Business Essentials Vocab Practice (2.02)

Reorder the following by defining consumer.

• and

• goods

• services

• uses

• anyone who

Reorder the following by defining economic activities.

• consumption,

• exchange,

• and distribution

• production,

Capital Goods are (a)   or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services.

Match the following

• A desire for something that can be satisfied without spending money

• Economic Wants

• A desire for something that may or may not be required

• Capital Goods

• The study of how to meet unlimited, competing wants with limited resources

• Noneconomic Wants

• Manufactured or constructed items that are used to produce goods and services

• Economics

• Desires for items that can only be obtained by spending money

• Want

Reorder the following by defining decision-making.

• among

• choosing

• alternatives

Consumption is the process or activity of using goods and (a)   .

____________ the process or activity by which income is divided among resource owners and producers.

• Economizing

• Distribution

• Scarcity

• Services

_______________ the process of deciding which goods and services will be purchased or provided so that the most satisfaction can be obtained; deciding how scarce resources will be used.

• Economizing

• Distribution

• Scarcity

• Services

___________ are intangible activities that are performed by other people for money; productive acts that satisfy economic wants.

• Economizing

• Distribution

• Scarcity

• Services

________________ is a condition resulting from the gap between limited resources and unlimited wants for goods and services.

• Economizing

• Distribution

• Scarcity

• Services