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ECONOMIC SYSTEM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CAPITAL GOODS | Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services. |
| CENTRAL PLANNING | Detailed economic processes and goals developed by government; usually associated with communist economies. |
| COMMAND ECONOMY | An economic system in which all or many of the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the government. |
| COMMUNISM | A command economic system in which the government controls the economic system and does not allow private ownership of the means of production and distribution. |
| COMPETITION | The rivalry between two or more businesses to attract scare customer dollars. |
| CONSUMER GOODS | Tangible items produced for personal use. |
| CONSUMERS | People who use goods and services to satisfy their wants. |
| DEMAND | The quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time. |
| DISTRIBUTION | The process or activity by which income is divided among resource owners and particular time. |
| ECONOMIC RESOURCE | The human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services/ also known as factors of production. |
| ECONOMIC SYSTEM | The organized way in which a country handles its economic decisions and solves its economic problems. |
| ECONOMIC VOTE | Term used to describe consumer approval of products expressed by the purchase of products. |
| FINANCIAL CAPITAL | Money needed to operate a business. |
| GOVERNMENT | A country's arrangement for making and enforcing laws. |
| HUMAN RESOURCES | People who work to produce goods and services . |
| HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS | Benefits such as free medical care, education, and financial assistance that are provided by a government to its citizens. |
| INDUSTRIAL GOODS | Tangible items that will be consumed by industrial users. |
| INTERDEPENDENT | Influencing or relying upon one another. |
| MARKET ECONOMEY | An economic system in which the question of what, how , and for whom products will be produced are answered by individuals and businesses in the marketplace. |
| MARKETS | Arrangements for the buying and selling of goods and services . |
| MEANS OF PRODUCTION | All the resources required in the production of goods and services. |
| MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE | Something of value that can be used to obtain goods and services ; most common from is money. |
| MIXED ECONOMY | An economic system in which elements of market and socialist command economies are combined |
| NATURAL RESOURCES | Items that are found in nature and used to produce goods and services. |
| PRODUCERS | The economic process or activity of producing goods and services. |
| PRODUCTION | The economic process or activity of producing goods and services. |
| PROFIT | Monetary reward a business owner receives for taking the risk involved in investing in a business income let once all expenses are paid. |
| QUOTAS | Specific goals to be met |
| RESOURCES | Any item that used to accomplish another activity such as producing providing goods and services. |
| SCARCITY | A condition resulting from the gap between limited resources and unlimited wants for goods and services. |
| SOCIALIAM | A command economic system in which government owns some basic means of production and allows private ownership of business as well. |
| SUBSISTENCE | Existence at level that barely supports life. |
| SUPPLY | The quantity of a good or service that sellers are able and willing to offer for sale at a specified price in a given time period. |
| TRADICIONAL ECONOMY | An economic system in which people produce only what they must have to exist all economic decisions are based on habit and tradition. |
| WELFARE STATE | A government that provides multiple social programs such as free health care and education to its citizens. |