Economics
A product sold by one country to buyers in another country.
What is an export?
The national leader who serves as commander in chief of the armed forces.
Who is the president?
This Greek city-state emphasized military training and discipline.
What is Sparta?
The number of people living per unit of land area.
What is population density?
Bringing needed materials to class each day.
What is being prepared?
The physical and mental effort people contribute to production.
What is labor?
The belief that government must follow established laws and procedures.
What is the rule of law?
This technology, developed in China, improved long-distance navigation and exploration.
What is the compass?
The movement of Earth’s large crustal plates.
What is plate tectonics?
Disagreeing with an idea without insulting or attacking the person who expressed it.
What is respectful disagreement?
A market structure in which one firm controls the supply of a product or service.
What is a monopoly?
The principle that no person, including government officials, is above the law.
What is equality before the law?
This Japanese warrior class served powerful landowners and followed a code called bushido.
Who were the samurai?
The zone around the Pacific Ocean known for frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity.
What is the Ring of Fire?
Arriving in the classroom before instruction begins.
What is punctuality?
A tax system in which people with higher incomes pay a larger percentage of their income.
What is a progressive tax?
Information designed to influence people’s opinions or actions, sometimes through misleading claims.
What is propaganda?
This East African civilization developed coastal city-states influenced by African, Arab, Persian, and Indian cultures.
What is Swahili civilization?
The worldwide network of production in which different stages of making a product occur in multiple countries.
What is a global supply chain?
Supporting an answer with evidence, examples, or logical reasoning.
What is academic discussion?
A sustained increase in the overall price level of goods and services.
What is inflation?
A form of direct democracy in which citizens vote on a proposed law or policy.
What is a referendum?
This Muslim scholar wrote a detailed account of his travels across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Who was Ibn Battuta?
This river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
Participating in a way that encourages others to contribute rather than dominating the conversation.
What is inclusive participation?