Economic Systems
Trade Barriers
S.W.A governments
Economic growth
Geography
100

True/False: Some countries have a pure command economy.

False.

100
What is a tax on imported goods?
Tariff
100
What form of government is the Prime Minister head of government, and the citizens vote for members of the Knesset?
Parliamentary Democracy
100
What is the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year?
Gross Domestic Product
100

What waterway links the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea?

Suez Canal

200

What type of economic system combines private and public enterprise.

Mixed economy
200
What is a limit on imported goods?
Quota
200
Which form of government is the president the head of state?
Presidential democracy
200
What is the percentage of the population aged 15 years and over who can both read and write?
Literacy rate
200

A narrow body of water. It connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.

Strait of Hormuz

300

Which type of economic system does the economy work based on custom.

Traditional economy
300
What is a restriction on all trade?
Embargo
300
Which country in the Middle East has a parliamentary democracy?
Israel
300
What is the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community?
Standard of living
300

A strip of land in between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river.

West Bank

400
What type of economic system is ruled by the government.

Command economy

400
What type of trade barrier did the U.S. have on Cuba in 1960?
Embargo
400
What form of government has a king/queen with absolute power as head of state?
Monarchy
400
What is the skills, knowledge, and experience possessed by an individual or population, viewed in terms of their value?
Human capital
400

This river is the key water source for Israel, Lebanon, and Syria:

Jordan River

500

Which type of economic system does the people choose what to produce, how to produce, and whom to produce it for?

Market Economy 

500
What is a fixed amount of money that raises the prices on goods coming into a country.
Tariff
500
Which country in the middle east has a Monarch? 
Saudi Arabia
500
What are goods that are used in producing other goods?
Capital goods
500

Why is the Suez Canal so important to international shipping?

It makes it possible to get from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea without sailing around Africa.

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