South Carolina
On which coast is South Carolina located?
What is the East Coast?
What is a recession?
In which country is the cost of living lower?
What is Spain?
What day is Black Friday?
What is the day after Thanksgiving?
Which color do many fast food restaurants use in their logos?
What is red?
What was the economy of South Carolina based on in the 1600-1700s?
What is agriculture?
List three items that the USA imports from Spain.
What is olive oil, olives, wine, cars, auto parts, pharmaceuticals, etc?
List some differences between the euro and the dollar.
A dollar is worth less than a euro, the euro is used by more countries, the appearance is different, and the dollar is the world's reserve currency.
What day is Cyber Monday?
What is the Monday after Thanksgiving?
Explain debranding.
When companies redesign their logos to be colorless and minimalist.
Define plantation.
What is a large farm that is worked by slaves?
Define a tariff.
What are taxes charged on goods bought from other countries?
Which products or services are cheaper in Spain?
What is rent, childcare, meat, vegetables, coffee, etc.?
Explain how black friday has changed.
Online shopping is more popular than in person shopping.
How much was the designer of the Nike logo paid?
What is $35?
List three cash crops.
What are tobacco, indigo, cotton, and rice.
Calculate the final cost of a product that costs $10 and has a 25% tariff.
What is $12.50?
Explain tipping culture and how it is different in the USA vs Spain.
In the USA, it is customary to tip 20% of the bill. If the service was good, it is normal to tip more. If the service was bad, it is normal to tip less.
How are black Friday deals changing?
There are smaller deals. The deals begin earlier.
What are some of the myths behind the Apple logo?
Steve Jobs grew up on an Apple Farm, it symbolizes the discovery of gravity by Isaac Newton, it is related to Alan Turing who took a bite out of a poisoned apple, or it could be related to the story of Adam and Eve.
List the sectors that are most important to South Carolina's economy today.
What is technology, aerospace, medical research, tourism, agriculture, and finance?
List some potential economic impacts of the Trump Tariffs.
Consumers may lose up to $3,800 of purchasing power every year, Companies may lay off workers, increased prices, Consumer spending could decrease, Low economic growth, Increased inflation
Which food products are cheaper in the USA than in Spain?
What are milk and cheese?
How does inflation affect Christmas shopping?
It makes it more difficult to buy more things. People have to choose which items are more important to buy.
What is the story behind McDonald's golden arches?
The founders wanted McDonald's to stand out, so they built golden arches. They eventually merged them together to make an M shape, and it became the logo of McDonald's.