Supply & Demand
Economic Vocabulary
Cause & Effect
Basic Economics
Mr. Mumm
100

What's supply?

The quantity of a good or service available for sale at various prices.

100

This term means unlimited wants but limited resources.

Scarcity

100

If the price of a product increases, the quantity demanded usually does this.

Decrease

100

This is the money people use to buy goods and services.

Currency (money)

100

What sports did i play (on a team) when i was younger(4 k-12th grade), there are 4 sports

basketball, soccer, baseball, and football

200

Whats demand?

The measure of a consumer's willingness and ability to purchase a good or service at a given price.

200

The cost of the next best alternative when a choice is made.

Opportunity cost

200

If consumer income increases, demand for normal goods usually does this.

Increase

200

This is what people pay to the government to fund public services.

Taxes

200

Whats my favorite color?

Blue

300

What is a downward sloping curve called?

demand curve

300

A sustained rise in the general price level of goods and services.

It's inflation 

300

If the cost of production increases, the supply curve shifts in this direction.

Left (decrease in supply)

300

This is the place where buyers and sellers meet to exchange goods.

Market

300

How old am I?

I am 22

400

What is a upward sloping curve called?

short run aggregate supply curve

400

This term describes the money people earn from working or investments.

It's income

400

f the price of a substitute good increases, demand for the original good usually does this.

Increase

400

This is the term for goods made to satisfy human wants, like food or clothing.

Consumer goods

400

True or False: I have a sibling or siblings?

True, I have a sister

500

This occurs when the quantity supplied is greater than the quantity demanded at a given price.

It's surplus

500

This is the total amount of money earned by all households in an economy.

It's national income?

500

If the price of a complementary good increases, demand for the related good usually does this.

Decrease

500

This is the term for people who make goods or provide services.

Producers

500

True or False: I drink coffee every morning.

False, I don't drink coffee everyday, but only sometimes