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Economic Systems
Competition
The FED
Measuring ECON
Trade
100

What entertainment industry makes more money than hollywood videos in the first 3 days?

Video Games

100

In this economic system, private property is owned by the government

Communism

100

This degree of competition involves very high startup costs and thus only a few companies exist

Oligopoly

100

Johnny just found 5 cents in the couch.  Which money supply are these 5 pennies?

M1

100

This overall economic indicator measures all of the domestic output of a nation, and is used to report on the overall health of the economy

Gross Domestic Product or GDP

100

What a company or country does best overall, and should be a source of focus for economic output

Competitive Advantage

200

What political party now controls the house of representatives in the US congress?

Democrat

200

These are the fundamental rights of capitalism

Ownership, Competition, Free Choice/Labor

200

This form of competition is the easiest to enter the market

Perfect Competition

200
All the balances of all the savings and checking accounts plus the loose cash in the system is called what kind of money supply

M2

200

This ecnomic indicator involves how many people are employed in the country, state, or region

Unemployment Rate

200

This trade barrier involves stability of a nation

Political and Legal Differences
300

Bill Gates wants to make more of THIS product to help the 4.5 billion in poverty

A toilet

300

America's Form of Economy is this economic system

What is MIXED

300

In this kind of economic degree of competition, companies will compete with each other to run each other out of business.  The goal is to become the best.  There are many entrants in this market, and differentiation is the key to surviving

Monopolistic

300

The federal reserve sets what each time it meets?

Interest Rate

300

This ecnomic indicator measures how balanced the trade is between two countries.

Trade Balance

300

These fees or taxes on goods as they come into a country can sometimes decrease trading between nations

What are TARRIFS

400

The stock market did THIS after the election was over

Went up, WAY up

400

This economic system ensures the right to ownership of private items, but the government will own major industries

Socialism

400

In this form of degree of competition, there is only one provider of a certain good or service

Monopoly

400

Whereas Micro economics studies individual companies and industries within a country, THIS study of economics is concerned with the OVERALL economy

Macro Economics

400

This economic indicator measures how much people pay for essential goods over time

The Consumper Price Index

400

A countries infrastructure, income, and population can present THESE barriers to trade

Economic Barriers

500

Donald Trump is raising tarrifs on THIS country to get them to be better trade partners

500

Many countries in Scandanavia and Europe are classified as THIS kind of economic system

Socialism

500

Carrots, potatoes, and black beans compete in this degree of competition

Perfect

500

THIS percent is how much a bank MUST KEEP IN your bank account, as set by the Federal Reserve Board

10%

500
Before people buy goods or services, they must be produced at a factory.  This measurement shows the price over time of goods produced at factories

Producer Price Index PPI

500

Some societies have different values and these present what trade barriers?

Social Cultural