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ECONOMICS VOCABULARY
SOCIAL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Indequate supply of resources (not enough) | scarcity |
| Things or items we use that are produced | goods |
| A job done for someone else | Services |
| The careful management of producing,distrobuting,and consuming wealth and resources | economy |
| These are found in the environment | Natural resources |
| Anywhere goods are sold or traded | market |
| Goods used to make other goods or provide a service | capital resources |
| Amount paid to an individual for services provided | wages |
| one who uses goods or services | consumer |
| people who work | labor resource |
| system of organizing wealth and resources | economic system |
| decisions are made based on how things have been done in the past | Traditional economy |
| the government makes the economic decisions and owns most of the property | Command economy |
| resources are owned by private citizens and economic answers come from the citizens participating in the economy | Market economy |
| Natural resources,labor/human resources,and capital resources | Productive resources |
| resource that can be replenished naturally | renewable resources |
| resources that can be depleted from the environment | non-renewable resources |
| Capitalism,free market system,laissez-faire | other names for market economy |