Quiz on "Myths of Socialism?"




Important Instructions for Taking Quiz

There are two kinds of questions those with circles in front of the answers and those with squares in front of the answers.  The ones with circles have only one answer.  The ones with squares can have more than one answer but might only have one answer. Lets say a question has 2 right answers and you check the correct boxes but you also check two boxes that are the wrong answer. You will get a score of zero on the question even though 2 of the answers were correct. 
 

When socialist countries become poor, people who like socialism say:


They became poor because they weren't managed properly
Well at least the government is fair to everyone now
Those countries weren't really socialist to begin with

What action shows that a country is socialist?


When the government seizes private property
When the government lets in illegal voters
When the government prints more money

Why do socialist countries become poor?

Because they take away the incentive to create wealth
Because they don't adjust quickly to supply and demand
Because being fair means taking money away from those who have it
It's just a coincidence

How do we know that U.S. sanctions did not cause Venezuela to become poor?


The sanctions mostly targetted individuals and not the whole country
One of the sanctions targetted arms sales to Venezuela which wouldn't make Venezuela poor
The sanctions helped Venezuelan farmers