Geography And Economics 2 Flashcards
Export
Send(goods or services) to another country for sale.
Interdependence
The dependence of two or more people or things on each other.
Import
Bring(goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.
Hidden costs
Expense not normally included in the purchase price of an equipment or machine, such as for maintenance, supplies, training, and upgrades.
Migration
Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
Industry
Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
Natural resources
Natural resource may exist as a separate entity such as fresh water, air, and as well as a living organism such as a fish, or it may exist in an alternate form that must be processed to obtain the resource such as metal ores, rare earth metals, petroleum, and most forms of energy.
Economy
A system for allocating resources to meet people’s needs and wants. It determines how goods and services are made and exchanged.