Chapter 9 Practice Quiz

Politics in Developed States
. The "postwar era" refers to the period after ________.

. "Regional integration" is economic or political integration in a defined ________ area.

. An important political economist was ________.

. "Post-industrial" refers to ________ that maintain a high-technology, or high-value, economy.

. Canada was officially granted autonomy in ________.

. Canadian Senators must be at least ________ years old to qualify for the position.

. The geographic region of Canada, the US, and the EU that represents the most significant and strategic modes of interaction is called the ________.

. ________ of Canada's GDP comes from its foreign trade.

. Canada is considered to be a ________ power.

. Although there were numerous contributing factors to the American Civil War, the largest issue by far was ________.

. The United States and France represent two major examples of revolutionary ________.

. The UN combines several sets of data, ranging from the economy to education and literacy, social issues, life expectancy and health, to form its ________.

. The ________ is the cabinet in South Korea.

. South Korea has a unicameral system at the ________.

. The main decision-making institution of the European Union is the ________.

. The theory of "functionalism" was proposed by ________.

. The European Coal and Steel Community was created in 1951 by the ________.

. The European Central Bank is responsible for________.

. The Treaties of Rome created the ________.

. Citizens of EU member states directly elect members of the ________.

. "The more you know about others, the more you learn about yourself" may be a good maxim for ________.

. Between November 2015 and February 2016, Canada settled over 25,000 ________refugees.

. Evidence suggesting Russian interference in the ________ prompted the appointment of Robert Mueller to investigate the situation.

. Economies based on lifelong careers and steady employment are being replaced by ________.

. The #metoo movement raises global awareness of the history of ________.

. The Bretton Woods conference took place in Britain in 1944.

. Bretton Woods set out a series of new institutions that governed global monetary and financial relations.

. Sir William Petty was one of the first to adopt a welfare state approach.

. In the 1990s, the use of the term "Second World" largely disappeared.

. The "interwar period" refers to the years between World War I and World War II (1919–1939).

. At the end of World War II, the United States was responsible for over half of world production.

. The British monarch is the official head of state in Canada.

. A census of the Canadian population is conducted every five years.

. Canada's economy is highly interdependent with the world's economy.

. The Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1861.

. The United States has the third largest population in the world.

. The US constitution is the world's oldest written constitution.

. The US president is formally elected by the American people.

. Independent candidate Ross Perot received 19 per cent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election.

. Fewer than two per cent of Americans are Native Americans or Hawaiians.

. Integration in the European Union is not as advanced as it is in NAFTA or APEC.

. Conservative states are more likely to seek the redistribution of social benefits than social democratic ones are.

. An autarky is a condition of complete self-sufficiency and isolation from the rest of the system.

. In 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced an independent advisory board to make recommendations on Senate appointments according to merit-based criteria.

. The number of members of Parliament (MPs; Senators are MPs as well) in the House changes depending on results from each census, which is conducted every 15 years.

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