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Prin of Entrep Ch 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Shared Wants | Family, business, or clubs all wanting the same things or having the same goal |
| Scarcity | shortage of one of the factors of production |
| Custom based economy | a system in which people do things the way they always have been |
| private enterprise | the right of an individual to choose whether to own a business what business to enter, and what to produce |
| capital goods | machines, buildings, and equipment used to make goods and services |
| goals | aims or objective |
| market economy | where buyers and sellers exchange goods and services and some form of money, economic decisions are made freely |
| mixed economic system | no system is pure, all have parts of other systems within their own system |
| public wants | shared by all citizens such as: defense, education, or highways |
| economic system | is the most well organized way of producing goods and services that a country can have |
| planned economy | government decides what system will be used, removes all individual freedoms |
| necessary wants | we need these for survival, food, clothing, and shelter |
| evaluation | the process of deciding among choices |
| private property | the right to own, use, or dispose of things of value, you may also sell or trade theses things |
| labor | work done by people to produce goods and services, could be mental, physical, or both in nature |
| values | standards or qualities that you prize or think are important |
| productivity | the rate at which goods and services are produced |
| optional wants | luxuries such as: a second car, boat, pool vacations, or jewelry |
| factors of production | natural resources, labor, and capital all work together to produce goods and services |
| natural resources | come from air, water, earth, trees, coal, iron |