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Economics
economics leaning targets
Question | Answer |
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What is an economic continuum line? | A line that tells you whether a country is leaning more towards a command or market economy |
A ___________ is a lot like communism | Command economy |
What are the four factors of production | Natural resources, human capital, capital goods, entrepreneurship |
Which economic system produces only what is needed to survive? | Traditional economy |
In which economy does the government decide what, how, and for whom it's produced? | Command economy |
A traditional economy is based on__________ | Customs & habits of the past |
I am a person with an idea or plan to start a business. I am a(n) __________ | Entrepreneur |
Which factor of production is more important? | All of them! They are all equally important and your business will fail if you don't have them all. |
Another name for human resource | Human capital |
Name some examples of natural resources | Coal, corn, trees, minerals, water, wind |
What are Capitol goods? | Machines, tools, and building or work place |
Why are all countries interdependent? | They depend on each other for resources. One country may have a resource that another country may not have, so they'll trade. This gives people an opportunity to have a better standard of living. |
Is there a guarantee of economic equality in a market economy? | No, one person may earn more money than another. |
how has Russia's economy been developing since the Soviet Union? | it has been moving more towards a command economy, but very slowly. |
where is the UK located in the economic continuum line? | it is leaning more towards a market economy |
where is Germany in the economic continuum line? | it is right in the middle between command and market |
what is Russia leaning more towards in the continuum line? | command economy |
what are the 3 trade barriers? | tarrif, quota, embago |
what is the purpose of an embargo? | to prohibit all trade with a country |
a limit on the number of goods that are exported from another country is _____________. | a quota |
what is a tariff? | a tax on imports |
what type of economy are Cuba and North Korea leaning more towads? | a command economy |
what type of economy do MOST countries have? | mixed economy |
explain what free enterprise is | when buyers ae allowed to by what they want and sellers are allowed to sell what they want |