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California Economy

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Why might an economist examine GDP per capita as well as total GDP?

  • It replaces all income data.
  • It relates output to population size.
  • It measures only land area.
  • It counts counties.
Correct answer(s):
  • It relates output to population size.

How does the Bay Area connect to the global economy?

  • Through technology, finance, capital, and innovation networks
  • Only through tourism
  • It has no global economic links.
  • Only through agriculture
Correct answer(s):
  • Through technology, finance, capital, and innovation networks

How can diversification improve California’s economic resilience?

  • Every industry must rise or fall together.
  • Diversification removes all recessions.
  • Weakness in one sector may be partly offset by strength in others.
  • A diversified economy has only one industry.
Correct answer(s):
  • Weakness in one sector may be partly offset by strength in others.

How does San Diego’s location influence its economy?

  • It isolates the city from trade.
  • It places San Diego next to Canada.
  • Its proximity to Mexico supports cross-border trade and labor connections.
  • It prevents international business.
Correct answer(s):
  • Its proximity to Mexico supports cross-border trade and labor connections.

Which concept helps explain why technology firms cluster in Silicon Valley?

  • Comparative isolation
  • Subsistence farming
  • Agglomeration economies
  • Political secession
Correct answer(s):
  • Agglomeration economies

Which measure is most appropriate for comparing California’s total economic output with another state?

  • Population density
  • GDP
  • Median household income only
  • State tax revenue only
Correct answer(s):
  • GDP

Why can nominal GDP rise even when real production changes little?

  • Nominal GDP ignores prices.
  • Population density must fall.
  • Prices may rise.
  • The coastline becomes longer.
Correct answer(s):
  • Prices may rise.

Why do economists use real GDP?

  • To count only tax revenue
  • To calculate state borders
  • To measure rainfall
  • To measure output changes after adjusting for price changes
Correct answer(s):
  • To measure output changes after adjusting for price changes