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Economics
Social Studies
Term | Definition |
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Trade | The exchange of something with value. |
Specialization | The concentration of production on fewer kinds of goods and services that are consumed |
Interdependence | Reliance on others to satisfy wants. |
Production | The act of combining natural resources, human resources, capital goods and entrepreneurship to make goods and services. |
Consumption | The purchase or use of goods and services |
Goods | Objects that are capable of satisfying people's wants. |
Services | Actions that are capable of satisfying people's wants. |
Market | The interaction of buyers and sellers exchanging goods and services. |
Market Clearing Price for Goods | The one price at which quantity supplied equals quantity demanded(also referred to as the equilibrium point. |
Opportunity Cost | The value of the next best alternative given up when a choice is made. |
Supply | The quantities of a good or a service that produces are willing and able to provide at various prices during a given time period. |
Demand | The quantities of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to provide and able to buy at various prices during a given period. |
Import | Goods that are brought to a country as part of a trade. |
Export | Goods that leave a country as part of a trade. |
Scarcity | The lack of sufficient resources to produce all the goods and services people desire. |