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Economics

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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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Factors of Production (F.O.P.)   The materials that people combine to make something that satisfies our wants or needs  
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wants   the desire or need for a product or 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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distirbution   the act of making or service available to people.  
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consumption   the act of using a good. satisfaction may only be temporary  
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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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oppurtunity cost   the most important benefit that you give up because you choose sometjing else  
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traditional   everyone works for the good of everyone else. Made up of family units. "Primitive" by some standards.  
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command   you have little say in economic decisions. You will do as you are told and you willlike it or else! The government or central authority controls the F.O.P.  
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Weakness of bartering   inconvient in today's economy  
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medium of exchange   it's what you give to get somethingelse. People accept it because they can use it for the same purpose  
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standard of value   people understand the comparative worth of an object or service when its price or the money  
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store of value   it can be reconized when you decide to keep it instead of spending it. You are storing it for use in the future  
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money is generally accepted   everyone is willing to take money in exchange for goods and services because they to will be able to use or save it  
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money is easily counted and measured   makes it easy to stablish prices, keep track of value, profits and losses.  
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money is durable   money last for a long time and is not easily destroyed.  
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money is convient    
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