Technology and Productivity
Tracking Economies
Promoting Economic Strength
Movie Trivia
100
A commitment to the value of work and purposeful activity
Work ethic
100
The study of behavior and decision making of entire economies
Macroeconomics
100
This measure of economic strength usually falls between 3 and 11 percent
unemployment rate
100
Ferris Bueller's?
Day Off
200
This allows an economy to produce more output from the same or smaller quantity of inputs or resources.
Improvements in technology
200
The study of behavior and decision making of small units
Microeconomics
200
The American Dream has always been for each generation to enjoy a higher __________ than the last generation.
standard of living
200
What is the actors name in the male lead role of the Notebook?
Ryan Gosling
300
They are the engine of the free enterprise system, which helps us to build "more-better-faster"
Inventions
300
The total value of all final goods and services produced by an economy
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
300
A measure of economic strength can be the strength of the nation's ______________.
financial institutions, or banks
300
In "The Breakfast Club", the basket case Allison Reynolds puts Captain Crunch serial and what else on her sandwich at lunch?
Pixie stix
400
This created land-grant colleges that recieved federal money to pursue the study of agricultural and mechanical arts.
The Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890
400
A period of macroeconomic expansion followed by a time of contraction
Business Cycle
400
These protect bank deposits and retiree's pensions.
Federal Banking Regulations
400
Who plays God in the movie "Bruce Almighty" with Jim Carrey?
Morgan Freeman
500
These promote innovation by offering inventors the possibility of making money in the free market.
patents and copyrights
500
Business cycles are most apparent in a ________ system.
free enterprise
500
These can cause macroeconomic chain reactions that government strive to avoid.
Drastic price shifts
500
Who was the first official, and most famous, James Bond actors?
Sean Connery
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