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CH.3.3
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Renewable Resources | are resources that can be replaced or that are always available |
| Nonrenewable Resources | cannot be totally replaced |
| Economic System | how a society decides on the ownership and distribution of its economic resources |
| Command Economy | production are publicly owned,production and distribution are controlled by a central goverment |
| Mixed Economies | is where the government supports and regulates free enterprise through decisions that affect the economy |
| Gross Domestic Product | is the total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country |
| Standard of Living | is the level at which a person ,a group,or a nation lives as measured by the extent to which peoples 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 |
| Imports | is to buy that product from the exporting country |
| Free Trade | a group of countries decide to set little or no tariffs or quoats when trading among themselves |
| Sustainabilty | is the central discussion of resources |