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Economics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is traditional? | Based on customs and traditions |
| Who owns the resources? | all members of the economy |
| Who keeps the profits? | No money profits: goal is to survive. |
| What is command? | Government decides what goods are made and how they will be made |
| What is bartering? | the exchange of one good for another |
| What is capitalism? | economic system in which private owners control the production of goods and profit |
| What is a market economy? | an economy that operates by voluntary exchange in a free market |
| How many countries have a market economy? | 0 |
| What is a mixed economy? | combination of privately and government owned businesses |
| What is a tariff? | a tax |
| What is a quota? | a limit of imports |
| What is an embargo? | a ban of exporting |
| What are human resources? | people who perform the labor |
| What are capital goods? | items that people need to perform their jobs |
| What are natural resources? | resources that come from nature |
| What is an entreprenuer? | people with ideas who are willing to take a risk |
| What is a standard of living? | how well people live in a country |
| What is a literacy rate? | the rate of people over 15 years old can read |
| What is specialization? | producing or providing a service in what you do best |
| What is opportunity cost? | value is given up when a choice is made |
| What are two examples of a capital good? | technology and a spoon |
| What are two examples of a natural resource? | rock and trees |
| What are three ways a country can invest in its human resource? | education, training, and health |
| What is an exchange rate? | how much one currency is worth in terms of another |
| What is currency? | money |
| What to ______? | produce |
| How to _________ it? | produce |
| For whom to ______? | produce |