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Economics

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Market Economy   Supply and demand determine which products are produced, how are they produced, and for whom they are produced  
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Command Economy   Government planners decided which goods to produce, how to produce them, and for whom to produce  
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Traditional Economy   Traditions and cultural beliefs determine which goods are made, how they are made, and for whom they are made  
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Mixed Economy   An economy that has aspects of market, traditional, and command economies present  
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Specialization   When a country focuses on producing the items they can make easily and trade for the things they need  
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Trade Barriers   Anything that makes trade more difficult; can be physical or economic  
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Physical Trade Barriers   Any type of physical feature, like deserts or mountains, that make trade more difficult  
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Tariff   A type of trade barrier where a country places a tax on imported goods  
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Quota   A type of trade barrier where the amount of imported goods from a country is limited  
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Embargo   A type of trade barrier where a country refuses to trade with another country; this is politically driven and only the President can make this decision  
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Human Capital   The value of a person's skills and education  
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Capital Goods   Goods that are used to make other goods (Examples: machinery, factories, tools)  
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GDP   Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total value of the goods and services produced within a country in a year  
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Natural Resources   A material that occurs in nature, raw materials (Examples: lumber, fossil fuels, minerals)  
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Entrepreneurship   A person that takes a risk with his/her personal money to open a new business or provide a service  
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Export   Goods that are produced in a country and shipped to other countries  
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Import   Goods that brought into a country from another country  
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Economics   the study of making, buying, and selling of goods and services  
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currency   money circulated in a country used to purchase goods and services  
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supply   the amount of good you have in stock  
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demand   how much a good or service is wanted by consumers  
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