Question 1

During recent years, Japan has had a problem with:

price inflation, which may cause consumers to delay their purchases.

price deflation, which may cause consumers to delay their purchases.

price deflation, which may cause consumers to accelerate their purchases.

price inflation, which may cause consumers to accelerate their purchases.

Question 2

This religion plays an important role in the cultures of south Asian countries, such as India, and also east Asian countries, such as China and Japan:

Confucianism

Hinduism

Buddhism

Taoism

Question 3

The world region where intra-regional trade is the smallest share of the region's overall trade is:

Asia

The Americas

Europe

Africa

Question 4

Under the "Belt and Road" initiative, China has been:

using artificial intelligence to develop new manufacturing methods.

increasing the amount of its land area that is used for agricultural production.

building infrastructure in other countries

establishing new departments in its universities to teach Marxism..

Question 5

According to data presented in class, which of the following is true concerning trends in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Africa is catching up with Asia on population size, but falling farther behind on income levels.

Africa is falling farther behind Asia on population size, but catching up on income levels.

Africa is falling farther behind Asia on both population size and income levels.

Africa is catching up with Asia on both population size and income levels.

Question 6

In recent years, much of African agriculture has changed from:

communal ownership to individual systems of land ownership.

market coordination to central plan coordination.

cash-crop production to subsistence agriculture.

settled cultivation to shifting cultivation.

Question 7

The region of Africa with the lowest incomes and worst access to electricity is ____ Africa.

Central

South

North

West

Question 8

According to the hydraulic theory of civilization:

countries with rich natural resources tend to have low levels of economic development.

countries that needed large-scale irrigation tended to develop powerful governments

countries located near oceans tend to have excessive rates of population growth

countries with high rates of population growth tend to have weak governments.

Question 9

According to recent research by Nunn and Wantchekon, the trans-Atlantic slave trade has _____ influence on current African performance, because _______.

unknown; there is no way to measure that influence over such a long period of time.

a negative; it had a long-term influence on trust and institutional development.

no; it happened a long time ago.

a positive; it connected Africa with outside countries.

Question 10

According to Timur Kuran:

the Islamic world had no system of inheritance.

large and efficient private companies were developed in the Middle East much earlier than in Europe.

a traditional waqf had a perpetual life, but was dedicated to an inflexible social objective.

people in the Middle East have little interest in commerce.