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chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Needs | Things that are required in order to live are known as needs. |
| Goods | Goods are things that you can touch. |
| Services | Are activities that are consumed at the same time they are produced. |
| Economic resources | Are the means through which goods and services are produced |
| Wants | Things that add comfort and pleasure to your life are wants |
| Natural resources | Raw materials supplied by nature are natural resources |
| Human resources | People who produce goods and services are known as Human resources |
| Entrepreneur | is the risk taker who uses resources in an entirely new way to create a new product or service |
| Capital resources | The products and money used in the production of goods and services are capital resources |
| Scarcity | Means not having enough resources to satisfy every need |
| Economic decision making | Is the process of choosing which wants among several options will be satisfied. |
| trade-off |