stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
European Economics Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
European Economics
European Economics
31 terms
·
StudBud Administration
Entire economic Unit
Flashcards
31 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
31
Answers
1
Like the United Kingdom this country has invested billions in human capital and capital goods leading to a higher GDP:
Russia
Italy
Germany
France
2
Setting where an entrepreneur is most likely to succeed in:
Public Sector
Command Economy
Traditional Economy
Private Sector
3
Embargos are usually used to do what to other economies?
Encourage
Pressure
Change
Communicate with
4
The total dollar value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year:
Human Capital
Literacy Rate
Gross Domestic Product
Natural Resources
5
This country's GDP per capita is lower in
Europe
due to not investing in human and capital resources under communism:
Germany
France
Italy
Russia
6
Example of a country investing in human capital:
Spending money to extract oil and natural gas
Country provides scholarships for citizens to go to college
Buying new technology for factories
Country pays for public education
7
A limit on goods coming into a country is called a:
Tariff
Boycott
Quota
Embargo
8
The education, skills, and training of a country's workforce is called:
human capital
capital goods
natural resources
entrepreneurs
9
Investing in human capital, capital goods, natural resources, and entrepreneurship will accomplish this:
Lower it's GDP
Raise the unemployment rate
Lower standard of living
Raise GDP and standard of living
10
Where would Russia's economy fit on the economic continuum?
Mixed Market-Leaning
Mixed Command-Leaning
Pure Command
Traditional
11
People who take risks to start a new business, developing new products, and create jobs:
Corporation Presidents
Entrepreneurs
Human Capital
Managers
12
The U.K. is an island nation which makes these types of industries common there:
Shipping and Fishing
Farming and automotive
Manufacturing and museums
Mining and solar farms
13
Economic model in which government planners make all business and financial decisions:
Mixed Economy
Market Economy
Traditional Economy
Command Economy
14
A country's literacy rate is:
% of all children who can read and write
% of all adults who can read and write
% of all people (including children) that can read and write
% of all people who have high school diplomas
15
Country who recently exited the European Union for financial reasons:
United Kingdom
Turkey
Germany
Russia
16
Which would not be considered to be a natural resource?
Oil
Soil
Rivers
Cars
17
This means to focus on a narrow range of products/services that can be produced most efficiently and cost effectively:
Boycott
Trade Barrier
Specialization
Voluntary Trade
18
What best describes the economy of the U.K.?
Pure Market
Traditional
Mixed Market-Leaning
Mixed Command-Leaning
19
2016 referendum whereupon the majority of British citizens voted to come out of the European Union:
Brexit
United Exit
Treaty of Lisbon
The Great Evacuation
20
These materials come from nature and play an important role in a country's economy (land, forests, minerals, etc)
Entrepreneurs
Human Resourses
Capital Goods
Natural Resources
21
GDP per capita is another tool to measure the strength of an economy; "per capita" means:
In the capital city
per adult
per country
per person
22
Economic system based on ways of the past: may use bartering as a way of trading goods and services
Traditional Economy
Market Economy
Mixed Economy
Command Economy
23
Example of a country investing in capital goods:
Country that makes college free
Lowers taxes on starting a new business
Country updates the machinery in their factories
Grants money to investors working on creating new technology
24
Which would not be included in how an economy grows?
Entrepreneurs
Investments in Human Capital
Investment in Capital Goods
Investments in the Government
25
Mining natural resources like oil, natural gas, and minerals is an important economic activity for this country:
Russia
Germany
Poland
United Kingdom
26
One of Germany's natural resources that allows it to produce agricultural products:
Natural harbors
Fish
Fertile Soil
Diamonds
27
Economic model in the laws of supply and demand determine what is produced and at what cost:
Market Economy
Traditional Economy
Mixed Economy
Command Economy
28
Man-made materials that are needed to produce goods and services such as factories, machinery, and technology:
Entrepreneurs
Human Capital
Capital Goods
Natural Resources
29
Which would not be a part of investing in human capital?
Knowledge
Training
Social Status
SKills
30
An economic system is?
common currency of all European Union countries
model used by govt's to determine who, how, and whom to produce
est. total value of all goods and services
govt. planners using income to determine class
31
If a country has a high literacy rate it is more likely to have a what?
high standard of living
low standard of living
High unemployment
low GDP