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2 Section 1: “basic Economic Concepts”

3  Physical items such as food, clothing, cars, and houses. {Touch}

4  Activities people do for a fee {car repair house painting, concerts}

5  A person who satisfies a want or need by buying a good of service. {Haircut or Cheeseburger}

6 A person or business who uses resources to make goods or provide services.(mow lawns or make or sell bracelets)

7  The system of (make) Producing, (sell) distributing, and consuming (use) goods.

8  A gift of nature, part of the natural environment such as water, trees, or minerals.

9  The people who produce the goods and provide the services

10  Money and Property-factories, tools, bridges, machines, and other items used to produce goods and services

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12  People need and want more than the available.

13  The choice you make

14  The value of your second choice.

15  The quantity of a good or service offered for sale.

16  The quantity of a good or service consumers are willing and able to buy.

17  The amount left after costs are subtracted from the price.

18  A. What to produce? {Based on available resources}  B. How to produce? {based on time and resources}  C. How many to produce? {based on scarcity}  D. For whom to produce? {based on consumers}

19  16.Define Barter: Trading goods and services without money.

20  The government of the mother country controls its colonies’ resources and markets in order to acquire wealth (gold and silver)

21  Illegal trade.

22  Tobacco and indigo.

23  A market economy based on agriculture.

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25  Not living inorganic substances that were formed by Earth’s geological processes,(oil, natural gas, salt, sulphur, and lignite).

26  These mineral resources which are not replaced by nature once they are extracted. {Taken out}

27  A soft, brownish-black coal that burns poorly because of its high water content {Desoto parish}

28  Plants and animals, also called flor and fauna.

29  Biological resources which replenish themselves over time.

30  Smaller softer trees which are shredded into pulp, then made into paper. {Hard trees to make furniture, etc.

31  They demand for furs has dropped.

32  Groups of workers organized to demand fair pay and safe working conditions.

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34  Goods and services produced in a market economy.

35  Goods and services provided by the government.

36  Tourism

37  Producers and consumers who rely on each other and on other economies to succeed.

38  40%

39  Louisiana’s offshore port

40  Taxes on imported goods.

41  Economic information used to measure the economy.  A. Gross domestic product {GDP}---the total market value of all goods and services produced in the U.S. in a certain time period.  B. Consumer price index {CPI}--- a monthly price survey for a list of goods and services.  C. Inflation--- a steady increase in the consumer price index.  D. Unemployment rates--- the percentage of people who are out of work.

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43  A. traditional economy---customs, habits, and beliefs determine how the 4 basic economic questions are answered.  B. Command economy---the government controls the economy {No say so}  C. Market economy---individuals answer the four basic economic questions on supply and demand.

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