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SS- Chapter 2 Terms
Economics
Question | Answer |
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goods | items you can see, like pencils or cars |
services | work that people do, like cutting hair or fixing cars |
consumer | user of goods & services |
local | made near where they were sold |
producers | makers of goods |
import | to bring goods from another country |
export | to send out goods out to another country |
purchase | to buy with money |
natural resources | resource made from nature |
human resources | people's talents and skills |
capital resources | human-made items used to make other goods or provide services |
technology | use of science to solve problems and make things work better |
trade-off | when you give up on thing for another thing |
cost | the price needed to get something else |
opportunity cost | what you have to give up to have something else |
benefit | useful result |
option | choices that can be made |
need | something you must have to live |
want | something you would like to have but do not need |
invest | to spend now in the hope of future reward |
human capital | your skills, knowledge, and experiences |
fund | to pay for |
occupation | a job or work |