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Are You Smarter Than a 7th Grader? Asia Edition

Test your knowledge on topics like economy, political features, physical features, major religions, climate, history, government types, environmental issues, population distribution, and more in this game show-style quiz.

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Are You Smarter Than a 7th Grader? Asia Edition

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  1. Are you SMARTER GRADER? 5th than a

  2. INSTRUCTIONS1) Choose a category2) Correctly answer questions/statements3) If your wrong you loose the amount of money you were playing for4) Whoever has the most money at the end of the game wins.

  3. Are You Smarter Than a 7th Grader? ASIA $10,000 $1,000 $900 Economy Political Features $800 $700 Physical Features Major Religions $600 Climate History $500 $400 Government Types of Governments $300 $200 Environmental issues Population distribution $100

  4. Economy $100 What are the four basic economic systems used by countries?

  5. Answer Traditional, command, market and mixed

  6. Economics • Other than mixed economic systems, what does India and China have in common in terms of their economic systems?

  7. Answer • The both have major rural areas and depend on farming which are traditional economic systems

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  9. Economy $200 • What are the three basic economic questions for which every country must consider to run their economy?

  10. Answer • What will be produce?, How it will be produced?, and For whom it will be produced?

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  12. Economy $300 • What are the basic units of currency used in India, China and Japan?

  13. Answer • India uses the rupee, China uses the Yuan and Japan the Yen

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  15. Economy $400 • What farming practices have allowed the China and Japan to increase production?

  16. Answer • Terrace farming (farming on hill sides)

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  18. Economy $500 • Explain how most countries have a mixed economy located on a continuum between pure market and pure command.

  19. Answer • A mixed economy has elements of command and market economic systems. There is government control and individual freedoms to decide the three basic economic questions.

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  21. Economy $600 • Compare and contrast the economic systems in India, China, Japan, and North Korea.

  22. Answer • India, China and Japan has mixed economic systems. North Korea has a command economy.

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  24. Economy $700 • Explain how specialization encourages trade between countries.

  25. Answer • Countries specialize in trading because of unequal distribution of global resources. Exporting and importing certain goods and services they need helps to successfully run their economies

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  27. Economy $800 • Compare and contrast different types of trade barriers, such as tariffs, quotas, and embargos.

  28. Answer • Tariffs are taxes on imports, quotas place limits on trade, and embargos are ban on trade.

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  30. Economy $900 • Explain why international trade requires a system for exchanging currencies between nations.

  31. Answer • The prices that one country has for currency have different values compared to others. Without an exchange rate, global trade would be practically impossible.

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  33. Economy $1000 • Explain the relationship between investment in human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).

  34. Answer • Asian countries investment in workers education, training, healthcare and positive working environments will increase production of products and services and spending to produce more income for businesses. This will increase the GDP.

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  36. Economy $1,000 • Explain the relationship between investment in capital (factories, machinery, and technology) and gross domestic product (GDP). How do they relate to one another?

  37. Answer • Asian countries investment in capital will increase production of quality goods and services thereby providing increased consumer spending which will increase the GDP.

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  39. Economy $1,000 • Describe the role of entrepreneurship.

  40. Answer • Entrepreneurship typically benefits a country’s economy because it creates jobs and spending which helps to increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

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  42. Economy $1,000 • Describe the role of natural resources in a country’s economy.

  43. Answer • Natural resources are developed by nations to provide income through trade (imports and exports) to support their economies.

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  45. Physical Features $100 • What natural feature forms most of India’s northern border and separates the country from the rest of Asia

  46. Answer • Himalayan Mountains

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  48. Physical Features $200 • The coldest desert on Earth that covers more than 500,000 square miles located in northern China

  49. Answer • Gobi

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