A) Industrial democracy B) Service economy C) Agrarian state D) Petrostate
A) Petromonarchy B) Technocracy C) Petro-dictatorship D) Plutocracy
A) Petro-dictatorship B) Petro-oligarchy C) Petro-democracy D) Petro-republic
A) Alberta B) Bavaria C) Tokyo D) California
A) They have larger populations B) They do not have state-owned companies C) They import all their oil D) They generate income from various sectors beyond oil
A) Highly concentrated in the hands of an elite B) Decentralized across local governments C) Managed entirely by foreign corporations D) Distributed equally among citizens
A) Vulnerability to price fluctuations B) Deflation due to overproduction C) Rapid industrial diversification D) Excessive taxation of the public
A) Resource curse B) Dutch disease C) Economic overheating D) Fiscal cliff
A) Cultural prohibitions on all work B) Mandatory military service for women C) High demand for female labor in oil fields D) Lack of light industries like textiles
A) They export all finished goods B) Products are more frequently imported than produced C) They rely heavily on internal manufacturing D) They have self-sufficient agricultural sectors
A) By leveraging its location to become a hub of commerce and tourism B) By increasing taxes on oil exports C) By banning all oil extraction D) By focusing on textile manufacturing
A) International aid dependency B) Private sector privatization C) Agricultural development D) Economic domination through state-owned oil companies
A) High income taxes on citizens B) Extremely low or zero direct taxes C) Heavy reliance on property taxes D) Progressive wealth taxes
A) It is distributed equally to the poor B) It is gathered through local councils C) It is amassed without developing networks with citizens D) It requires public consent
A) They had sturdy democratic regimes already in place B) They have smaller economies C) They taxed their oil companies heavily D) They do not produce much oil
A) High tax rates on the poor B) Oil wealth fueling corruption C) Over-diversification of the economy D) A lack of natural resources
A) They lower the cost of living automatically B) They may become more authoritarian C) They typically step down D) They initiate democratic reforms
A) Mexico B) Qatar C) Louisiana D) Wyoming
A) The necessity of foreign labor B) The high cost of importing machinery C) The capital-intensive nature of oil extraction D) The lack of private companies
A) By strengthening the judiciary B) By forcing the incumbent to hold more elections C) By boosting the popularity of an incumbent who removes checks and balances D) By promoting transparency in government
A) Global economic collapse B) Successful, stable democracies C) Increased international regulation D) The discovery of renewable energy
A) Increased military funding B) Lower national debt C) Cheaper consumer goods D) Higher literacy rates
A) Right-wing populist rulers B) Socialist reformers C) International democratic unions D) Environmental organizations
A) Tourism fluctuations B) Internal political corruption C) Agricultural import taxes D) Global energy prices
A) Resource dependency syndrome B) Dutch disease C) Resource curse D) Stagflation
A) Habitat destruction B) Decreased greenhouse gas levels C) Improved soil fertility D) Increased biodiversity |