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Fletcher MoneyMatt 1
Money Matters Unit 1 Test Review
Term | Definition |
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Resources | Supplies of value for production |
Consumer | Those who buy or use goods and services are a ... |
Goods | Items that are produced, sold, and bought by consumers |
Producer | a company or individual who provides goods and services is a ... |
Scarce | In limited quantity compared to demand |
Service | An action completed for consumers |
Demand | The amount of need or interest in a product or service |
Allocate | To distribute something among those who need or want it |
Value | The worth of an item in consideration with goods services, or money |
Nonrenewable Resource | A resource that, once used, is no longer available |
Renewable Resource | A resource that can be replenished after use |
Scarcity | The idea that all resources are limited and insufficient to meet unlimited wants and needs |
Limited | Restricted within boundaries |
Factors of production | Resources needed to produce a good service |
Needs | Goods that are necessities for survival and health |
Wants | goods that are desired despite not being needed for survival |
Opportunity cost | The principle that one opportunity must be given up in order to consume or produce another |
Revenue | the total income received from an economic action |
Profit | Income received from an economic action, minus the costs of taking the action |
Production Cost | the total amount needed to produce a good or service |
Production Possibility Curve | A representation of the combination of goods and services that can be produced in a situation |
Closed economy | An economy that operates without imports or exports as part of a self-sufficient community |
Mixed Market Economy | An economy that has some government intervention |
Regulate | To govern by providing guides and limitations |
Command economy | An economy in which the government determines production, prices and income |
Traditional economy | An economy based on custom or tradition of a family or community |
Pure market economy | An economy in which goods are produced and sold privately, with no government interaction |
Income | the money a person earns for providing a service or selling goods |
Ownership | The right to possess something |
Private Property | Land or goods owned and used by a person |
Public Property | Land or goods owned by the government |
Competition | What happens when two or more parties seek the same prize or benefit |
Restrict | To create limits |
Free enterprise | An economic system in which there are minimal restrictions on business ownereship and activity |