Economics MCQs

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Which factor best accounts for the existence of cash-crop production as a major form of agriculture i many central American nations today ?
A. Demand of world markets for such crops
B. Lack of modern agricultural technology
C. Inadequate supply of water and other natural resources
D. Peasant ownership of most farmlands
Which condition is a major obstacle to economic development in the Middle East and Northern Africa ?
A. Use of strip mining to obtain minerals
B. Reliance on capitalist economic systems
C. Lack of access to world markets
D. Scarcity of water resources
Throughout the 1800’s Russia was interested in acquiring Turkey mainly because Russia wanted ?
A. To main peace in the middle east
B. Access to the mediterranean sea
C. To reestablish the byzantine empire
D. The rich farmland of the anatolian plateau
Which is not a type of mushroom ?
A. Moral
B. Oyster
C. Bugouy
D. Cremini
Which of the following is not a Cash Crop ?
A. Cotton
B. Wheat
C. Sugarcane
D. None of them
Cucumbers are almost how old ?
A. 1000 years
B. 15,000 years
C. 300 years
D. 4000 years