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unit3 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| currency | anything accepted as a means of exchange |
| specialization | when a country uses its natural resources and skills to produce |
| tariff | a tax fee on imported goods |
| quota | a specific limit on the number of imports allowed to enter a country |
| embargo | a government order that prohibits trade with other countries |
| exchange rate | the difference of of currency between two nations |
| voluntary trade | a system in which individuals and businesses have the right to buy or sell products as they want, at their own direction |
| opportunity cost | a benefit that a person could have received, but gave it up, to take another course of action |
| scarcity | having something that is short supply, hard to find |
| sanction | the act of economically punishing another nation |
| european union | an organ |