The United States & the Global Economy

Process

Go to this link to answer the following questions:

1. What does GDP stand for?

2. Why is a country's GDP important?

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3. What is the dollar value of the United States' GDP?

4. What percentage of the global economy is the U.S. GDP? 

5. What are the top 5 GDP countries in the world?

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6. What was the total dollar value of U.S. trade in 2018? 

7. What was the value of imports and exports separately in 2018?

8. What are the major categories of goods the United States imports?

9. What are the major categories of goods the United States exports? 

 

Short Essay Prompt: on a separate sheet of paper, respond to the prompt and turn it in to the "To be Graded" bin.

In your opinion, how does the size of the U.S. economy and its imports and exports enable the United States to influence other nations around world?