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trade for grade 6
Term | Definition |
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Why do people trade? | People trade for things they need |
What is trade? | This the exchange of goods or work between people |
Where to people trade? | on streets, on the internet and in shops |
What is bartering? | The exchange of goods or services without using money |
Why do people use money to trade? | Money makes buying and selling easier as people don't have to carry objects around with them to swop for things |
How are items sold? | First the value of the item has to be decided. If the price it too high - no one buys it. If the price is too low - no wants to sell it. |
What does South Africa export? | Iron, gold, fruit and car parts |
What does South Africa import? | Oil, medicines, electrical goods, factory machines |
trade | The buying and selling of goods |
economy | The way goods and services are produced, bought, and sold |
export | goods/services sent to a foreign country |
import | To bring in goods/services from a foreign country |
raw materials | the basic material from which a product is made. |
natural resources | materials found in nature that are used by living things |
human resources | people who provide labor, knowledge, and skills |
free-market | An economic system in which individuals decide for themselves what to produce and sell, without involvement from a government. |
supply | is how many goods of a product are able to be sold. |
demand | Quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy. |
Import trade | The inflow of goods in a country |
Export trade | whereas outflow of goods from a country |
Capital Resources | Resource that is repeated used to do one's job, such as a machine. |
Human Resources | Someone who works to do a job, like a seamstress or factory worker. |
Consumer | Someone who uses what the producer makes. |
Producer | Someone who makes something. |
Market Economy | People are free to buy and sell whatever they want. |