Government Actions
Economics & Policy
Public Policy & Society
Regional & Environmental Issues
Demographics & the Economy
100

This type of cooperation is needed when Delaware is affected by air pollution from Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Regional Agreements 

100

Payments to unemployed workers help maintain this in the economy.

Consumer Demand 

100

A state vaccine requirement for students is meant to protect this.

Public Health

100

Maryland and Virginia working together on Potomac River pollution is an example of this

regional cooperation

100

This demographic question helps decide where to build a new elementary school.

Average family size

200

Sending medical supplies to another country is an example of this foreign policy action

Foreign Aid 

200

Lowering the corporate tax rate is an example of this type of economic policy.

Fiscal Policy

200

Maryland’s paratransit services are protected under this federal law

Americans with disability acts 

200

Maintaining water quality in the Chesapeake Bay requires this type of cooperation  

regional cooperation

200

Businesses are growing, jobs are increasing, and spending is rising. This is the phase of the business cycle.

Expansion

300

The U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983 is an example of this type of government action

Military Intervention

300

The Federal Reserve promotes stable prices and full employment by adjusting these.

Interest Rates 

300

A university recruiting marginalized groups is trying to promote this

Equity

300

New EPA regulations often cause this effect on business costs.

rising business cost

300

National Defense is NOT part of this type of federal spending.

Mandatory spending 

400

This government agency reviews the side effects of new cancer treatments.

Food and Drug Administration

400

A general increase in prices is known as this.

Inflation 

400

Lowering corporate taxes may reduce federal funds for road improvements. This is known as the ________.

Growth

400

The EPA is responsible for evaluating the safety of this essential resource.

Drinking water

400

Lowering corporate taxes may reduce federal funds for road improvements. This is known as the ________.

Opportunity cost

500

This organization would most likely intervene if China threatens Japan.

United Nations 

500

GDP, unemployment rate, and CPI all measure this.

economic performance 

500

 Deciding how land can be used is an example of the government performing this role.


Regulating land use

500

This type of agreement is needed when multiple states share environmental problems.

Regional agreements

500

This term describes the total value of all goods and services produced in a country.

Gross domestic product (GDP)

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