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World economics by Mind Map: World economics

1. Four economic resources

1.1. Land resources

1.1.1. Natural resources

1.1.2. soil, water, minerals

1.2. Labour Resources:

1.2.1. People for work

1.3. Capital Resources

1.3.1. Money

1.3.2. goods (transportation, factories)

1.4. Entrepreneurship

1.4.1. Person in charge

1.4.2. combine four economic resources

1.4.3. Benefits the whole region

2. Market Economy

2.1. Profits: -driven by profits -products sold higher than produces

2.2. Problems: -usually goes through a cycle of economic depression -entrepreneurs get large profits -labour workers get low profits

2.3. Profits/protecting environment -Most business choose profits; the easy way -companies find protecting environment too pricey

3. Five Economic Questions

3.1. How are the goods and services produced?

3.2. Who are they for?

3.3. How are they given out?

3.4. Who produces them?

3.5. What is being produced?

4. Command Economy

4.1. Government are not freely elected

4.2. One person/group makes all decisions

4.3. Some are military dictatorship

4.4. Lots of money on military

4.5. Little or no education

4.6. Communist economy

4.6.1. Karl Marx introduced it

4.6.2. everyone works together

4.6.3. Equal share of productions

5. Global Trade Alliances

5.1. European Union (EU)

5.1.1. world wars impacted economies

5.1.2. Free trade union

5.1.3. A trade bloc

5.1.4. 12 countries formed EU (1957)

5.2. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

5.2.1. 12 countries rely on oil

5.2.2. Maintain steady income

5.2.3. fair returns

5.2.4. Control the oil

5.2.5. second-biggest oil reserve (Canada)

6. Canada's Trade Links

6.1. WTO

6.1.1. A trade advisory group

6.1.2. Supports free trade

6.1.3. Issues trade sanctions

6.1.4. INvolvement causes competition

6.2. NAFTA

6.2.1. Canada, Mexico, and US

6.2.2. Agreement signed in 1994

6.2.3. Trade bloc to compete against EU

7. Traditional economy

7.1. For families/relatives

7.2. Based on cultural and religious values

7.3. concentrated where subsistence farmers are located

8. Mixed economy

8.1. Traditional & Market

8.1.1. Traditional economy with marketplaces

8.1.2. sells to tourists

8.2. Market & command

8.2.1. no "true" market

8.2.2. Government, business, and consumer affect productions

8.3. Traditional and Command

8.3.1. rely on subsistence agriculture

8.3.2. different methods of farming

8.4. Consumers & producers

8.4.1. Both affect the economy

8.4.2. Consumers

8.4.2.1. Affect the mixed economy

8.4.2.2. protect buyers from fraud

8.4.2.3. prevents fraud

8.4.3. Producers

8.4.3.1. Advertising used

8.4.3.2. Marketing boards promote products

8.4.3.3. Regulate the products

9. Industries

9.1. Primary industry

9.1.1. Harvesting natural resources

9.1.2. Fishing, forestry, farming, and mining

9.2. Secondary industry

9.2.1. Production of the goods/services

9.2.2. i.e. designing clothing

9.3. Tertiaryindustry

9.3.1. Selling of the product/service

9.3.2. Gives jobs oppurtunities

9.3.3. Selling/advertising the clothings

10. Technological change

10.1. ways of harvesting changed

10.2. Mining done above ground

10.3. Easily recording collected grain

10.4. CTL logging systems used

10.5. fast production

10.6. Brought wealth

10.7. creates jobs

10.8. farming uses satellite technology

10.9. little need for workers

11. World trade

11.1. Top traders

11.1.1. U.S.

11.1.1.1. plenty natural resources

11.1.1.2. large trade deficit

11.1.2. Germany

11.1.2.1. high quality products

11.1.3. China

11.1.3.1. Variety of resources

11.1.3.2. low cost labour

11.1.4. Japan

11.1.4.1. known for entrepreneurs

11.1.4.2. imports all minerals and energy

11.1.5. U.K.

11.1.5.1. limited natural resources

11.1.5.2. big supply of energy, oil, and gas

11.1.6. Canada

11.1.6.1. lots of natural resources

11.1.6.2. more than 80% exports go to U.S.