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WorksheetsEconomics Vocab.
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 17mins
Define Market Economy (capitalism)
An economic model which the laws of supply and demand (not government oversight) determine what is produced/consumed and at what cost.
An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisions
An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies
Based on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies.
Define Economy
An economic model which the laws of supply and demand (not government oversight) determine what is produced/consumed and at w
An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies
An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisionsAn economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies
An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economiesBased on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies.
Define Mixed Economy
An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisions
An economic model which the laws of supply and demand (not government oversight) determine what is produced/consumed and at what cost.
An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies
An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisions
Define
Traditional Economy
An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisions
To trade without the exchange of currency
An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies
Based on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies.
Define
subsistence
Producing only what is necessary for personal use/survival
Driving force of a Market Economy
Define Bartering
Driving force of a Market Economy
To trade without the exchange of currency
A limit on goods or services entering a country
Define Supply and Demand
a system of money in general use in a particular country
Producing only what is necessary for personal use/survival
Driving force of a Market Economy
Define Quota
Based on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies. Producing only what is necessary for personal use/survival
Producing only what is necessary for personal use/survival
An extra tax placed on an imported good
A limit on goods or services entering a country
Define Embargo
Forbidding trade with another country due to political differences
An extra tax placed on an imported goodRefusal to purchase a good/service from a specific company or country
Based on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies.
a system of money in general use in a particular country
Define An extra tax placed on an imported good
Quota
Tariff
Tariff
Refusal to purchase a good/service from a specific company or countrya system of money in general use in a particular country
boycott
Refusal to purchase a good/service from a specific company or country
a system of money in general use in a particular country
Currency
a system of money in general use in a particular country
Forbidding trade with another country due to political differences
Currency exchange
The converting of one nation's money into an equivalent value/quantity of another nation’s money
The approximate value of one nation’s currency in terms of another country’s currencyAs a verb, to gain financially
Profit
As a verb, to gain financially
Gross Domestic Product- total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given yearThe total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year, divided by the population of that country.
GDP
Gross Domestic Product- total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year
Gross Domestic Product- total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given yearThe total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year, divided by the population of that country.
GDP per Capita
The total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year, divided by the population of that country.
GDP
Capital Resource
Man-made item that helps make another product or perform a service
The total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year, divided by the population of that country.
Human Resource
A job that provides a service or makes a good.
Capital Resource
Literacy Rate
Human Resource
The number of people over the age of 15 who can read & write
Literacy Rate
The number of people over the age of 15 who can read & write
the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community
Standard of Living
the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community
The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or interventionGifts of nature (naturally occurring)
Entrepreneurship
The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or intervention
The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or interventionGifts of nature (naturally occurring)
Natural Resource
The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or intervention
Gifts of nature (naturally occurring)
Specialization
The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or intervention
the process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill
