Economics
What are people or businesses that make and sell products?
Producers
The number of live births per 1,000 people in a country over a year is known as...
The birth rate
What are goods and services produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders?
Exports
A set of spoken sounds, written symbols, or hand gestures that make it possible for people to communicate.
Language
A line marked off with a series of events and dates.
Timeline
What is a factor that encourages people to act in a certain way?
Incentive
Factors that may cause migration of people away from their own country are known as...
Push factors
What are goods and services sold in a country that are produced in other countries?
Imports
The beliefs, customs, practices, and behaviors of a particular nation or group of people.
Culture
The time before humans invented writing (about 5,200 years ago) is known as...
Prehistory
In free-market economies, what is the struggle among producers for consumers' money?
Competition
A key factor used in determining the quality of living in a country is the__________, which shows the number of infant deaths per 1,000 births in a country over a year.
Infant mortality rate
Taxes on imports and exports are known as...
Tariffs
A group of humans with a shared culture who have organized themselves to meet their basic needs.
Society
An unfair preference for or dislike of something is known as...
Bias
The general increase of prices over time in growing economies is known as...
Inflation
What are scientists who study human populations known as?
Demographers
NAFTA, and other international organizations that look to remove trade barriers, are known as ________ organizations.
Free trade
The exchange of goods and services in a market.
Trade
Listing events in the order in which they occurred.
Chronology (Chronological order)
What is the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year?
Gross domestic product (GDP)
To leave ones hoe country is to...
Emigrate
A government policy or restriction that limits international trade is known as...
A trade barrier
The study of how people meet their wants and needs.
Economics
The study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture.
Anthropology