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Activity 4C
Do You Think You Can Become A Successful Entrepreneur?
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Goods | Physical objects that people make. They can be seen and touched. |
| Services | Actions that people perform for others. |
| Scarcity | When there is not enough of something. |
| Unlimited wants | Constantly wanting things. |
| Economic system | The framework that a society uses to determine how to go about answering three basic economic questions: What should be produced? How should it be produced? Who gets what is produced? |
| Traditional Economy | Basic economic questions are answered by following past customs and traditions. |
| Command Economy | Basic economic questions are answered by government leaders or the people in power. |
| Market Economy | The people are free to produce whatever they wish and to buy whatever they can afford. |
| Producers | People who make goods or provide services. |
| Consumers | People who buy goods and services from producers. |
| Entrepreneur | People who start their own business. |
| Profits | The money that remains after the costs of running the business are paid. |
| Productive Resources | All of the things that are needed to produce a good or service. They are sometimes referred to as, the factors of production. |
| Natural Resources | Resources that are found in nature. |
| Human Resources | The people who produce goods or provide services through their work. |
| Capital Goods | Those things that are made in order to make other goods or to perform services. Examples are machines and tools. |
| Limited Resources | All the goods and services available in the world at any one time. |