
- A.
Migrating to big cities
- B.
Education and prevention
- C.
Having less children
- D.
Investing in capital goods
- 19.Famines can be both human-made and natural. In Africa, famines today are caused by: (SS7CG3)
- A.
malnutrition
- B.
poor food distribution and poverty
- C.
overpopulation
- D.
farmers using insecticides
- 20.What has led to the development and spread of most health issues for Africa? (SS7CG3)
- A.
Poverty
- B.
Desertification
- C.
AIDS
- D.
Malaria
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