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CE.12
Economic Flow
Question | Answer |
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Entrepreneur | A person who sets up a business. |
Revenue | the name for money that the government gains |
Deposit | Money put in the bank |
Global | Worldwide |
Liability | Debt |
Investment | Capital |
Intermediary | Link |
Financial | Having to do with money |
Private | Owned by individuals or businesses |
Public | Provided by the government |
Interest | A charge for borrowing money |
Trade | Buying and selling |
International | Worldwide |
Economy | System for producing and distributing goods and services |
Efficiently | Best use of resources |
Opportunity cost | what is lost when you make a choice |
Increase | Make bigger |
Innovation | Something new |
Production | Making goods and services |
Types of business ownership | - proprietorship - partnership - corporation |
proprietorship | form of business organization with one owner who takes all the risks and all the profits |
partnership | form of business organization with two or more owners who share the risks and the profits |
corporation | a form of business organization that is authorized by law to act as a legal person regardless of the number of owners |
In a corporation, owner liability is limited to - | investment |
In the circular flow, individuals own - | human resources |
In the circular flow, individuals use their income to - | purchase products |
In the circular flow, businesses buy resources to - | make products |
In the circular flow, businesses use their profits to - | buy more resources |
Government uses tax revenue to - | provide public goods and services |
These act as intermediaries between savers and borrowers | private financial institutions |
two examples of private financial institutions | - banks - savings and loans - credit unions |
how do private financial institutions encourage saving | by paying interest on deposits |
Why do Virginia and the United States pursue international trade | to increase wealth |
global economy | worldwide markets in which the buying and selling of goods and services by all nations takes place |
why states and nations trade | - to obtain goods and services they cannot produce - to obtain goods and services they cannot produce efficiently - to sell goods and services - to create jobs |
innovations in technology | contribute to the global flow of information, capital, goods and services |
using technology lowers - | the cost of production |
An innovation in technology that contributes to the global flow of information | Internet |