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Economics - Europe
Question | Answer |
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Bartering | Commonly found in a traditional market economy. Involves trading without money. |
Command Economy | An economic model where the government makes all of the economic decisions |
Economic System | an economic model used by governments to determine what should be provided/produced in terms of goods and services, how, and for whom. |
Entrepreneur | A person who starts and runs their own business |
Free Enterprise | The ability for businesses to operate without government interference |
Market(Capitalist) economy | an economic model where the laws of supply and demand determine what is produced/consumed and at what cost |
Subsistence | Producing only enough for you. Not making more. |
Traditional economy | An economic model governed by custom, habit, and history |
Mixed Economy | The most common type of economic system in the world. A blend between command and market. |
Domestic | Means your own country. For example, the United States would be this for us |
Foreign | Places that are not where you are from. China would be this to us in the United States |
Boycott | refusal to purchase a good/service from a specific company or country |
Embargo | A trade barrier which blocks all trade with another nation |
Quota | A trade barrier that places a limit on imported goods |
Import | Goods or products coming in from different countries. If you bought a computer from China and it shipped to the United States, it would be this. |
Tariff | A trade barrier that places a tax on imported goods |
European Union | Alliance of different European countries |
Currency | A nation's money |
Euro | European Union's currency |
Literate | Being able to read and write |
Standard of Living | the level of wealth and material comfort available to people |
Human Capital | How skilled and educated a country's workers are |
Capital Goods | The factories, machines, technology etc. that help make goods and services |