Economics Flashcards
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What are economics
The study of now individual and groups new limited resources to fulfill unlimited wants and needs.
What are goods
Something you use
What is a need
Something that’s is n essential to you
What is a good
Something you would want to have
What is a service
A human action
When a country is making an economic plan, what questions do they need to ask themselves for that plan?
What goods and services will be produced? How will they be produced? When will use them?
What is scarcity
A limited supply of things
Economic systems has three thoughts in the marketing business, what are they?
Traditional, command, and market
What are all economic decisions based on
Customs, traditions, and beliefs of the past.
What is barting?
Trading without money
What are the main activities of the traditional economy?
Farming, hunting, and gathering.
True/False. No country in the world has enough resources to roduce3 everything that people need/want
True
True/False. ‘What goods/services will be produced?’, ‘how will the goods/services be produced?’, ‘ Who will consume these goods/services’ Are these the three questions you need to ask to make an economic plan?
True
What are the three types of economic systems based on the questions to an economic plan?
Traditional, command, and market
All economic systems are mixtures of what three areas?
Traditional, command, and
True/false. People will not make what they always make and their kids will not do the same as them.
False
The exchange of goods is done through
Bartering
Answer the economic question from your notes. What will be produced
People follow tradition and make what their ancestors made.
Answer the economic question from your notes. How will it be produced
People produce goods the same way their ancestors did
Answer the economic question from your notes. Who will consume them
People in the village who need them.
All economic decisions are made by…
The government
What does the command economy do
Get the prices of goods and services
Determines the wages of workers
Plans what will be made
What are the goals of a command economy
- To ensure that all residents have their needs met and that they benefit equally from the produced goods and services
- To ensure that the wealth stays in the hands of the elite few
- To grow a strong military
government ensures that the citizens’ needs are met through
Jobs, services such as health care and education