Political economy

Development test

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Semi-periphery countries

Aid

Development economics

development test gata know What are examples of meaningful indicators of development? How do you measure the technological development of a country? What indicators would help determine the health of a country? What economic way of life is most egalitarian? Is the development gap narrowing or widening? What is the approach in the WHO ?health for all? programs? How much of emerging economies GNI is in the informal economy? What are some reasons for underdevelopment? What was Rostow?s theory about? What does GNI tell you about a country? What is the definition of development? What does the core-periphery model show? What correlation can we see when a country has a high percentage of its people engaged in farming?

Period 5 Concept Outline APWH

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Period 5: Industrialization and Global Integration, c. 1750 to c. 1900 Key Concept 5.1. Industrialization and Global Capitalism Industrialization fundamentally altered the production of goods around the world. It not only changed how goods were produced and consumed, as well as what was considered a ?good,? but it also had far-reaching effects on the global economy, social relations, and culture. Although it is common to speak of an ?Industrial Revolution,? the process of industrialization was a gradual one that unfolded over the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, eventually becoming global. Industrialization fundamentally changed how goods were produced. A variety of factors led to the rise of industrial production.

Early Modern Economy and Society

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European History

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Early Modern Economy and Society: 1500-1800 early economy: capitalism?twe did society follow development of economic change..same: feudal, change why? Elements of
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AP EURO NOTES

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European History

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New Imperialism

International relations

Empires

AP Euro Notes Sec 24-1 pp.752-765 Nalani Story The New Imperialism 1880s-Euro states embarked on intense scramble for overseas territory ?New Imperialism?= led Euros to carve up Asia & Africa What explains the mad scramble for colonies after 1880? Causes of the New Imperialism Existence of competitive nation-states after 1870=undoubtedly a major determinant for growth of new imperialism Euro affairs=grew tense heightened competition spurred Euro states to acquire colonies abroad that provided ports & coaling stations for their navies GB often expanded into new regions not for economic reasons but to keep the French, Germans, or Russians from setting up bases that could harm British interests Colonies=source of international prestige

Terms and Questions, Chapter 3 Palmer Textbook

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European History

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Commercial Revolution

Usury

AP Euro Homework, Chapter 3 (Palmer) Please know the following terms at a minimum: emergent capitalism Columbian Exchange cultural relativism commodity (as in sugar...) conquistadore mestizo mulatto Manila galleons inflation capital "putting out" system spinster naval stores usury commercial capitalism mercantilism (!) tariff system yeomanry landed gentry freeholder grands seigneurs bourgois bourgeoisie hidalgos tax exemption robot Treaty of Tordesillas Potosi mines Know who the following people are and how they impacted this phase of European history: Vasco de Gama St. Francis Xavier Hernando Cortes Francisco Pizarro Magellan Pedro Cabral Johann Fugger

Traditions and Encounters Chapter 30 Test Bank

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Marxism

Dictatorship of the proletariat

Communism

Marxian economics

CHAPTER 30 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The industrial revolution began in a. the United States. b. Great Britain. * c. France. d. Italy. e. Russia. (p. 817) 2. Crucial to industrialization was a. the leadership role taken by the Luddites. b. the willing support of the major industrial unions. c. the peasants? planned and willing relocation to the cities. d. the leading role that Russia provided in technology. e. the replacement of human and animal power with inanimate sources of energy such as steam. * (p. 818) 3. The growing demand for cotton cloth in the eighteenth century threatened British a. wool producers. * b. monopoly over the Chinese silk trade. c. naval strength because of the dramatically rising cost of sails.

New Imperial Age In Africa Between 1850-1914

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New Imperialism

Africa

Modern history

International relations

empire

New Imperial Age between 1850-1914 in Africa Kelcie Plank World Cultures Unit 1: Lesson 6 New Imperial Age of Africa Occurred between 1850-1914 The new imperialism focused mainly on declining empires and local wars left many states vulnerable Many states were weakened by slave trade Nationalism produced strong, centrally governed nation-states Industrial Revolution made economy stronger European industrialized nations more forceful in expanding into other lands Causes of New Imperialism Economy: Need for natural resources Imperialist needed raw materials to supply their own factories Need for new markets Imperialist need foreign markets to sell their goods Place for growing populations to settle Place to invest growing profits

Ch 2 AP Micro econ

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The Market System and the Circular Flow 02 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright ? 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. The Market System Known as capitalism Characteristics of market systems: Private property Freedom of enterprise and choice Self-Interest Competition Markets and prices Australia, Switzerland, and the U.K. LO1 2-* Global Perspective LO2 Index of Economic Freedom, Selected Nations 2-* Technology and Capital Goods Advanced technology and capital goods are encouraged Specialization Division of labor Geographic specialization LO2 2-* Active, but Limited Government Government may be needed to alleviate market failures Government can increase effectiveness of a market system LO2 2-* The Five Fundamental Questions

AP Econ questions 2-4

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Economics

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Capital

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Labor

Factors of production

Resource

Entrepreneur

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Capital good

Entrepreneurial economics

Christian Boujaoude September 12, 2014 AP Economics Wolff Pd. 3 Study Questions #?s 2-4 2. Economic resources are the natural, human, and manufactured inputs used to produce goods and services. Economic resources fall into four main categories: labor, land, real capital and entrepreneurs. Economic resources are also called factors of production because they are used to produce goods and services. If resources were unlimited and freely available, many of our current choices would be unnecessary. Every person could have as much as they wanted of any good or service, rendering economics, the science of choice, largely unnecessary.