The US and Canada TODAY
Chapter 6
Economics
• 1.Which is true about a free market economy?
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A. The government has limited involvement.
B. The government has no involvement.
C. The government makes all of the decisions.
D. There is no government.
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2. The two key groups who make up a free
market economy are –
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A. government and business owners
B. business owners and producers
C. consumers and business owners
D. employees and prducers
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• 3. A trade deficit occurs when a country –
• A. spends more on imports than it earns on
exports
• B. earns more on exports than it spends on
imports
• C. takes away trade barriers
• D. signs trade agreements with other countries
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• 4. The United States currently –
• A. earns more on its exports than in spends on
imports
• B. has a trade surplus
• C. spends more on imports than it earns on
exports
• D. spends little money on imports
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• 5. Canada currently has –
• A. a trade deficit because it is spending too much
on imports.
• B. a trade surplus because it earns more on
exports.
• C. trade equilibrium because imports equal
exports
• D. no trade
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6. The country with the largest economy is –
A. China
B. Canada
C. Mexico
D. the United States
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• 7. What is the purpose of NAFTA?
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A. Remove barriers to trade to its members
B. Limit trade to its members
C. Add extra quotas and tariffs
D. Take away trade deficits
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8. What countries are members of NAFTA?
A. China, the US, and Canada
B. China, Mexico, and the US
C. China, Mexico, and Canada
D. The US, Canada, and Mexico
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• 9. The top three trading partners with the US
in order are –
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China, Mexico, Canada
Canada, China, Mexico
Mexico, Canada, China
China, Canada, Mexico
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• 10. What is the main economic resource
found in Canada’s North?
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A. lumber
B. minerals
C. fish
D. manufacturing
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• 11. The south’s major economic activities
include –
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A. ranching, lumbering, mining
B. business, trade, manufacturing
C. aviation, movie industry
D. tourism, trade, oil production
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• 12. The major economic activities of the
northeastern US include –
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A. ranching, lumbering, mining
B. business and trade
C. aviation, movie industry
D. tourism, trade, oil production
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• 13. Until recently, the main economic
activities of the Interior West had been –
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A. ranching, lumbering, mining
B. business, trade, manufacturing
C. aviation, movie industry
D. tourism, trade, oil production
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• 14. Which region of the US is dealing with the
effects of outdated manufacturing plants?
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A. the South
B. the Pacific
C. the Interior West
D. the Midwest
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• 15. The city that is located on the St. Lawrence
River in Canada and has a lot of industry and
banking is –
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A. Toronto
B. Halifax
C. Montreal
D. Ottawa
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• 16. An important city for biotechnology
research is Boston.
• Biotechnology is –
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A. the study of cells
B. biology and technology
C. using robots instead of doctors
D. using computers to do surgery
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• 17. The government provides health care to all
its citizens in which country(ies)?
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A. Canada and the US
B. Canada only
C. the US only
D. the US and Mexico
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• 18. Moving from the east to the west coast,
what is the order of the US’s economic
regions?
• Northeast, Pacific, Interior West, Midwest,
South
• Pacific, Interior West, South, Midwest,
Northeast
• Northeast, South, Midwest, Interior West,
Pacific
• South, Pacific, Interior West, Midwest,
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• 19.What is the western-most region of the
US?
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A. Pacific
B. Midwest
C. Interior West
D. South
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• 20. Which region of the US is the one in which
we live?
• A. South
• B. Pacific
• C. Midwest
• D. Northeastern
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• 21. Which region of the US includes the Great
Lakes?
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A. South
B. Interior West
C. Midwest
D. Northeast
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22. What is the US’s most populous state?
A. California
B. New York
C. Texas
D. Alaska
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• 23. Which is Canada’s most populous
province?
• A. Ontario
• B. Quebec
• C. British Columbia
• D. Manitoba
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• 24. How do the US and Canada participate in
the United Nations?
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A. By creating NAFTA
B. By contributing money and peacekeepers
C. By looking for weapons of mass destruction
D. By enforcing laws
environment
• 25. When population spreads into natural
areas, this is called –
• A. urban sprawl
• B. citification
• C. suburban creep
• D. a strip mall
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• 26. Changing weather patterns are thought to
be a result of –
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• A. acid rain
• B. urban sprawl
• C. global warming
• D. change in earth’s tilt
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• 27. Brownfields are –
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A. farmlands that have a drought
B. a field of special brown grass
C. old, polluted, abandoned sites
D. dilapidated buildings