Economic Factors
Public Policy
Stability, et al
Words in Context
The Chosen Season 2
100
This is the inability of supply to meet the desired consumption of a good or service.
What is scarcity?
100
This is a tax imposed on imported goods, intended to give domestic businesses an economic edge.
What is a tariff?
100
This is when a system isn't changing, but a small input could affect it.
Equilibrium
100
Define the word in bold:
"We know that DNA is the repository for information, storing a digital code."
What is "a container?"
100
Jesus asked this disciple to help him record and "workshop" his Sermon on the Mount; he later recorded in his eponymous Gospel.
Who is Matthew?
200
This is the amount of a good or service which is available for consumption.
What is supply?
200
This is a limit on the number of goods another nation may import, intended to give domestic businesses an economic edge.
What is a quota?
200
This is when a large change in input is necessary to affect a system.
What is stability?
200
Define the word in bold:
"It's the standard paradigm for contemporary cosmology."
What is "current?"
200
The women in Jesus' group voted this color for his sash before he went before the crowd in order to represent this. (two answers)
What is blue, to represent peace?
300
This is the amount of a good or service which is desired.
What is demand?
300
What is Mr. Noah's second daughter's middle name?
What is Hazel?
300
True or False: a system can be stable but not be in equilibrium.
True
300
Define the word in bold:
"Before we ventured into mathematics, I paused the recording."
What is "move" or "go?"
300
When Mary encountered the demoniac and left camp, she went to this city to drink and gamble.
What is Jericho?
400
This is the additional cost of choosing which good or service to purchase -- it has both a monetary and non-monetary element.
What is an opportunity cost?
400
These are the three goals of an economic system.
What are stable prices, low unemployment, and economic growth?
400
Invasive species wreaking havoc on a new environment is an example of a large "force" causing this kind of system to become unstable.
What is an ecosystem?
400
Define the word in bold:
"... rigorously defending [the arguments] from every objection."
What is "with a lot of energy?"
400
In the beginning of Episode 8, Judas made a business deal to buy a piece of land. His business partner and he were planning to find what underneath the rock?
What is salt?
500
Part 1: This is the tendency of the price of a good or service to increase or decrease;
Part 2: If a good increases in price only slightly but the demand for that good plummets, that good is "perfectly _____"
Answer 1: Elasticity
Answer 2: Elastic
500
These are the five economic groups of people affected by public policy decisions.
Who are consumers, producers, workers, savers, and investors?
500
This is Mr. Noah's favorite author.
Who is Wendell Berry?
500
Define the word in bold:
"In order for it to oscillate, it has to contract at some point."
What is "grow and shrink?"
500
When Quintus interviewed Jesus, he referenced this metaphor, dividing Jesus' actions into two categories and asking him not to cause trouble.
What is eating fish and spitting out the bones?