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SS Midterm
Question | Answer |
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The Ottomans were a powerful | Muslim Empire |
Which statement below is MOST accurate in describing an autocratic government? | What the leader says, goes. |
What are the three basic economic questions? | What to produce? How to produce? For whom to produce? |
Which ethnic group lacks its own country, lives in Turkey and Iraq, and is often discriminated? | Kurds |
Muhammad was a prophet who preached there is one God. Many rejected him.He converted countries to | Islam |
What is OPEC? | group of oil-producing countries that work together |
What is a market economy? | government has little regulation and allows business and property |
How does drilling for oil hurt the environment? | methods of oil extraction leave the land damaged and unusable |
Chinese factories, heavy machinery, and construction of industrial centers are examples of | investments in capital goods |
Hinduism began in | India |
Most important factor in determining what a country produces, exports, and imports? | a country's location and natural resources |
If a nation invests money and time into training and education for its citizens, what is that? | investment in human capital |
What is the human-made waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea? | Suez Canal |
Why does economic or political instability in Southwest Asia affect nations worldwide? | people depend on the oil from the Middle East |
What is anti-Semitism? | racism against Jewish people |
What country is home to the sacred city of Jerusalem? | Israel |
A country ruled by a national gov't that does not share power with any other level of government is | unitary government |
In what economic system does the government own the means of production? | command economies |
Which country has the MOST developed economy in Southwest Asia? | Israel |
Who believes that only blood relatives of the prophet Muhammad have a right to lead Islam? | Shia Muslims |
What type of government is found in Israel? | parliamentary democracy |
Members of the Knesset and Diet serve in | parliamentary democracies |
Specialization benefits both buyers and sellers because it | provides seller with revenue while buyer gets needed import |
Which of the following nations has a government that is best described as a theocracy? | Iran |
Efforts to improve the health care of Indians is an example of a(n) | investment in human capital |
When China attempts to restrict US products sold in its country, it is imposing | political trade barriers |