The Economy
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Trivia
Your Teacher
100

Give all of the verb forms for "to shrink"

shrink, shrank, shrunk

100

What are terms for the general condition of the economy?

economic climate / economic conditions

100

What does 'www' stand for in a website browser?

world wide web

100

Where does your teacher live?

Heidelberg

200

Money owed to others.

debt

200

What does 'economic outlook' mean?

forecast or predictions about the economy

200

What is the name of the largest technology company in South Korea?

Samsung

200

Where did your teacher grow up?

The USA (Orlando, FL)

300

When a company stops bringing on new employees for a period of time.

a hiring freeze

300

What does GDP stand for?

gross domestic product

300

How long is an Olympic swimming pool (in meters)?

50 meters

300

Where was your teacher born?

Canada (Cambridge, Ontario)
400

Using your money very carefully, trying to save more.

frugal

400

Increasing prices of consumer goods.

inflation

400
Which country consumes the most chocolate per capita?

Switzerland

400

Your teacher taught in all but one of these countries:

Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Georgia, Indonesia

He never taught in Myanmar. (But my sister did!)

500
Falling prices, usually due to lower demand.

deflation

500

If this is high, the citizens feel good about the economy and are willing to spend money.

consumer confidence

500

What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence?

A period (full-stop) or an exclamation point.
500

What does 'Epiphone' mean to your teacher?

It's the brand of his guitar.

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