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Week !4 Economics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| scarcity | We have limited resources but unlimited wants ex: land, water, time |
| Need | something you need to survive ex: food, shelter, water, air, clothes please |
| Want | something you desire to have but don't need to live ex: a new bathroom, new counter tops, trip to New Zealand |
| opportunity cost | the best alternative you miss out on when you make choice (ex: if you work you miss out on friends) |
| trade off | get something but have to give up something |
| Demand | To desire something and be able to pay for it. |
| import | to bring goods into a country |
| export | to send goods out of a country |
| self-interest | an individual's own personal gain |
| Income | Money coming in for a person or into a business. |
| Supply | Amount of goods available. |
| Demand | How many people want the goods and what they are willing to pay for them. |
| Consequence | The consequences of something are the results or effects of it. |
| economic | Economic means concerned with the organization of the money, industry, and trade of a country, region, or society. |
| Opportunity Cost | Making a choice, the cost of what you gave up. |
| Personal economic choice | How economic choices affect you personally. |
| Collective economic choice | Economic choices affect a group or a society. |
| Values | Ways that you believe |
| Priorities | Things that are most important to you |