Economies of SW Asia

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Who takes a financial risk in starting a new business?

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Entrepreneur

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The number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a particular country is the _______________.

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quota

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Why do most countries in the world today fall somewhere between a market and a command economy?

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Most countries have found they need a mix of free market and government control to be successful.

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What 3 economic questions are asked when studying the similarities of traditional, command, market, and mixed economies among nations of the world?

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What to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce?

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What is ‘specialization’?

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Producing goods a country can make most easily so that they can trade for goods that they can’t produce locally

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In a command economy, economic decisions are made by the ___________.

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government

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Saudi Arabia specializes in the production of: oil and olives, olives and grapes, oil and natural gas, livestock

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oil and natural gas

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The economies of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran can best be described as:

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mixed

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Why was OPEC created?

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To regulate the supply and price of oil

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Where are most OPEC countries located?

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Southwest Asia