Economic Systems
Country A allows private businesses to make many decisions but also has government programs that regulate some industries. What type of economic system does Country A have?
Mixed
A country places a tax on shoes imported from a country. Which trade barrier is being used?
Tariff
In Country A, citizens can vote for their leaders and peacefully protest government decisions. In Country B, one leader makes most government decisions and citizens have little influence. What types of government do Countries A & B have?
Country A - Democracy
Country B - Autocracy
Country A has a legislature that selects the prime minister. Country B has citizens who vote separately for the president. What type of Democracies do countries A & B have?
Country A - Parliamentary
Country B - Presidential
Country A allows businesses and consumers to make ALL economic decisions. What type of economic system does Country A have?
Market
The United States stopped all trade with Cuba. Which trade barrier is this?
Embargo
A citizen in Country A peacefully protests a new law. Which type of government are they most likely in?
Democracy
Read the scenario:
Citizens vote for a president. The president serves as the executive leader while the legislature creates laws as a separate branch.
Which type of democracy is being described?
Presidential
Country X produces the same types of goods using methods passed down through generations. Country Y uses government planners to decide what factories produce. What types of economic systems do these countries use?
Country X - Traditional
Country Y - Command
Country A has little educational opportunities, resulting in their ________ to be lower. This affects the employment rate in that country as well, because not very many people can read and write.
A citizen in Country B shares their negative opinion online about the government. Their post gets deleted, and they have to pay a fine for their crime. What type of government is this citizen most likely living in?
Autocracy
Read the scenario:
Citizens vote for members of a legislature. The leader of the government is selected from the legislature and works with it to make decisions.
Which type of democracy is being described?
Parliamentary
Country E allows for businesses to make most economic decisions with little government control. Country E has a mixed economic system. Is this country's mixed system more market leaning or command leaning?
Market Leaning
Investing in capital goods can cause an increase or decrease in economic growth. Which is it?
Increase
What types of freedoms would you possibly experience in a democratic country?
Freedom of speech, protesting, voting in elections, being able to speak freely about the government
How do citizens in a presidential democracy elect their leaders?
Citizens vote directly for their leader.
Country F has their government make most economic decisions with the business making a few of them. Country F has a mixed economic system. Is this country's mixed economy more market leaning or command leaning?
Command Leaning
Country X has large amounts of farmland and specializes in growing wheat. Country Y has advanced technology and specializes in producing computers. Country X needs computers, while Country Y needs wheat. What can be done about this situation?
Both countries trade goods because they specialize in products the other wants.
What types of freedoms would a citizen living in an autocratic experience?
Little to no freedoms
How do citizens in a parliamentary democracy elect their leaders?
Citizens vote for members of a legislature, and the legislature chooses 1 member from the majority party to lead the government.