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Economy

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Term
Definition
Factors of Production (F.O.P.)   The materials that people combine to make something that satisfies our wants or needs  
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Land   The non man-made materials (natural resources)used to make a product or provide a service  
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Labor   the skills, knowledge, time and energy of people involved in making a product or providing a service  
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Capital   Man-made items like tools and factories used to produce a good or service  
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Wants   The desire or need for a product of service  
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Production   The combination of the land, labor, and capital to make a good or provide a service  
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Distribution   The act of making a product or service available to people  
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Consumption   The act of using a good or product  
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Benefits   The positive aspects associated with a choice  
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Scarcity   The absence of something that results from the conflict between unlimited wants and limited resources.  
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Opportunity Cost   The most important benefit that you give up because you choose something else.  
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Traditional   Everyone works for the good of everyone else  
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Command   You have little to say in economic decisions.  
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Market   People have a major say in economic decisions.  
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Mixed   An economy that is a mixture of the three basic systems.  
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Supply   The amount of goods and service producers are willing and able to offer at different prices.  
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Law of supply   As prices go down, supply goes down. As prices rise, supply goes up.  
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Demand   The amount of a product or service that costumers are willing to buy at different prices.  
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Law of demand   As prices go down, the demand goes up. As prices go up, the demand goes down.  
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Market price   The price at which buyers and sellers agree to trade.  
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Persuasive   seeks to entice customers into purchasing specific goods or services, often by appealing to their emotions and general sensibility.  
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Informative   Provides the customer with hard data about the nature and function of the product.  
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Negativity   Attacking the competition becomes central.  
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Bandwagon   The focus becomes people's need to belong to a group.  
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Scare tactics   This attempts to motivate people through fear.  
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Traditional wisdom/ nostalgia   Stressing that things were better in the past is the key.  
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High brow   The ad taps into the idea that some people obsess over social status.  
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Humorous   The ad goes for laughs which may have nothing to do with the product.  
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Statistics   Legitimate science is used to impress the consumer.  
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Testimonials   Individuals speak about their real life experiences.  
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A.I.D.A.   The four goals of advertising  
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Slogans   Words or phrases we associate with a specific product.  
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Jingles   Catchy phrases usually set to music or sung.  
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Trademarks   A visual image associated with the product.  
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Gross domestic product   The total, final value of products created within the boarders of a nation in a year.  
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Gross national product   Refers to the total value of goods and services produced by nationality, regardless of location.  
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Economic growth   means an increase in the production of goods which provides citizens with a higher standard of living.  
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Inflation   General rise in the price level of goods and services.  
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Deflation   General decrease in the price of goods and services.  
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GDP per capita   Total, final value of products created within the borders of a nation in a year, divided by it's population.  
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GNP per capita   Represents the value of a nationality's final output of goods and services in a year, divided by it's population.  
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Recession   Two quarters of negative economic growth or 6 months of negative economic growth.  
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13th amendment   slavery abolished  
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14th amendment   No state may deny citizens'rights  
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15th amendment   Black men given the right to vote  
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16th amendment   income tax allowed  
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18th amendment   prohibition  
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19th amendment   women given the right to vote  
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21st amendment   Prohibition repealed  
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22nd amendment   President limited to two terms  
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24th amendment   poll tax outlawed  
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25th amendment   Presidential success defined  
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26th amendment   18 year olds given the right to vote  
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27th amendment   Restrictions placed on Congressional pay raises  
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