Tuesday, February 24, 2015

CCSS3 Unit 12 -- What was the GDP again???



Gross domestic product (from wikipedia)
In economics, the gross domestic product (GDP) is how much a place produces in some amount of time. For nations, the GDP can be calculated by adding up its output inside the borders of that country.
To know the GDP of a country, you need to add up consumer spending, investment spending, government spending and the value of the exports and subtract the value of the imports.
This measure is often used to find out how healthy a country is, in an economic way. In other words, a country with a high value of GDP can be called a large economy.
GDP per capita is the total income of a country, divided by the number of inhabitants. It shows how much money people make on average at work.


Rank
Country/Region
GDP (Millions of US$)

74,699,258[15]

17,512,109[15]
1
16,768,050
2
9,469,124[n 2]
3
4,898,530
4
3,635,959
5
2,807,306

2,800,090[15]
6
2,523,216
7
2,246,037
8
2,096,774[n 4]
9
2,071,955

2,013,318[15]
10
1,876,811
11
1,826,769
12
1,505,924
13
1,358,687
14
1,304,468
15
1,260,915
16
870,275
17
853,806
18
819,990
19
748,450
20
650,431
21
610,288
22
558,949
23
521,812
24
517,705
25
512,581
26
508,275
27
489,089
28
416,062
29
402,340
30
387,253
31
378,415
32
 Iran
367,098
33
350,800
34
330,614
35
313,158
36
297,941
37
290,643
38
276,971

274,027
39
272,067
40
271,427
41
267,412
42
241,796
43
232,757
44
232,150
45
231,876
46
 Iraq
229,327
47
227,175
48
220,062
49
212.453
50
202,450
51
 Peru
202,416
52
198,450
53
188,893

Friday, February 20, 2015

CCSS2 Review for Term Exam

For the term exam on Friday, review these items:

1.Here is The unit 6 power point:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/88en2zp5juwqn8k/ccss2%20UNIT%206.pptx?dl=0

2.Unit 7 Power Point (with the Black Death questions):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/uxdjdtw30je2z61/CCSS2%20Unit%207.pptx?dl=0

3.Unit 8 Power Point  (with the repopulation map activity):

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhv7mzechacnttq/CCSS2%20Unit%208.pptx?dl=0https://www.dropbox.com/s/hhv7mzechacnttq/CCSS2%20Unit%208.pptx?dl=0

Here are the activities that you need to complete in your copybook (from the end of unit 8): 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d3scxq03w0dsriw/ccss2%20unit%208%20Activities%20%20for%20ppt%20from%20cortes%20on.docx?dl=0



ALSO, REMEMBER THAT 20% OF THE EXAM COMES FROM THE FIRST EVALUATION: 

1. Unit 4 power point: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dn313sufz4jnl3f/CCSS2%20Unit%204.pptx?dl=0

2. Unit 5 power point: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ir7598he9cwdwet/CCSS2%20Unit%205%20Islam.pptx?dl=0

CCSS3 Review for Term Exam

STUDY FOR THE TERM EXAM:

1.the three handouts I made from the powerpoint on unit 5. Here you have all three together:



2. the chart on the types of economies (below)



CAPITALISM
“MIXED ECONOMY”
SOCIALISM
COMMUNISM
Who owns the means of production?
Private people (investors)
The owners of private companies, or, in the case of public works, the state.
The state
The whole community without the state
Who get the extra profit?
Private people who own the means of production (the investors)
The owners of private companies, or, in the case of public works, the state.
The workers
The whole community
How involved is the state in the economy?
It doesn´t get involved in the economy at all.
It sometimes intervenes in the economy.
Totally involved (it is the only actor)
There is no state. It naturally ceases to exist because there is no need for it.
Who makes schools, roads, firemen, police, armies, etc.?
Private people (investors)
The state and sometimes private investors
The state
The whole community







3. The handout on Supply & Demand with the 5 questions, which is also posted on the blog:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4dvhsojiloybabf/CCSS3%20Supply%20and%20Demand%20handout.docx?dl=0


4. Copy and complete the chart with three concrete examples for each sector of the economies.  This information was presented in the projects students did on Units 6, 7 and 8, but you can also find it in the textbook in those chapters.  


Sector
Shorthand
Explanation
3 Concrete Examples
Primary
Agriculture
Obtaining raw materials





Secondary
Industry
Manipulating materials into finished or semi-finished goods





Tertiary
Services
Does not produce a tangible product, butdoes something for somebody


6. From term 1, Unit 10 on the Political Organization of Spain and Democratic States: 


7.  The questions you answered after the Unit 5 Exam based on thisshort power point on the EU:



What was the year of first treaty that lead to the establishment of the EU? 2. What were the main objectives of the Treaty of Rome? What year was it? 3. When was the Maastricht treaty? What did it create? What werer the three pillars that it established? 4. When was the Treaty of Lisbon? What did it do? 5. When did Spain join the EU? 6. What was the last country to join? 7. Which institution directly represents EU citizens? 8. What do the EU Courts of Justice do? 9. What does the EU Court of Auditors do? 10. When was the Euro created? 11. What is the Common Agricultural Policy? 12. What is the Common Fisheries Policy? 13. What is the European Energy Policy? 14. Why does the EU give member countries Structural Funds? Give three examples. 15. To whom does the EU EU give member countries Cohesion Funds? What are they for? 16. What countries received Cohesion funds in the period 2000-2006? How much did they get? Who got the most?