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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Natural Resources | Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain. |
| Human Resources | The personnel of a business or organization, especially when regarded as a significant asset. |
| Consumer Resources | Interactions are the core motif of ecological food chains or food webs, and are an umbrella term for a variety of more specialized types of biological species. |
| Capital Resources | Are goods produced and used to make others goods and services. |
| Command Economy | An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are incomes are determined centrally by a governments. |
| Market Economy | A system where the laws of supply and demand direct the production of goods and services. |
| Traditional Economy | A system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs. |
| Mixed Economy | An economic system combining private and public enterprise. |
| Depression | A long and severe recession in an economy or market. |
| Recession | A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters. |
| Recovery | The action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost. |
| Prosperity | The state of being prosperous. |
| Supply | Make (something needed or wanted) available to someone; provide. |
| Demand | An insistent and peremptory request, made as if by right. |
| Quantity | The amount or number of a material or immaterial thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement. |
| Imports | Bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale. |
| Exports | Send (goods or services) to another country for sale. |
| Sole Proprietorship | Is the simplest business form under which one can operate a business. |
| Corporation | A company or group of people authorized to act as a single entity (legally a person) and recognized as such in law. |
| Partnership | The state of being a partner or partners. |
| Nonprofit | Not making or conducted primarily to make a profit. |