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Economics SOL 3.7 SOL 3.8 SOL 3.9 SOL 3.10 Exchange To trade one thing for another. Example: I want to trade in my green disk for a blue one. Barter.

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2 Economics SOL 3.7 SOL 3.8 SOL 3.9 SOL 3.10

3 Exchange To trade one thing for another. Example: I want to trade in my green disk for a blue one. Barter The exchange of goods or service without money. Example: I’ll give you my cake for your ice cream.

4 Three Kinds of Money CashChecksCredit Cards

5 Needs vs. Wants Needs – what people must have to live. Food Clothing Shelter Wants – the things we would like to have, but can live without.

6 Economic Choice You make an economic choice when you only have money for certain items, not all. Example: I do not have enough money for both popcorn and a pretzel. I must choose, so I buy the popcorn. That is my economic choice. YUM!

7 Opportunity Cost Opportunity cost what you must give up when you make an economic choice. Example: I chose the popcorn, so I have to give up the pretzel. That is my opportunity cost.

8 Supply and Demand Supply is the amount of a good or service available. Demand is what people are willing and able to buy. I would like to buy one candy cane, please.

9 Scarcity - Sometimes there is not enough of something to go around. That item is scarce. Oh no! Ice cream is scarce! “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! La, la, la, la, la!” The Ice Cream Singers

10 What can I do with my money? Spend it Save it Invest it Give people money to use to make more moneys, like in stocks and bonds.

11 Goods and Services GoodsServices

12 Three types of resources work together in our economy Human Resources Capital Resources Natural Resources

13 Natural Resources are things we get from nature. Oil CoalTrees Water

14 Human resources are jobs done by humans at work.

15 Capital resources are the machines, tools and buildings needed to do a job.

16 Producers Producers make goods or provide services.

17 Consumers Consumers use or buy goods and services.

18 Economic Specialization Individuals or groups who concentrate on one type of good or service. Apple farmerCarpenter

19 Interdependence People need each other for goods and services. The Ancient Greeks traded their goods across the Mediterranean Sea.

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