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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through For Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Cuban Revolution end?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1979.

2. In many countries, the negative effects of the Great Depression lasted until the start of what?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War II.

3. According to the author in Chapter 7, the basic set of rules and investor should follow is to do what?
(a) Save, invest, and repeat.
(b) Research, invest, watch.
(c) Invest, watch, sell.
(d) Research, fact check, invest.

4. What is an assistance paid to a business or economic sector?
(a) Interest.
(b) Collateral.
(c) Subsidy.
(d) Derivative.

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, a horn from a black rhinoceros can fetch what amount on the black market?
(a) $30,000.
(b) $120,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $15,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In economics and sociology, what refers to any factor that enables or motivates a particular course of action or counts as a reason for preferring one choice to the alternatives?

2. When did Ross Perot found Electronic Data Systems?

3. What refers to law which has been enacted by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it?

4. In an insurance policy, what is the amount of expenses that must be paid out of pocket before an insurer will pay any expenses?

5. What does HDI stand for?

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