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Economic Systems

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Traditional Economy   economy based on beliefs and values; usually involves bartering rather than exchange of currency.  
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Capitalism   economic system in which private owners control the production of goods and profit ( free enterprise and market economy )  
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Market Economy   an economic system based on free trade and competition ( free enterprise and capitalism.  
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Socialism   economic system in which most businesses are owned and ran by the government ( usually communist )  
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Communism   economic, social and political system based on the teaching of Karl Marx.  
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Command Ecomomy   an economic system in which the central government makes all economic decisions  
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Mixed Economy   an economic system that has a combinations of government and privetly owned businesses  
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Trade Barriers   obstacles to trade between countries  
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Quota   number limit on how many items of a particular product can be imported from a particular country  
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Tariff   a tax placed on imported goods  
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Embargo   bans on trading another country for political reasons  
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Economics   a Social Science that deals with the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services.  
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Bartering   exchanging one good or service for another  
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Supply   how much people have or how much is available  
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Demand   what or how much people want  
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Gross Domestic Product ( GDP )   the value of all of the goods and services produced in a country per year  
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Standard of Living   how well citizens live based on goods, public services, education, health care and jobs  
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Literacy Rate   the % on how many people can read and write  
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Specialization   making a living doing what a person is best at  
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Opportunity Cost   the value of what is given when a choice is made  
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Currency   money  
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Exchange Rate   how much of one currency is worth in terms of another  
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Human Capital   a supply of people who produce goods and services  
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Capital Goods   items people need to preform their jobs  
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Natural Resources   items that come from the world around us that we use for ourselves  
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Entrepreneur   people with new ideas that are willing to take risks to start a businesses or made a product.  
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tweaking   Frantic & compulsive behavior often associated with crack & meth abuse. Those who are __ may find themselves unable to stop a particular random activity like searching drawers, scratching or pulling things apart. Yo! Check out that cluck, he's __!  
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cluck   Is a person with a drug problem that trades stolen or his/her things for drugs. Hey __ how much did you get for that laptop?  
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scrub   A __ is a now generalized term used as a synonym for a "noob" or "newb," which is someone who is bad at a video game or activity in general.  
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crunk   An overused hiphop term that has been beat to death more than "Bling-Bling". It means to get crazy and drunk. The term lost it's "cool" factor like two years ago, but that doesn't stop wanna be gangstas from using the the term as much as possible.  
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turnt up   getting loose (just being wild)  
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hit a lick   To rob or burglarize someone or something. Me and O.G. wanted to _ _ _ so we picked up some dudes and jack rolled them.  
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friendly   The act of being too nice or too generous, because people will often take advantage of you. That boy is too __, he always gives me his snacks.  
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Debo   To steal or take away from. Inspired by the character "__" from the film Friday, its original definition is to steal something. That cluck just __ed my IPhone! He __ed your rims.  
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corner store   Located at the corner of the street common in all urban areas across the U.S. Typically run by Asians, these sell all needs, including toiletries, food, drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), and cigarettes.  
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U mad bro?   A phrase trolls use to anger an already mad person even more.  
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troll   One who posts a deliberately provocative message on a message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and argument.  
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weaksauce   Paltry, insufficient, and laughable in effort  
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Noob Tuber   A really annoying person that keeps killing you with a grenade launcher in Call of Duty  
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owned   Completely annihilated or dominated.  
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Really?   A statement of disbelief in a sarcastic manner. It is like "seriously", but more obnoxious.  
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skitzing   What one does when on Meth, Ice, or whatever you call Speed.  
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