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Foundations of Geography
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Which is an example of a "service?"
Clothes
Mowing a lawn
Candy
Food
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Shelter, water, and food are examples of...
Wants
Goods
Needs
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What is a tax on imported goods?
Taxes
Export
Import
Tariff
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I own an oil refinery. Summer is coming, and people are going to be driving everywhere.
The price will go up
The price will go down
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I can wake up early and study so I get an A, or I can sleep in. I decide to sleep. What is the opportunity cost?
Eating breakfast
Sleeping
Getting a good grade
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A consumer's desire to purchase goods and services and willingness to pay a price for a specific good or service.
Incentive
Demand
Trade
Supply
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Form of government when someone inherits leadership through their family and becomes a King or Queen.
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Democracy
Oligarchy
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0 degrees latitude
Prime Meridian
Longitude
Latitude
Equator
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A group of religious leaders leading a country.
Oligarchy
Democracy
Dicatorship
Monarchy
10
Lines that go east to west
Latitude
Prime Meridian
Longitude
Equator
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The total amount of a specific good or service that is available to consumers.
Trade
Demand
Supply
Incentive
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Chandler and Joey bought tickets from Madison Square Garden to watch the Knick's basketball game. Who are the consumers?
Madison Square Garden
Chandler & Joey
Knicks
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If the demand for a product is high, the price will...
Increase
Stay the same
Decrease
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When there is very little of a good left to purchase.
Producer
Opportunity cost
Scarcity
Consumer
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Chandler and Monica go to a coffee shop, Central Perk, to buy two cups of coffee. Who is the producer?
Chandler
Central Perk
Coffee
Monica
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How does international trade benefit a country?
It increases the economic gap between rich people and poor people.
It provides more freedoms to all citizens.
It provides educational opportunities to urban areas.
It increases the amount of goods available to consumers.
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When someone takes control of the country by overthrowing the former government leaders and now has all power.
Dictatorship
Democracy
Oligarchy
Theocracy
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Individual human capital can be increased through
mass transportation programs
job training programs
stricter environmental regulation
Increased law enforcement
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Which best describes how a country with a command economy decides what goods are produced?
Tribal leaders use beliefs and customs to determine what is best to produce
Government leaders determine all of the major decisions of production.
Individuals and government share in production decisions
Product choices of individual citizens determines all production decisions
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Which of the following is an example of a group of people sharing a common culture?
A group of people who speak the same language
All of the choices are examples of sharing a common culture
A group of people who have the same religious beliefs
A group of people celebrating the same important holidays
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0 degrees longitude
Prime Meridian
Latitude
Equator
Longitude
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Geographers are able to find location of a place on the globe north or south of the Equator by using
lines of Latitude
the International Date Line
lines of Longitude
the Horizon line
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How do countries benefit by trading with one another?
Countries can use their resources to specialize in making certain products
Each country is able to gain more money due to increased tourism.
Each country can lower production costs through transporting their goods
Each country is able to collect their income taxes easier.
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Type of government when the citizens elect leaders to represent them.
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Oligarchy
Democracy
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How does a market economy answer basic economic questions about production?
The government decides the price of the product.
The consumer decides who should own and manage each business.
The consumer and the businesses decide what to produce.
The government decides where to sell the product.
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Lines that go north and south
Prime Meridian
Latitude
Longitude
Equator
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Which of the following is an example of a "good?"
Food
PlayStation
Shelter
Water
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Which of the following is NOT part of the study of geography?
The features beneath our planet's surface such as tectonic plates
The human features of Earth such as history, culture, and migration
The physical features of Earth such as mountains, rivers, and oceans
The features of our solar system such as planets, moons, and comets
29
I sell landscape rocks. I ordered a lot of them, but a new gardening show has everyone decorating with lights instead
The price will go up
The price will go down
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I invented the world’s first self-folding chair! It puts itself away. Nobody else makes anything like it!
The price will go up
The price will go down
