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Topic 3 Vocabulary
Making Decisions
Term | Definition |
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Needs | The basic items you must have to live. |
Wants | The extra items you would like, but can live without. |
Human Resources | What people have within themselves to get what they need or want. |
Nonhuman Resources | Objects and conditions available to people to help them meet needs and fulfill wants. |
Private Resources | A resource owned and controlled by a person or a family group. |
Public Resources | A resource shared by everyone and paid for through taxes. |
Values | Strong beliefs or ideas about what is important. |
Goals | What you want to achieve. |
Priorities | Rank in order of importance. More important before less important. |
Decision-making Process | Steps followed to help make a decision, solve a problem, or reach a goal. |
Trade-off | The giving up of one thing for another. |
Standards | A means of measuring how well goals are achieved. |