North and Central America Review

In the United States, who has the ultimate power in the government? **demos kratos**

• the people
• representatives of the U.S. congress
• the president
• the U.S. supreme Court Justices

Based on the graph, what can you infer about the population of the United States? 

• The population of the United States is increasing.
• More people live in rural areas that urban areas. 
• Most people in the United States live in urban areas. 
• The United States has always been a country where people live in urban area

The purpose of the U.S. constitution is...

• To declare the U.S. a free nation, completely independent! 
• To serve as a "rulebook" and limit the power of the U.S. government
• To establish the territories of the 50 states and their powers. 
• To create laws for the common good of all Americans. 

How has migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States affected the economy in the United States? 

• It has provided low-cost labor and allowed businesses to profit more. 
• It has created many new high-tech jobs for the people migrating here. 
• It has slowed the economy because all of these people need food and housing. 
• There has been more tension between those who live in the U.S. and the immigrants 

Free speech and free press are important to a free society because they... 

• support a one-party political system.
• protect majority rights. 
• encourage an open exchange of ideas.
• require all citizens to vote. 

Which missing factor of production accounts for the lack of development of many Latin American countries today? 

• educated work force
• industrial waste
• unfavorable climates
• little available labor force

What is the opposite of censorship? 

• Freedom of movement
• military tribunals
• Cult of personality
• Freedom of the press

Christianity= a Christian
Islam= a Muslim
Judaism= a ______

• Hindu
• Buddhist 
• Jew
• person

Literacy rate (the % of people able to read in a country), high GDP, and high per capita GDP are all indicators of...

• developing countries
• developed countries 
• poor countries
• emerging economies

Population density is talking about...

• how many people live in a place.
• how crowded an area is. 
• how few people live in a place. 
• how large the area is.