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Economic Vocabulary
7th Grade SW Asia Economic Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Traditional Economy | Economic decisions base on customs and beliefs of the past. |
Command Economy | Government makes all economic decisions example: North Korea |
Market Economy | Private business and individuals make all economic decisions. NO GOVERNMENT |
Specialization | Products that a country makes best. Better than anyone else. |
Tariff | Tax on imported goods |
Quota | Limit on amount of goods a country imports |
Embargo | Complete ban no trading for political reasons |
Currency Exchange | Changing types of money to another type of money |
GDP | A country's total amount of money/economy |
Human Capital | Education, healthcare and training of workers |
Capital Goods | technology, factories, machines used to make/sell products |
Natural Resources | Gifts of nature. Ex; oil, gold, diamonds, trees |
Entrepreneurship | Someone who takes a risk to open/own a business |
Standard of Living | How well the people in your country are able to live |
Literacy Rate | the percent of country's population who can read and write over 15 |