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7th -Unit 1.5 M East
Economies - SS7E4, SS7E5, and SS7E6
Term | Definition |
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command economy | An economy in which a government planning group makes most of the basic economic decisions for the workers. |
market economy | An economy in which a society's economic decisions are made by individuals who decide what to produce and what to buy. |
traditional economy | An economy in which most of the economic decisions that are made are based on customs and habits of the past. |
mixed economy | An economy that has characteristics of both market and command economic systems. |
natural trade barriers | Found in nature; examples include mountain ranges, deserts, rainforest, or lack of access to bodies of water. |
political trade barriers | Policies passed by a government to regulate trade. |
quota | A trade barrier that is a way of limiting the amount of foreign goods that can come into the country. |
embargo | A trade barrier in which one country announces that it will no longer trade with another country in order to isolate and cause problems with that country's economy. |
tariff | A trade barrier that is a tax placed on goods when they are brought into one country from another country. |
currency | Something that is assigned value and can be used to purchase goods and services in a market. |
bartering | A system of exchange where one good or service is given in return for another. |
entrepreneur | A person who risks money, time, ideas, and energy to start and run a business. |
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | The total value of all the final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. |
specialization | Those products a country makes best and that are in demand on the world market. |
literacy rate | The percentage of people (ages 15 and up) in a country that are able to read and write. |
human capital | The knowledge and skills that make it possible for workers to earn a living. |
capital goods | Factories, machines, technologies, buildings, and property needed for a business to operate. |
OPEC | Group of countries that export oil to other countries (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries). |