Unit 4: Global Economic Patterns
Why do countries trade with each other?
What is because they don’t make everything they need?
This branch of government interprets laws and checks if they follow the Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is what it’s called when regular people speak at meetings, sign petitions, and get a new local law passed.
What is civic engagement?
This happens to the price and number of smartphones sold when people start buying more tablets instead.
What is both the price and quantity decrease?
This big yellow thing in the sky makes it hot enough for summer break.
What is the sun?
If Maine sends lobsters to another country, what is Maine doing?
What is selling goods to another country (exporting)?
The idea that power is shared between the national and state governments is called what?
What is Federalism?
This group helps turn new laws into real rules and enforces them.
What is the bureaucracy?
This type of market is where companies hire workers to do jobs.
What is the factor market?
This cold, sweet treat melts faster than your attention span in class.
What is ice cream?
Why does the U.S. have rules about what businesses can do?
What is to keep people safe and stop unfair business?
What do we call it when the President rejects a bill passed by Congress?
What is a veto?
This is what the media acts as when it informs the public about government problems and pushes leaders to act.
What is a watchdog?
In the labor market, these are the people who offer their time and skills in exchange for pay.
Who are workers?
This is the only acceptable time to yell "Cannonball!" and not get detention.
What is at the pool?
What does a country do if it wants to protect its own businesses from outside products?
What is add taxes to imported goods (protectionism)?
True or False: The U.S. Constitution says the people hold the final power.
What is True?
This happens when a group uses protests and social media to help a new law get passed by Congress.
What is influencing public policy?
This type of market has many sellers offering the exact same product with no control over prices.
What is a perfectly competitive market?
This 2010s dance craze made everyone “whip” and then “nae nae.”
What is Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)?
A new law wants to give everyone free healthcare and create new clean energy jobs. What is this trying to do?
What is help people be treated fairly and create jobs?
Why did the Founders separate the government into 3 branches?
What is to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful?
This is a way students could help stop child labor around the world by working with other countries and pushing for fair laws.
What is global advocacy?
This growing industry has helped Kentucky’s economy by bringing in more exports and creating new factory jobs.
What is bourbon and manufacturing?
If you’re traveling somewhere far, you probably need this — unless you're teleporting.
What is a passport?