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Vocabulary
Economics Vocabulary, 2nd six weeks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scarcity | Inadequate supply of resources(not enough) |
| Goods | Things or items we use that are produced. |
| Services | A job done for someone else. |
| Economy | The careful management of producing, distributary, and consuming wealth and resources. |
| Natural Resources | These are found in the environment. |
| Market | Anywhere goods are sold or traded. |
| Capital Resources | Goods used to make other goods or provide a service. |
| Wages | Amount paid to an individual for a service. |
| Consumer | One who used goods and services. |
| Labor Resources | People who work. |
| Economic Systems | System of organizing wealth and resources. |
| Traditional Economy | Decisions are made based on how things have been done in the past. |
| Command Economy | The government makes the economic desicions and owns most of the property. |
| Market Economy | Resources are owned by private citizens and economic answers come from the citizens participating in the economy. |
| Productive Resources | Natrural resources,labor/human resources,and capital resources. |
| Renewable Resources | Resource that can be replenished natrually. |
| Non-Renewable Resources | Resources that can be depleted from the enviroment. |
| Other names for markets economy | Capitalism,free market systems,laissez-faire |