Australia History of Trade | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 17 Public

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What do we do in the Primary Sector ?

Extract or Harvest products from the environment

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Does farming count as Secondary Sector ? Why ?

No, because farming is technically still an extraction of resources straight from the environment

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How many sectors are there in the Tertiary Sector ? What are they ?

2. They are quaternary sector and quinary sector.

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Is comparative advantage or absolute advantage related to opportunity cost ?

Comparative advantage.

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What are three basic economic questions ?

What should we produce? How should we produce it? For whom should we produce it?

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Mention 2 reasons why there has been a shift from Secondary Sector to Quaternary Sector in Australia's economy

Higher education. Technology improvement. An increase in worldwide demand. Easier movement between countries

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What is most important major trade partner ? What do we import and export to this partner ? ( Name 1 each )

China

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In the video you just watched, what did the speaker use the image of the Great Walls for ?

How defensive and isolated the Chinese economy has been in the history.

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What can be the reasons why Australia partners with APEC countries ?

Cheap labour / Proximity / High expertise / Abundance of resources available for production.

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Are imports an injection or a leakage ? Why ?

When we important, the money leaves Australia for another nation.

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John can perform 2 haircuts per hour, for which he charges 20 dollars. Alex can perform 1 haircut per 15 minutes, for which he charges 10 dollars. Who has the absolute advantage ?

Alex

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Does hospitality ( restaurants and hotels ) belong to the Quinary or the Quaternary Sector ?

Quinary Sector

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According to the video, China has become the ..... biggest economy in the world.

Third

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Define consumer sovereignty

The power to decide what products are produced by companies

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What do capitalist countries believe in ?

A free market which decides for itself what to produce, for whom to produce and how to produce.

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Does a capitalist economy have governmental intervention ?

Yes but to a lesser extent.

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