Mini Unit: Intro To Exonomics Flashcards

1
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Industrialization meaning

A

An organized effort usually using machinery to produce more valuable / useful from available natural resources and primary products

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2
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Industrial Revolution : why there?

Eco

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Free Enterprise. People were allowed to think ,create, and sell

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Industrial Revolution : why there?

Soc

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Stable population . Not at war

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4
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Industrial Revolution : why there?

Pol

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The king allowed the people to think . Opposite of France

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5
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Industrial Revolution : why there?

Env

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Coal and water

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Industrial Revolution: Lasting Impactful Outcomes

Eco

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-International trade( began in the middle ages) also known as globalization
- jobs shifted from farms to factories
- the world is classified by economics

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Industrial Revolution: Lasting Impactful Outcomes

Soc

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  • population exploded
  • less farmers, but more food ( technical advances)
  • rise in life expectancy- rise in medication
  • changed cultural landscape
  • rural to urban
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8
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Industrial Revolution: Lasting Impactful Outcomes

Pol

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Colonized because the needed more/ new resources

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9
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Industrial Revolution: Lasting Impactful Outcomes

Env

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Population increased

Natural resources decreased

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10
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What is the Brandit line ?

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This line was created in 1980 and dives the rich north and poor south

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11
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Core - MDCs ( make developed countries )

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  • these were the headquarters of the most largest multinational companies
  • high skill,capital intensive products
  • dominates periphery and semi periphery economically and politically
  • benefits greatly from internal trade

RLE: USA, UK, Japan, Australia , Germany

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Semi- Periphery NICs ( newy industrialized colonies )

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  • provides the core with manufactured goods and services that the core once provided for itself,but no longer does

RLEs: India, Mexico , South Africa , Brazil, and China

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13
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Periphery - LDCs( less developed countries )

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  • provides the core and semi- Periphery with inexpensive raw materials,labor and agricultural production
  • weak laws protecting workers and environment

RLEs: Afghanistan, Zimbabwe , Peru, Kenya

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14
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How many sectors are in the economy ?

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5

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15
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Which sector extracts or harvest products from the earth such as raw materials and basic foods ?

RLE: farmers, mines, fishermen,ranchers ,logging

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Primary sector

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16
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Which sector produces finished goods from the raw materials extracted by the primary economy?

RLE: factory workers , sweat shops

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Secondary sector

17
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Which sector is known as the service industry . This sector sells the goods produced and provides commercial series to people and businesses ?

RLE: very basic lawnmowers, waiter, cook, teacher

A

Tertiary sector

18
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Which sector consists of I intellectual activities. Sometimes called the knowledge economy

RLE: professors, media , podcast , researchers

A

Quaternary sector

19
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Which a Ector includes the highest levels of decision making I’ma society or economy

RLE: CEO ,top banker

A

Quinary Sector

20
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What does HDI stand for ?

A

Human development Index

21
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Gross means

A

Total

22
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The degree of wealth and material comfort of an identifiable group of people ( quantitative)

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Standard of living

23
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The level of health, comfort, opportunity, and happiness often identified group of people( qualitative )

A

Quality of life

24
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What are the 3 components of HDI ?

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1) A decent standard of living ( GNI per Capita / GNI index )

2) Long and healthy life ( Life expectancy at birth / Life expectancy index )

3) knowledge ( mean years of school and elected years of schooling / Education Index / literacy rate )

25
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HDI has ___ social, ___ economic ,___ political

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2 soc ( long and healthy life and knowledge) , 1 economic( standard of living ) , 0 political

26
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What are some of the limitations of HDI?

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Does not consider :
- cultural identity
- political freedom
- gender equality
- environmental sustainability
- income distribution

27
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What is SDG?

A

Sustainable development goals ( UN)

28
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Parity meaning

A

Equality

29
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What are the 3 aspects of GII ?

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Health ( social ) - material mortality ratio/ adolescent birth rate

Empowerment ( half social ,half political) - female and male population with at las secondary education / seats on Parliament

Labor market ( eco) - work outside the home