Chapter 5: Outlines and Concept Maps
Lab Activity 25: The Table of Contents in a Textbook
 
Objective:
To use the table of contents to understand the relationship between general and specific ideas.

arrow.gifStep 1:Read the partial brief table of contents from the college textbook Foundations of Microeconomics and then answer the questions that follow.

PART 1           INTRODUCTION

                        1. Getting Started

                        2. The U.S. Economy

                        3. The Economic Problem

                        4. Demand and Supply

PART 2           A CLOSER LOOK AT MARKETS

                        5. Elasticities of Demand and Supply

                        6. Efficiency and Fairness of Markets

PART 3           HOW GOVERNMENTS INFLUENCE THE ECONOMY

                        7. Government Influences on Markets

                        8. Taxes

                        9. Externalities

                      10. Public Goods and Common Resources

PART 4           A CLOSER LOOK AT DECISION MAKERS

                      11. Consumer Choice and Demand

                      12. Production and Cost

PART 5           PRICES, PROFITS, AND INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE

                      13.  Perfect Competition

                      14.  Monopoly

                      15.  Monopolistic Competition

                      16.  Oligopoly

                      17.  Regulation and Antitrust Law

PART 6           HOW INCOMES ARE DETERMINED

                      18. Demand and Supply in Factor Markets

                      19. Inequality and Redistribution

PART 7           THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

                      20. International Trade

                      21 International Financial Markets


      6. How many major sections does the book contain?  

 
 
 
 


      7. How many chapters does the book contain?  

 
 
 
 


      8. Which chapter does not include information about supply and demand?  

 
 
 
 


      9. Which chapter includes information about how production cost determines price?  

 
 
 
 


      10. Which major section presents information on world trade?  

 
 
 
 







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