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Unit 5/10
Economics
Question | Answer |
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Market Economy | Supply and demand determine which products are produced, how are they produced, and for whom they are produced |
Command Economy | Government planners decided which goods to produce, how to produce them, and for whom to produce |
Traditional Economy | Traditions and cultural beliefs determine which goods are made, how they are made, and for whom they are made |
Mixed Economy | An economy that has aspects of market, traditional, and command economies present |
Specialization | When a country focuses on producing the items they can make easily and trade for the things they need |
Trade Barriers | Anything that makes trade more difficult; can be physical or economic |
Physical Trade Barriers | Any type of physical feature, like deserts or mountains, that make trade more difficult |
Tariff | A type of trade barrier where a country places a tax on imported goods |
Quota | A type of trade barrier where the amount of imported goods from a country is limited |
Embargo | A type of trade barrier where a country refuses to trade with another country; this is politically driven and only the President can make this decision |
Human Capital | The value of a person's skills and education |
Capital Goods | Goods that are used to make other goods (Examples: machinery, factories, tools) |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total value of the goods and services produced within a country in a year |
Natural Resources | A material that occurs in nature, raw materials (Examples: lumber, fossil fuels, minerals) |
Entrepreneurship | A person that takes a risk with his/her personal money to open a new business or provide a service |
Export | Goods that are produced in a country and shipped to other countries |
Import | Goods that brought into a country from another country |
Economics | the study of making, buying, and selling of goods and services |
currency | money circulated in a country used to purchase goods and services |
supply | the amount of good you have in stock |
demand | how much a good or service is wanted by consumers |