Types of Economic Systems
Human Capital and Poverty
Scarcity
Market Structures
Why do countries trade?
100

This type of economic system allows people to own all the resources without government regulation. 

Market economy

100
Asian economies have grown rapidly due to investment in 

Human capital 

100

The term for the state in which society has limited resources 

Scarcity 

100

A single company that represents the whole industry is called a 

Monopoly 

100

What term relates to activities inside a particular country

Domestically 

200
Cuba and North Korea have this type of economic system 

Command 

200
What type of innovation has prevented the value of education from dropping? 

Technological 

200

Who studies how people make decisions? 

Economists 

200

Which type of market structure includes a large number of small companies competing against each other? 

Perfect competition 
200
The term the ability of an individual or group to carry out a particular economic activity more efficiently than another individual or group.


Absolute advantage 

300

The United States has this type economic system 

Mixed system 

300

The author argues that economies can only prosper when individuals have ____. 

Choices 

300

Economists analyze forces and ______ that affect the economy as a whole. 

Trends

300

A small number of large companies that sell differentiated or identical products is a called 

An oligopoly 

300
The term for the ability of an individual or group to carry out a particular economic activity (such as making a specific product) more efficiently than another activity.


Comparative advantage 

400

In this type of economic system, very little waste is created or produced 

Traditional 

400

This term refers to the skills, education, health, and training of individuals 

Human capital 

400
Term for the gradual increase of prices 

Inflation 

400

Which type of market structure allows sellers to sell similar products but sellers lack price influence over commodities 

Perfect competition 

400

Term for a commodity, article, or service sold abroad.

Export 

500

The three factors of production are 

Land, labor, and capital 

500

The author proposes access to improved __________ will help to increase income and health. 

Education 

500

People respond to ____, which can be positive or negative. 

Incentives 

500
The food industry is an example of a 

Monopolistic competition 

500

explain how market economies allocate resources and determine the prices of goods and services that we observe in everyday transactions.

Law of supply 

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