Economics Flashcards

1
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What are economics

A

The study of now individual and groups new limited resources to fulfill unlimited wants and needs.

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2
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What are goods

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Something you use

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3
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What is a need

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Something that’s is n essential to you

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4
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What is a good

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Something you would want to have

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5
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What is a service

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A human action

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6
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When a country is making an economic plan, what questions do they need to ask themselves for that plan?

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What goods and services will be produced? How will they be produced? When will use them?

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7
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What is scarcity

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A limited supply of things

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8
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Economic systems has three thoughts in the marketing business, what are they?

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Traditional, command, and market

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9
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What are all economic decisions based on

A

Customs, traditions, and beliefs of the past.

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10
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What is barting?

A

Trading without money

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11
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What are the main activities of the traditional economy?

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Farming, hunting, and gathering.

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12
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True/False. No country in the world has enough resources to roduce3 everything that people need/want

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True

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13
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True/False. ‘What goods/services will be produced?’, ‘how will the goods/services be produced?’, ‘ Who will consume these goods/services’ Are these the three questions you need to ask to make an economic plan?

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True

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14
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What are the three types of economic systems based on the questions to an economic plan?

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Traditional, command, and market

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15
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All economic systems are mixtures of what three areas?

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Traditional, command, and

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16
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True/false. People will not make what they always make and their kids will not do the same as them.

A

False

17
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The exchange of goods is done through

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Bartering

18
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Answer the economic question from your notes. What will be produced

A

People follow tradition and make what their ancestors made.

19
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Answer the economic question from your notes. How will it be produced

A

People produce goods the same way their ancestors did

20
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Answer the economic question from your notes. Who will consume them

A

People in the village who need them.

21
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All economic decisions are made by…

A

The government

22
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What does the command economy do

A

Get the prices of goods and services
Determines the wages of workers
Plans what will be made

23
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What are the goals of a command economy

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  1. To ensure that all residents have their needs met and that they benefit equally from the produced goods and services
  2. To ensure that the wealth stays in the hands of the elite few
  3. To grow a strong military
24
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government ensures that the citizens’ needs are met through

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Jobs, services such as health care and education

25
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Government can quickly refocus production methods if these occur

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War, shortage, or excess

26
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What is often difficult for the government to give

A

Resources

27
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Businesses have no reason to do a better job because…

A

All employees get paid the same even if they slack off or work extra

28
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Government limits what and why

A

They limit personal freedom because they restrict choices for jobs available

29
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True False- an advantage of the command economy is that it is often difficult for government to give resources fairly

A

False

30
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Ensures that all residents have their needs met and they benefit from the produced goods and services. This is called

A

Communism

31
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Give an example of a shortage or excess

A

If there is a shortage of clothes, government would change people packing nuts to making clothes