Chapter 7 Review

What role should consumerism play in our economy?

How does consumer behaviour affect quality of life
for individuals and groups in Canada and the United
States?

Big Questions For CHAPTER 7:

What guides your behaviour as a consumer?
What affects the impact of consumerism on the economics of Canada
and the U.S?
Why might view on consumerism differ regionally in North America?

Vocabulary:

Consumerism
Identity
Health and safety
Environment
Marketing
Legislation and Marketing
Consumer spending and economic growth
Boycotts

Practice Questions

(You will also need to use the source document to answer

these questions)
1. Use source one to answer the following question.
Who was the least accurate?
A) Speaker #1
B) Speaker #2
C) Speaker #3
D) Speaker #4
2. Use source 2 to answer the following question

As the information above suggests, groups may use the media to present a specific
message in a certain way to their audience. Which of the following is false about the
way the media itself can affect our interpretation of events?
A) Deciding what stories to cover or what messages to present to their
audience.
B) Including editorial or opinion columns about certain events or issues.
C) Deciding which perspective to include in their coverage of events or
issues.
D) By providing commercial and ad free coverage to their regular
programming or publications.
3. Use Source three to answer the following question
In taking the steps described above when reading or viewing information
presented through the media, you can do which of the following?
A) Detect bias.
B) Create a slogan.
C) Ensure you only take in information which supports your personal
views.
D) Apply leverage.
4. Use source four to answer the following.
Using the information from the table shown above, the styles of economy
labeled 'A' and 'B' would be most accurately labeled which of the
following?

A) A = 'Mixed' Example: United States; B = 'Market' Example: Canada.

B) A = 'Mixed' Example: Canada; B = 'Market' Example: United States.
C) A = 'Planned' Example: Mexico; B = 'Mixed' Example: Canada.
D) A = 'Market' Example: Canada; b = 'Mixed' Example: United States.

5. What effect does globalization and competition with countries with

relatively low wages have on the youth of North America?
A) they will have to go to other countries to obtain jobs
B) they will have abundant career choices
C) they will have limited career opportunities
D) they will not be affected
6. Use source five to answer the following.
The city like Mark and Avery are walking in is saturated in advertising
and marketing messages because:
A) North American politics supports freedom of speech and advertisers
have the right to advertise where and how they like.
B) the North American economy is a market or mixed style of economy
based on consumerism and driven by consumer behavior.
C) there is a lot of money to be made by marketing companies who make
interesting and catchy ads that people find funny or enjoyable.
D) through a planned economic system like that found in North America, it
is important that citizens all desire the same brands, products and
services to ensure equality.
7. Which of the following is not used as a measure of Quality of Life?
A) Education.
B) Health.
C) Safety.
D) Age.

8. Use source six to answer the following.

Patrick would most likely support:
A) A market style economy like that found in the United States.
B) A market style economy like that found in Canada.
C) A mixed style economy like that found in the United States.
D) A mixed style economy like that found in Canada.

9. Use source seven to answer the following.

Boycotts are so powerful in mixed and market style economies
because mixed and market economies are
A) involved to a high degree with government and if consumers are not
happy with certain products or producers, the government can make
changes to ensure the consumers are happy.
B) owned by the consumers, so consumers can use boycotts to reduce
competition and encourage other consumers to buy their products or
services.
C) profit driven and boycotts draw attention to certain products or
producers and make their names well known and decrease their need to
spend money on advertising, which increased their profits overall.
D) consumer driven and the producers must create products in line with
what consumers want, need and value in order to be profitable.
10. Use source 8 to answer the following.
In taking the steps described above when reading or viewing information
presented through the media, you can do which of the following?
A) Detect bias.
B) Create a slogan.
C) Ensure you only take in information which supports your personal
views.
D) Apply leverage.
11. Use source nine to answer the following.
As the information above suggests, groups may use the media to
present a specific message in a certain way to their audience. Which of
the following is false about the way the media itself can affect our
interpretation of events?
A) Deciding what stories to cover or what messages to present to their
audience.
B) Including editorial or opinion columns about certain events or issues.
C) Deciding which perspective to include in their coverage of events or
issues.
D) By providing commercial and ad free coverage to their regular
programming or publications.

12. Which of the following graphs best shows the trend that a line
representing the quality of life would take if this was based on a market
economy?
A)

B)

C)

D)

13.Use source 10 to answer the following.

Which statement about the above pie charts would likely be true?
A) Both charts represent right wing economic platforms.
B) Both charts represent economic platforms that could be considered to
be in the middle of the economic continuum.
C) Chart X represents an economic platform in the middle; Pie Chart Y
represents an economic platform to the right of the economic continuum.
D) Chart X represents an economic platform to the right; Pie Chart Y
represents an economic platform in the middle of the economic
continuum.
14.

Marie is 14 years old. Unfortunately, she recently quit school because

she had to take public transit for 45 minutes each morning to get there.
Now, she is working 30 hours a week at Tim Horton's.

Marie's decision to quit school will ultimately have an impact on her

(choose the best answer):
A)Citizenship
B) Identity
C) Quality of life
D) Attitude

15. Use source eleven to answer the following.

Which of the speakers from above best describes what the measure
known as 'quality of life' really is, and why?
A) Speaker #1 because it deals with things like your health, which is a
basic and physical thing that can't really be impacted by others.
B) Speaker #2 because it is affected by both internal (identity, health,
occupation) and external factors (environment, safety).
C) Speaker #1 because it is based on what makes you feel happy and
fulfilled which is a very individual and unique thing.
D) Speaker #2 because it is a measure of our social skills and health and
their ability to let us interact with others in the world.
16. Use source 12 to answer the following.
Who was the least accurate?
A) Speaker #1
B) Speaker #2
C) Speaker #3
D) Speaker #4
17. Use source 13 to answer the following.
Who was the least accurate?
A) Speaker #1
B) Speaker #2

C) Speaker #3
D) Speaker #4

18.

Maurice lives in a nice suburb outside a major Canadian city. Maurice is

employed as a dentist, but many of his neighbors work for the local
auto manufacturing plant. Slow sales and a rise in the cost of steel
have forced the auto plant to lay off 40% of its workforce and many of
Maurice's neighbors have lost their jobs and are not having success in
finding a new job.

The impact of this situation on Maurice's quality of life is likely to:

A) decrease because it is tied to that of his environment and the economy
which is negatively impacted by the auto plant lay-offs.
B) remain the same because he is not personally affected by the auto
plant lay-offs because he does not work there.
C) increase because he now is doing better economically speaking, and is
financially better off than many of his neighbors.
D) be unknowable, because you don't have enough information about
Maurice, like his job, health and education.
19.

Advertisements that appeal to a sense of collective

identity or belonging.
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Opinions of peers, friends, family and society.

What we want to maintain or improve our quality of life.

What reflects our identity, values and beliefs.

The factors listed above are things that:

A) affect the type of economic system a society or country has.
B) affect which products consumers choose.
C) are created by the amount of TV we watch.
D) determine the amount of resources individuals have.