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SS_Unit4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| contribution | the act of giving or doing something |
| direct democracy | a government in which people vote to make their own rules and laws |
| representative democracy | a government in which people vote for a smaller group of citizens to make the rules and laws for everyone |
| characteristics | different traits |
| natural resources | materials that come directly from nature (water, soil, wood, coal) |
| human resources | people working to produce goods and services |
| capital resources | goods made by people and used to produce other goods and services (machines, tools, buildings) |
| producers | people who use resources to make goods and/or provide services |
| goods | things that people make or use to satisfy needs and wants |
| services | activities that satisfy people's needs and wants |
| economic choice | the decision among alternatives or possibilities |
| opportunity cost | the next best choice that is given up when an economic choice is made |