Business Flashcards

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1
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Individuals or organizations that sell goods and services

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Producers

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Products that you can see and touch

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Goods

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3
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Resources that include labor and creative ideas from entrepreneurs

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Human

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Resources used in the products of goods and services, examples include buildings, equipment, and land

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Capital

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5
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Value of the next best alternative that was not chosen

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Opportunity cost

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Mismatch of unlimited needs and wants and limited resources

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Basic economic problem

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The price where supply and and demand are equal

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Market price

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Individuals and organizations that buy good and services

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Consumers

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Economy where the government make the economic decisions and owns all the resources

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Command

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Things that add comfort to your life

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Wants

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Resources that include raw material from nature

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Natural

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Things available to be used to produce goods and services. (Also known as factors of production)

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Economic resources

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Quantity of a good or service that businesses are willing to provide

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Supply

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14
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A person with a creative idea to start a new business

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Entrepreneur

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Things necessary to survive

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Needs

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Activities provided that are consumed when purchased

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Services

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17
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Businesses offering very similar products

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Competition

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Economy where families produce most of what they need and trade for the rest

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Traditional

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Not enough resources to satisfy every need

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Scarcity

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Economy where businesses and individuals make their own decisions and own their own resources.

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Market economy

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Giving up something to get something else

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Trade off

22
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Another name for U.S. System

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Capitalism

23
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Economy that combines elements of a command economy and market economy

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Mixed economy

24
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The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy

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Demand

25
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Define: Basic Economic Problem

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Mismatch of unlimited want/needs and limited resources

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Define: services

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Activities provided that are consumed when they are purchased

27
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Define: market price

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The point where supply and demand are equal

28
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Define: Economic system

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The method a county uses to answer the three economic questions

29
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Each country must answer three economic questions. What are they?

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  1. What goods/services will be produced?
  2. How will the goods and services be produced?
  3. What needs and wants will be satisfied with the goods and services produced?
30
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There are three basic types of economic systems. What are they and how do they work?

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Command economy: all resources are owned and controlled by the government, government decides how goods will produced and distributed

Market: resources are owned by the people, businesses make their own economic decisions

Traditional economy: individuals/families produce what they need and sell and trade the rest

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Define: needs

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Things that are necessary to survive such as food, water, shelter

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Define: goods

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Products you can see and touch

33
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There are categories of economic resources, what are they?

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Natural
Human
Capital

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Define: human resources

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People who produce goods and services

  • labor resources
  • entrepreneurial resources
35
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Define: Economic decision making

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Process of choosing which needs and wants will be satisfied

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Define: Capital resources

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Products used in the production of goods and services. Example: you might use equipment, land, vehicles, etc in the production of a good/service

37
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Define: mixed economy

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When a county’s economy can’t fit neatly into one economy type. Many countries are a combination of a market economy and command economy

38
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Define: Entrepreneur

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A person who comes up with a creative business idea

39
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Define: Competitors

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Businesses offering very similar products

40
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Wants:

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Something you can survive without

41
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Define: opportunity cost

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The value of the next best alternative you were not able to choose. The benefit you get from your choice should be greater than the opportunity cost.

Example: you are at the store and trying figure out what to spend $5 on. You are trying to decide whether to get 2 pops and two candies or wether you should get four pops. If you buy 2 pops/two candies your opportunity cost would be not getting 4 pops. If you got only pops, your opportunity cost would be not getting 2 pops and 2 candies

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Define: scarcity

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Not enough resources to satisfy every need, affects everyone to different degrees

43
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Define :economic resources

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Things available to be used to produce goods and services, also known as factor of production

44
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Define: capitalism

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Another name for the U.S. Economic system

Individuals are free to: 
Own private property 
Have freedom of choice 
Make profit 
Competition
45
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Define: trade off

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Giving up something to get something else

46
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Define-natural resources

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Natural resources supplied by nature such as water, oil, minerals, trees, animals

47
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Define-factors of production

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Things available to be used to produce goods and services, also known as economic resources

48
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Define: consumer

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Buys goods and services. Could be individuals, businesses, or the government

49
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Define: demand

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The amount of goods and services that consumers are willing to buy

50
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Define: Producer

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Sells goods and services. Can be individuals, government, or businesses