POLS 2306 Unit 8 Quizzes
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1. What is the poverty rate in Texas? D. 15.9%
A. 4.9%
B. 6.1%
C. 12%
D. 15.9%
2. The strongest women's workforce participation rates A. Texas
are in all of the following states EXCEPT____.
A. Texas
B. Minnesota
C. Wisconsin
D. North Dakota
3. The lowest unemployment rates in the country are B. Colorado and Hawaii
in____.
A. D.C. and Wisconsin
B. Colorado and Hawaii
C. Alaska and California
D. New York and New Jersey
4. Texas's median household income is approximate- B. $53,000
ly____.
A. $50,000
B. $53,000
C. $72,000
D. $76,500
5. ____household income is the number at which half of B. Median
households earn more and half of households earn
less.
A. Average
B. Median
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C. Mean
D. Mode
6. The example of barter used in the lesson was____. Cheese and Wheat
7. Massive national debt was one reason Texas decided True
to be annexed by the United States.
True or False.
8. One of the earliest examples of currency was the____. Bronze coins of the Zhou
dynasty
9. Filburn was a farmer in Ohio growing____ on his farm. Wheat
10. Wickard v. Filburn dramatically changed Congress's True
authority to regulate economic activity in the United
States.
True or False.
11. Which of the following is NOT a reason given in the It allows the government
lesson for why this was an excessive overreach of gov- to ensure a stable econo-
ernment power? my.
12. In what year was Wickard v. Filburn decided? 1942
13. The free market idea is generally associated with which B. Capitalism
economic system?
A. Socialism
B. Capitalism
C. Communism
D. Marxism
14. Adam Smith is known for his creation of the economic A. Free Market
concept____.
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1. What is the poverty rate in Texas? D. 15.9%
A. 4.9%
B. 6.1%
C. 12%
D. 15.9%
2. The strongest women's workforce participation rates A. Texas
are in all of the following states EXCEPT____.
A. Texas
B. Minnesota
C. Wisconsin
D. North Dakota
3. The lowest unemployment rates in the country are B. Colorado and Hawaii
in____.
A. D.C. and Wisconsin
B. Colorado and Hawaii
C. Alaska and California
D. New York and New Jersey
4. Texas's median household income is approximate- B. $53,000
ly____.
A. $50,000
B. $53,000
C. $72,000
D. $76,500
5. ____household income is the number at which half of B. Median
households earn more and half of households earn
less.
A. Average
B. Median
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C. Mean
D. Mode
6. The example of barter used in the lesson was____. Cheese and Wheat
7. Massive national debt was one reason Texas decided True
to be annexed by the United States.
True or False.
8. One of the earliest examples of currency was the____. Bronze coins of the Zhou
dynasty
9. Filburn was a farmer in Ohio growing____ on his farm. Wheat
10. Wickard v. Filburn dramatically changed Congress's True
authority to regulate economic activity in the United
States.
True or False.
11. Which of the following is NOT a reason given in the It allows the government
lesson for why this was an excessive overreach of gov- to ensure a stable econo-
ernment power? my.
12. In what year was Wickard v. Filburn decided? 1942
13. The free market idea is generally associated with which B. Capitalism
economic system?
A. Socialism
B. Capitalism
C. Communism
D. Marxism
14. Adam Smith is known for his creation of the economic A. Free Market
concept____.
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