Vocab Circular Flow model Production Possibility Curve Economic systems Random
100
What is scarcity?
Scarity is unlimited wants, but limited resources.
100
What are examples of expenditures for a business?
-Rent
-Wages
100
What does the slope of the production possibilities curve indicate?
Marginal opportunity cost
100
What do economic systems do?
They allow countries to determine how scarce resources will be allocated.
100
What is growth?
growth is increasing the amount of goods and services produced in an economy.
200
What is opportunity cost?
Opportunity cost is the most desirable option given up.
200
What are the two markets in the circular flow model?
-product market
-resource market
200
What does the production possibilities curve show?
different combinations of two goods that an economy can produce.
200
What are the three types of economic systems?
-command
-market
-traditional
200
Why trade?
it benefits all of the participating economies.
300
What is efficiency?
efficiency is getting the most out of ones resources for the least cost?
300
What are the three main sectors of the circular flow model?
-business
-household
-government
300
If there is zero opportunity cost per unit of good Y, what will the production possibilities curve look like?
perfectly inelastic
300
In a command economy, how are the decisions made?
By a central leader/ government
300
All decisions involve a _______.
A tradeoff
400
What is absolute advantage?
absolute advantage is when one worker can produce more than another with the same resources.
400
Circular flow model shows the ____ flow and the _____ flow.
-real
-money
400
If the opportunity cost of good Y is increasing constantly at the same rate, what will the production possibilities curve look like?
decreasing at a constant rate
400
In a traditional economy, they decide what and how to produce goods based on _______.
Their beliefs and customs
400
Peoples _______, ________, and ________ are affected by their economic system.
jobs, income, and lifestyle
500
What is comparative advantage?
comparative advantage is when countries specialize in production of goods and services that they can produce at a lower opportunity cost than the trade partner.
500
Both businesses and households give _____ to the government.
-taxes
500
What could cause the production possibilities curve to shift outward?
advancements in technology
500
In a market economy, decisions are based on ___________ choice.
individual
500
The four categories of economic resources are ________, _________, _________, and ___________.
land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial ability






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