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CE.12
Economic Flow
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Entrepreneur | A person who sets up a business. |
| Revenue | the name for money that the government gains |
| Deposit | Money put in the bank |
| Global | Worldwide |
| Liability | Debt |
| Investment | Capital |
| Intermediary | Link |
| Financial | Having to do with money |
| Private | Owned by individuals or businesses |
| Public | Provided by the government |
| Interest | A charge for borrowing money |
| Trade | Buying and selling |
| International | Worldwide |
| Economy | System for producing and distributing goods and services |
| Efficiently | Best use of resources |
| Opportunity cost | what is lost when you make a choice |
| Increase | Make bigger |
| Innovation | Something new |
| Production | Making goods and services |
| Types of business ownership | - proprietorship - partnership - corporation |
| proprietorship | form of business organization with one owner who takes all the risks and all the profits |
| partnership | form of business organization with two or more owners who share the risks and the profits |
| corporation | a form of business organization that is authorized by law to act as a legal person regardless of the number of owners |
| In a corporation, owner liability is limited to - | investment |
| In the circular flow, individuals own - | human resources |
| In the circular flow, individuals use their income to - | purchase products |
| In the circular flow, businesses buy resources to - | make products |
| In the circular flow, businesses use their profits to - | buy more resources |
| Government uses tax revenue to - | provide public goods and services |
| These act as intermediaries between savers and borrowers | private financial institutions |
| two examples of private financial institutions | - banks - savings and loans - credit unions |
| how do private financial institutions encourage saving | by paying interest on deposits |
| Why do Virginia and the United States pursue international trade | to increase wealth |
| global economy | worldwide markets in which the buying and selling of goods and services by all nations takes place |
| why states and nations trade | - to obtain goods and services they cannot produce - to obtain goods and services they cannot produce efficiently - to sell goods and services - to create jobs |
| innovations in technology | contribute to the global flow of information, capital, goods and services |
| using technology lowers - | the cost of production |
| An innovation in technology that contributes to the global flow of information | Internet |