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Economics
Social Studies vocabulary 2nd six weeks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is scarcity? | inadequete supply of resources (not enough) |
| What is goods? | Things or items we use that are produced |
| What are services? | a job done for someone else |
| What is economy? | the careful management of producing, distributing and consuming wealth |
| What are natural resources? | things that are found in the environment |
| What is market? | anywhere goods are sold or traded |
| What is capital resources? | goods used to make other goods or provide a service |
| What are wages? | amount paid to an individual for services provided |
| What is a consumer? | one who uses goods and services? |
| What is a labor resource? | people who work |
| What is an economic resource? | system of organizing wealth and resources |
| What is a Traditional Economy? | decisions are made based on how things have been done in the past |
| What is a Command Economy? | the government makes the economic decisions and owns most of the property |
| What is a Market Economy? | resources are owned by private citizens and economic answers come from the citizens participating in the economy |
| What is Productive Resource? | natural resources, labor/human resources and capitol resources |
| What is a renewable resource? | resource that can be replenished naturally |
| What is an nonrenewable resource? | resources that can be depleted from the environment |
| What are other names for market economy? | Capitalism, free market system, laissez-faire |