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Economics vocab
vocabulary of economics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does scarcity mean? | Inadequate supply of resources (not enough) |
| What is an economic system | A System of organizing wealth and resouces. |
| What are goods? | Things or items we use that are produced. |
| What are wages? | An amount paid to an individual for sevices provided. |
| What is a market | Anywhere good are sold or traded. |
| what are sevices? | A job done by someone else |
| What is an economy? | The carefiul management of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth and resources. |
| What are capital resources? | goods used to make other goods or provide a service. |
| What is a consumer? | One who uses goods and servies. |
| What ia a labor resouce? | people who work. |
| What is are renewable resouces? | Resources that can be replenished naturally. |
| What are non-renewable resources? | Resources that can be depletd from the environment. |
| What are other names for a market economy? | Capitalism, free market system, or laissez-faire |
| What is a market economy? | Resources that are owned by private citizens and economic answers that come from the citizens participating in the economy. |
| What are productive resources? | Natural resources, labor/human resources, and capital resources. |
| what is a Command Economy? | the government that makes the economic decisions and owns most of the property. |
| What is a traditional Economy? | Decisions that are made based on how things have been done in the past. |
| What are natural resources? | these are found in the environment. |