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taylord@Chap18-19
Chapter 18 and 19 Vocabulary Words Civics/Economics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Economics | The study of how individuals and nations make choices about ways to use scarce resources to fulfill their needs and wants. |
| Microeconomics | The economic behavior and decision making by individuals and small businesses. |
| Macroeconomics | Economic behavior and decision making by government or whole industries or societies. |
| Economic System | Nation's way of producing things its people want and need. |
| Resource | Wealth. |
| Scarcity | Not having enough resources to produce all of the things |
| Trade-off | The alternative you face if you decide to do one thing rather than another. |
| Opportunity Cost | The cost of the next best alternative use of time and money when choosing to do one thing rather than another. |
| Marginal Cost | The additional or extra opportunity cost associated with an action. |
| Marginal Benefit | The additional or extra benefit associated with an action. |
| Cost-Benefit Analysis | Economic model that compares the marginal costs and marginal benefits of a decision. |
| Services | Work performed by a person for someone else. |
| Factors of Production | Resources necessary to produce goods and services. |
| Capital | Previously manufactured goods used to make other goods and services. |
| Entrepreneur | Individual who starts a new business, introduces a new product, and improves a management technique. |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | Total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a single year. |
| Factor Market | A market where productive resources are bought and sold. |
| Product Market | A market where producers offer goods and services for sale. |
| Specialization | When people, businesses, regions, and or nations concentrate on goods and services that they can produce better than anyone else. |
| Economic Interdependence | A reliance on others, as they rely on you, to provide goods and services to be consumed. |
| Capitalism | A system in which private citizens own most, if not all, of the means of production and decide how to use them within legislated limits. |
| Free Enterprise | Economic system in which individuals and businesses are allowed to compete for profit with a minimum of government interference. |
| Consumer Sovereignty | The tole of consumer as the ruler of the market, determining what products will be produced. |
| Private Property Rights | The freedom to own and use our own property as we choose as long as we do not interfere with the rights of others. |
| Profit Motive | The driving force that encourages individuals and organizations to improve their material well-being. |
| Voluntary Exchange | The act of buyers and sellers freely and willingly engaging in market transactions. |
| Laissez-Faire Economics | Economic system where government should not interfere in the marketplace. |