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SystemsLevels of Activity Traditional Concepts Economics & the World 100 200 300 400 500 Geography Jeopardy! Economics
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Final Jeopardy! Question Economics Economic descriptors
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System governed by “supply and demand”, features include private ownership of businesses Free market/Capitalism Systems 100
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System governed by “greater good”, features include collective labor ownership of businesses Socialism Systems 200
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System governed by “greater good”, features include government/small party ownership of businesses Communism/Command economy Systems 300
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Communism System envisioned by Karl Marx Systems 400
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Although most countries identify themselves as capitalist or communist, a more correct descriptor of all economies Mixed economy Systems 500
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The level of economic activity represented by information processing and management – i.e., technology development, research Quaternary (4) Levels of activity 100
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The level of economic activity represented by providing services – i.e., supermarket, teacher, doctor Tertiary (3) Levels of activity 200
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The level of economic activity represented by the production of raw materials – i.e., agriculture, mining, fishing Primary (1) Levels of activity 300
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The level of economic activity represented by making or refining products from raw materials – i.e., making furniture, turning crude oil into gasoline Secondary (2) Levels of activity 400
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Name one career at each level of economic activity (Answers vary – points awarded at teacher discretion) Levels of activity 500
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Swapping goods and services without the use of money Barter Traditional 100
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Producing just enough to provide food for yourself and your family Subsistence agriculture Traditional 300
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Small-scale production based in the home Cottage industry Traditional 200
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The levels of economic activity most likely to occur in a developing nation Primary and secondary Traditional 400
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A term used to describe pre-industrial societies with low standards of living Less Developed Traditional 500
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Outsourcing The physical separation of economic activities from the main production facility, usually for the purpose of employing cheaper labor Concepts 100
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Gross Domestic Product The total value of goods and services created within a country Concepts 200
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Specialization Production of a limited scope of products or services in order to gain greater degrees of productive efficiency Concepts 300
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Tariffs Taxes imposed on certain imported goods and services to keep out foreign competition and allow the growth of domestic economic sectors Concepts 400
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Industrialization The development of manufacturing facilities on an extensive scale – a “revolution” of this sort transformed economies in Europe and the U.S. Concepts 500
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NAFTA An agreement that removed tariff and non- tariff barriers to trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico Economics & the World 100
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Export-based economy Many countries in Latin America have this type of economy; its disadvantage is a dependence on economic strength in other regions of the world Economics & the World 200
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Import-based economy Japan and Hawaii both have this kind of economy due to their lack of land to produce their own goods Economics & the World 300
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European Union Created by a number of European countries to better coordinate economic activities Economics & the World 400
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Columbian Exchange Historical term used to describe the transfer of plants, animals, and goods between the “Old World” and the “New World” Economics & the World 500
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Used to measure relative wealth between nations – ignores the inequalities within society by pretending it is equally distributed to all people GDP Per Capita Final Jeopardy!
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