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EconomicsVocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the definition of scarcity? | Inadequate supply of resouces (not enought) |
| What is the definiton of goods? | Things or items we use that are produced |
| What is the definition of services? | A job done for someone else |
| What is the definition of economy? | The careful management of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth and resources |
| What is the definition of natural resources? | These are found in the envirment |
| What is the definition of market? | anywhere goods are sold or traded |
| What is the definition of capital resources? | goods used to make other goods or provide a service |
| What is the defintion of wages? | Amount paid to an individual for services provided |
| What is the defintion of consumer? | One who uses goods and services |
| What is the defintion of labor resource? | People who work |
| What is the defintion of economic system? | system of organizing wealth and resources |
| What is the defintion of Traditional Economy? | Decisions are made based on how things have been done in the past |
| What is the defintion of Command Economy? | The government makes the economic decisions and owns most of the property |
| What is the defintion of Market Economics? | Resources are owned by private citizens and economic answers come from the citizens participating in the economy |
| What is the defintion of Productive Resources? | Natural resources, labor/human resources, and capital resources |
| What is the defintion of renewable resources? | resources that can be replenished naturally |
| What is the defintion of non-renewable resources? | resources that can be depleted from the environment |
| What are the Other Names for market economy? | Capitalism, free market system, laissez-faire |