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Economics terms
Mrs. Renshaw's Economics terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Study of making, buying, selling goods/services | economics |
| Doing one part of a task to complete the whole | specialization |
| Person who creates a product/service | entrepreneur |
| Choosing one good/service over another | opportunity cost |
| General increase in prices | inflation |
| Limited resources which cause choices | scarcity |
| To trade | barter |
| Someone who buys a good/service | consumer |
| A factor that encourages people to act in a certain way. | incentive |
| Money earned by selling goods and services. | revenue |
| Opposite of profit | loss |
| A want for something by customers | demand |
| Someone/company that provides a good/service | producer |
| An organized way for producers and consumers to trade goods and services | market |
| A decline in economic growth for 6 or more months in a row. | recession |
| A positive gain from a transaction/deal | profit |
| Any kind of work performed for others | service |
| Any kind of merchandise you buy you can touch | good |
| Struggle among producers for consumers money. | competition |
| Available resources | supply |
| When people depend on one another | interdependence |
| Competition among producers | free enterprise |
| skills, talents, and education that a worker possesses | human resource |
| Things found in or on the earth - gifts of nature | natural resources |
| An economy in which people make economic decisions based on their customs and habits. | traditional economy/ system |
| An economy in which the central government makes all economic decisions. | command economy/ system |
| An economy in which individual consumers and producers make economic decisions. | market economy/ system |
| An economy that combines elements of traditional, market, and command systems. | mixed economy/ system |
| workers | labor |