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Economics Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Opportunity Cost | What is given up by doing one thing instead of another |
| Productive Capacity | The total amount of things that a group of people can produce |
| Technology | Special knowledge of how to make or do something |
| Capital Goods | Complex tools needed for making things |
| Specialization | To do one thing very well |
| Division of Labor | Different workers do different jobs to make a product |
| Assembly Line | A product rolls past each worker; each worker performs his or her specialized job |
| Price | Includes how much a product costs and how difficult it is to get |
| Scarcity | When a product is hard to get |
| Surplus | When a product is easy to get |
| Free Market | People can trade with each other almost at any time and in any way that they both agree |
| Voluntary Exchange | People can buy what they want and sell what they want |