Duplicate of Economics EOC Review

Question 1

The relationship between the value of a country's exports & its' imports...

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Balance of Trade

Question 2

The value of a nation's currency in relation to a foreign country

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Exchange Rate

Question 3

Tax system that taxes the rich at higher percentages than the poor.

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Progressive, Ability to Pay Principle

Question 4

Which action could the Fed use to control inflation (tight policy)?

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Sell Bonds, Increase Reserves

Question 5

A market structure in which many sellers offer similar but not identical products to consumers.

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Monopolistic Competition

Question 6

The monetary value of all final goods/services produced w/in a country's borders in a given yr

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Gross Domestic Product

Question 7

If the price of a large Dominos Pizza goes up by $3, what happens to the demand for Papa Johns?

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Demand Curve shifts right

Question 8

Command economies are better suite to meet which economic goals ....

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stability & equity

Question 9

What is the formula for GDP?

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C+I+G+Nx

Question 10

Land, Labor, Capital, & Entrepreneurship are

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Factors of Production

Question 11

A situation that exists when there are not enough resources to meet human wants...

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Scarcity

Question 12

Which business organization has the disadvantage of unlimited liability for its owner?

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Sole Proprietorships

Question 13

The ability of 1 trading nation to make a product more efficiently than another trading nation

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Absolute Advantage

Question 14

Ray Ban has to pay more for their lens. What happens to prices?

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Equilibrium Price increases

Question 15

Which is not one of the 3 basic economic questions?

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when to produce

Question 16

Which of the following concepts leads to better productivity/efficiency?

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Specialization

Question 17

When prices go down, suppliers will supply...

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Less

Question 18

Which of the following is a function of money?

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Medium of Exchange

Question 19

What happens when the government mandates a price floor on wages?

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Surplus of workers

Question 20

What do we call the central bank of the United States?

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The Federal Reserve

Question 21

Which action could Congress use to control inflation (contractionary)?

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Increase Taxes, Decrease Gov't Spending

Question 22

Tax system that taxes the rich at a lower rate than the poor.

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Regressive

Question 23

Entrepreneurs are risky... what motivates them to do this?

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Profit

Question 24

As the price of a good/service decreases, quantity demanded increases. This is the...

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Law of Demand

Question 25

What happens if the government mandates a price ceiling on cable service (i.e. Comcast)?

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Shortage Occurs

Question 26

Whose job is to keep unemployment and inflation at bay using Monetary Policy?

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The Federal Reserve

Question 27

What is the type of unemployment that occurs due a decrease in GDP?

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Cyclical

Question 28

A general increase in prices in the economy

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Inflation

Question 29

Which type of unemployment is most affected by new technology? (think)

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Structural

Question 30

What type of unemployment occurs when a person's skills don't align with available jobs?

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Structural

Question 31

A market structure with only one seller that sells a product that has no substitute

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Monopoly

Question 32

What is the type of unemployment that occurs due to it taking time to find a job?

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Frictional

Question 33

Tax system that taxes everyone at the same rate equally.

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Proportional

Question 34

Who is NOT hurt by inflation?

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Borrowers

Question 35

A limit on the amount of a product than can be imported

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Quotas

Question 36

How much consumers are willing and able to buy at a certain price

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Quantity Demanded

Question 37

The market structure in which only a few sellers produce a similar product

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Oligopoly

Question 38

Shares of ownership in a corporation are called

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Stocks

Question 39

An economic system in which the gov't makes all or most of the economic decisions

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Command Economy

Question 40

Chik-Fil-A buys new ovens/fryers that cook food faster, how does this affect price?

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Equilibrium Price Decreases

Question 41

An economic system based on individual choice & voluntary exchange

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Market Economy

Question 42

The ability of 1 trading nation to produce something at a lower opportunity cost than another

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Comparative Advantage

Question 43

What do you call a period of growth in GDP in the business cycle?

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Expansion

Question 44

An economic system based on private ownership of the factors of production

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Capitalism

Question 45

The point where market supply and market demand intersect is called ...

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Market Equilibrium

Question 46

What is a good/service provided by the government and consumed by the public as a group?

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Public Good

Question 47

The sum of all the supply in an economy

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Aggregate Supply

Question 48

A fee charged for goods brought into a country from another country

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Tariff

Duplicate of Economics EOC Review

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Duplicate of Economics EOC Review

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