Practise MYP Individuals & Societies questions on 3 States, Empires and Development and review the explanations to check your understanding.
Use these questions for topic practice and to find ideas you want to revisit in your notes or lessons.
The ideology of 'Market Thinking' suggests that price signals are useful because they perform which function?
Why might a country with 'weak governance' find market-based development policies more attractive than interventionist ones?
How does the text define 'ideology' as distinct from an 'ideological driver'?
A manufacturer's decision to replace manual assembly lines with fully automated robotic systems is an attempt to answer which core economic question?
What is the primary function of an ideological driver in a society?
They mandate that the state controls all production
They ensure that all goods are distributed equally
They coordinate production and consumption
They prevent cultural diffusion from occurring
Large public budgets are easily captured by corruption in weak states
Market-based policies are always easier to implement in any context
Weak states are prohibited by international law from spending money
The poor are better served by private markets when the state is weak
Ideology is only personal, while a driver is only institutional
Ideology is a single law, while a driver is a collection of norms
There is no distinction; the text uses them interchangeably
Ideology is a structured set of ideas explaining how society should work, while a driver is the framework that influences behavior
How to produce?
Where to produce?
What to produce?
For whom to produce?
To provide a framework of beliefs that influences group behavior and institutions
To eliminate the need for laws and formal regulations
To replace economic markets with purely religious systems
To ensure that all individuals have identical personal opinions
