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Ch3.3 pg108
Term | Definition |
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renewable resources | are resources that can be totally replaced or are always available nauturally |
nonrenewable resouces | cannot be totally replaced |
economic system | how a society decides on the owner ship and distribution of it's economic resouces |
command economy | the means of production are publicly owned , and production and distribution are controlled by a central governing unit |
mixed economy | in which government supports and regulates free enterprise system |
gross domestic product [GDP] | is the total dollar value of all final goods and services production in a country during a single year |
standard of living | is the level at which a person ,a group,or a nation lives as measured by the extent to which people's needs are met |
productivity | is a measurement of what is produced and what is required to produce it |
export | is to send to another country,a product that is able to produce |
import | buys that product from the exporting country |
free trade | to set little or no tariffs or quotas when trading among themselves |
sustainability | is central to the discussion of resouces |