1. Contrast traditional economies, command economies, and economies. 2. Explain gross domestic product (GDP).

3. Assess the importance and effects of globalization.

1. A traditional economy is a system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs.2 A market economy is a system where the laws of supply and demand direct the production of goods and services. A command economy is where a central government makes all economic decisions.

2. Gross domestic product (GDP) is the monetary value of all finished goods and services made within a country during a specific period. GDP provides an economic snapshot of a country, used to estimate the size of an economy and growth rate. GDP can be calculated in three ways, using expenditures, production, or incomes.

3. Globalization means the speedup of movements and exchanges (of human beings, goods, and services, capital, technologies or cultural practices) all over the planet. One of the effects of globalization is that it promotes and increases interactions between different regions and populations around the globe.