Resources Flashcards

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How are scarce resources allocated

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the price system,Rationing- Via vouchers ,Queuing system first in first served

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2
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What are Free goods

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Goods so abundant that there is no price for them

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3
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What are economic goods

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Scarce goods that are allocatet by price system or rationing or queuing

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4
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What happens if goods are really scarce

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the price rises

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5
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What are the resources

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Land labour capital entrepreneurship

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6
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Define land

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Raw materials supplied by nature

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7
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Define labour

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human resources or human effort

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8
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Define capital

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man made resources to asset production

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9
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Define entrepreneurship

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the person who takes the RISK of organising the other factors of production to achieve a profit from production

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10
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What are the names for resources

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factors and production or inputs to production

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11
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What types of production are there

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goods,services,

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12
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what type of goods are there

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consumers goods ,capital goods ,

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13
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What type of consumer goods are there

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durable goods and nondurable goods

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14
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Renewable resoures

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Natural resources that will replenish in 100 years

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Non-Renewable resoures

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Natural recourses that will not replenish when used eg oil, coal , gold

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the payment for land

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the payment for labour

18
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the payment for capital

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interest $$

19
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the payment for the entrepreneur

20
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what is a positive good

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goods are beneficial to society

21
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what is a negative good

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goods are a cost to society

22
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what is a producer

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who makes good and services

23
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what is a consumer

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who buys or use the goods or services

24
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what is interdependent

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why you rely on some and they rely on you to get the needs and wants

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What is indegendents
You rely on yourself for needs and wants. you do not rely on others
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What is a subsistence econony
Everyone works Independently just to maintain their current livings standards. There is no surplus producerd
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What is speciulisution
Individuals concentrating on one task improve productivity + efficiercy
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What is division of labour
Breaking down the production process into small TASK
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What is the division of labour by product
Breaking the labour to concentrate on I specific type of production Farming fishing construction
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What is the benefit of division of labour/ specialisation
more goods and services Higher production + Efficiency Higher quality Greater surplus
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What methods can producers use to increase surplus of production
Division of labour by product Division of labour by process mechanistion
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What is a disadvantage of specialisation
You become interdependent | can be boring or repetitive
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What is dependence
Where you are reliant on others for your needs and wants but they do not rely on your baby and mother
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What can a surplus be used for saving and trading and more he sure
saving and trading and more he sure