SW Asia Government & Econ

Under which economic system does the government make almost all of the economic decisions?

• Command (Public)
• Market (Private)
• Traditional (Custom)
• Capitalist (Laws of Supply and Demand)

Which describes how MOST countries around the world answer basic economic questions?

• Most countries are pure command economies
• Most countries are pure market economies
• A mixture of command and market economies
• A mixture of traditional and market economies

In a market economy, who makes the economic decisions?

• subsistence farmers (grow just enough to feed family)
• custom and habit (do what ancestors did)
• government planners (public control)
• people (productions based on supply and demand)

Which industry does Saudi Arabia's government specialize in?

• Oil
• technology
• agriculture
• textile manufacturing

Why was OPEC created?

• To regulate the supply and price of oil
• To help the Palestinians in their problems with Israel
• To design new machinery to get oil out of the ground
• To keep countries that are not members from producing any oil

Why have the Israelis made a big investment in human capital?

• They need capital tools to extract the abundance of oil profits.
• Investing in human capital will decrease the standard of living an overall quality of life.
• They have to bring in workers (labor) from other countries.
• They need well trained workers because their economy is diversified with advanced technology.

If a country does not invest in its human capital, how can it affect the country's gross domestic product (GDP)?

• Investment in human capital has little effect on the GDP.
• Most workers want to keep their jobs and do not care about the GDP.
• GDP is only affected if workers pay for the investment out of their own pocket.
• GDP may go down because poorly trained workers will not be able to do their jobs well.

How has Israel's lack of oil affected that country's economy?

• Israeli businesses use little oil to operate.
• Israel has little industry dues to their lack of oil.
• The Israeli economy is built around commercial farming for economic gains.
• The Israelis specialize in technology and trade for what they need. 

What are capital goods?

• The workers who make the goods and services.
• The factories and machines used to make goods.
• The money spent to train workers to use new technology.
• The goods and services that are produced for a country's economy. 

 A limit to the number or amount of a foreign produced good that is allowed into the country is known as

• A tariff
• A quota
• An embargo
• A natural trade barrier