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Economics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Natural Resources | resource supplied by nature |
| Human Resources | talents and skills of human beings |
| Capital Goods | human-made materials that help produce products |
| Entrepreneur | a person who has skill and leadership to start a new business and produce new products |
| Market | the exchange of goods and services between buyers and sellers |
| Consumer | someone who buys and uses goods and services |
| Scarcity | many individuals desiring something that has limited availability |
| Opportunity Cost | the value of the second-best choice given up when a decision is made |
| producer | makes goods using the factors of production |
| Demand | the number of consumers who want and are able to buy an item |
| Profit | revenue of a business minus cost (what you make) |
| Manufacturing | making a large amount of goods |
| import | to buy goods from another country for sale or use |
| Export | to sell products to another country |
| Income | payments received by people that can be spent over a period of time |
| Free Enterprise System | people can own and run their own business |
| Supply | the amount of an item produced for sale |
| Specialization | producing only a few products instead of many different products |
| Interdependence | each country needs the other to meet the needs and wants of its people |
| Competition | competition between companies to win more business |