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vocab
| 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, distributing, 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 services provided |
| consumer | One who uses goods or services |
| Labor resource | People who work |
| Economic system | 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 decisions 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 | Natural resources, labor/human resources, and capital resources |
| Renewable resource | Resource that can be replenished naturally |
| Non-renewable resource | Resources that can be depleted from the environment |
| Other names for market company | Capitalism, free market system, laissez-faire |