Economics Flashcards

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Economics

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Making, buying, or selling something that people need or want.

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Basic needs

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Things people need to survive.

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Wants

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Things people would like to have.

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Goods

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Things you buy.

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5
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Services

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A job a person provides and is paid for.

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Consumer

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A person who buys and uses goods.

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Producer

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Person who makes goods, or provides services

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8
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Specialization

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Focus on a single product or service.

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9
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Interdependence

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People depend on each other.

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10
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Barter

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Exchanging goods and services without using money.

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Trade

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The process of buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services using money.

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Import

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To bring into a place or country from another country.

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13
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Export

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To send to another place or country.

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14
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Supply

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How much there is of goods and services.

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Demand

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How much the goods and services are needed.

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Economic choice

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A decision to buy one thing and not another.

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Opportunity cost

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The choice that Is given up.

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Scarcity

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Lack of resources.

19
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Natural resource

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Materials that come from nature.

20
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Capital resource

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Goods made by other people used to make other goods and services.

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Human Resources

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People working to produce goods and services.