2025 Pearson Edexcel A-Level 9EC0/03 Economics A Advanced
PAPER 3 Question Paper + Mark Scheme
What was Detroit's population in 2015?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>680,000
What proportion of people graduate from high school in
Detroit?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>30%. Those who do graduate often leave, creating a
brain drain
What was the average household income in Detroit,
2015?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>$25,000 (half the national average)
What percentage more people suffer Asthma from pollution in Detroit vs rest of
Michigan?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>50%
What causes other than improved competition led to high unemployment in
Detroit?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Automation experimentation (1970s), energy crisis
(1970s), recession (1980s)
What is the far right Greek political party?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Golden Dawn, which
emerged due to globalisations impact on immigration
What is a famous trans border conflict?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The Mekong river
conflict
What word is used to show the belief in the free flow of people, capitalism and
resources?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Neo-liberalism
,What is the name of the party governing Poland?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Law and
Justice (PIS)
What has the Polish government done to restrict the free movement of
people?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Opposition to the EU refugee quotas
Construction of a fortified border between Poland and Belarus, where many Asian, Middle-
Eastern and African m migrants cross
Amendments to asylum laws
Public referendum over accepting illegal migrants
Where is manufacturing shifting towards?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>MINT countries,
Africa and Poorer Asian countries like Bangladesh. Emerging nations like China now want to
manufacture high value goods
What is time-space compression?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The idea that the amount of
distance between things has become less significant because of the advancements in
communications and transportation
What allows for fast transfer of information?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Fibre optics cable
What is the concept of a global village?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>We are increasingly
becoming a single community linked by telecommunications
What has helped to make world trade more
liberalised?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Reduction or removal of trade barriers like quotas
or tariffs
, How does globalisation loosen environmental standards for
firms?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The race to the bottom puts aside environmental
concerns aside, as the greater competition means costs must be cost where possible
What did the WTO force upon Pakistan?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>To open up it's
previously protected coastal exclusion zone to foreign fishing competition
What percentage of fish caught and sorted are discarded by fishing
trawlers?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>90%
What are fishing communities experiencing after the opening up of Pakistan's
waters?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Widespread deprivation, hunger and debt
Why were IGO's originally set up?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The USA and Western Europe
felt threatened by communism. They believed that economic development was the best way to
combat the spread of communism
At what conference was the World Bank and IMF founded?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The
Bretton Woods Conference in the USA
Where is the WTO based?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Geneva, Switzerland
What is the fundamental difference between the IMF and World
bank?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The IMF tries to maintain financial stability, while the
World Bank addresses reducing poverty and long term economic development
What process does the IMF often demand in return for their
loans?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Privatisation of government assets to generate wealth
PAPER 3 Question Paper + Mark Scheme
What was Detroit's population in 2015?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>680,000
What proportion of people graduate from high school in
Detroit?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>30%. Those who do graduate often leave, creating a
brain drain
What was the average household income in Detroit,
2015?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>$25,000 (half the national average)
What percentage more people suffer Asthma from pollution in Detroit vs rest of
Michigan?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>50%
What causes other than improved competition led to high unemployment in
Detroit?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Automation experimentation (1970s), energy crisis
(1970s), recession (1980s)
What is the far right Greek political party?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Golden Dawn, which
emerged due to globalisations impact on immigration
What is a famous trans border conflict?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The Mekong river
conflict
What word is used to show the belief in the free flow of people, capitalism and
resources?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Neo-liberalism
,What is the name of the party governing Poland?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Law and
Justice (PIS)
What has the Polish government done to restrict the free movement of
people?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Opposition to the EU refugee quotas
Construction of a fortified border between Poland and Belarus, where many Asian, Middle-
Eastern and African m migrants cross
Amendments to asylum laws
Public referendum over accepting illegal migrants
Where is manufacturing shifting towards?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>MINT countries,
Africa and Poorer Asian countries like Bangladesh. Emerging nations like China now want to
manufacture high value goods
What is time-space compression?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The idea that the amount of
distance between things has become less significant because of the advancements in
communications and transportation
What allows for fast transfer of information?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Fibre optics cable
What is the concept of a global village?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>We are increasingly
becoming a single community linked by telecommunications
What has helped to make world trade more
liberalised?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Reduction or removal of trade barriers like quotas
or tariffs
, How does globalisation loosen environmental standards for
firms?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The race to the bottom puts aside environmental
concerns aside, as the greater competition means costs must be cost where possible
What did the WTO force upon Pakistan?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>To open up it's
previously protected coastal exclusion zone to foreign fishing competition
What percentage of fish caught and sorted are discarded by fishing
trawlers?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>90%
What are fishing communities experiencing after the opening up of Pakistan's
waters?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Widespread deprivation, hunger and debt
Why were IGO's originally set up?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The USA and Western Europe
felt threatened by communism. They believed that economic development was the best way to
combat the spread of communism
At what conference was the World Bank and IMF founded?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The
Bretton Woods Conference in the USA
Where is the WTO based?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Geneva, Switzerland
What is the fundamental difference between the IMF and World
bank?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>The IMF tries to maintain financial stability, while the
World Bank addresses reducing poverty and long term economic development
What process does the IMF often demand in return for their
loans?>>100%CorreCtanswers>>Privatisation of government assets to generate wealth
