Study of Choices for production, distribution and consumption of goods
What is economics?
The father of Economics
Who is Adam Smith?
Means of expressing a desire
What is a WANT?
* NOT ON QUIZ - To provide for needs, answer these questions: WHAT to produce, HOW to produce, and _____ ______ to produce?
What is FOR WHOM?
Study of National and International Economies and effects of large-scale choices on them; Study of specific parts of a major economy
What is Macroeconomics? What is Microeconomics?
tool, equipment or other manufactured good used to produce other goods or services
What is a CAPITAL GOOD?
* NOT ON QUIZ - Location and income create what differences all over the world
What are Standards of living?
________ is used to show how inflation affects prices of goods while _______ is used to show what may happen in the U.S. economy in 2026
What is economic models? What is economic forecast?
Vocab word: To be productive
What is PRODUCTIVITY?
The name for the person who creates the goods
What is a PRODUCER?
The value of goods depends on _______ and _______
What is utility (usefulness) and scarcity?
True or False: Money is Capital
Tools or equipment used in production and distribution of goods and services
What is CAPITAL?
a risk taker in search of profits
What is an ENTREPENEUR?
*NOT ON QUIZ - If there is only one seller of a particular good or service, with no competitors, then this seller has this
What is a MONOPOLY?
If I support laissez-faire, then I am a _________. If I support imperialism, then I am a ____________.
What is a physiocrat? What is a mercantilist?
The beliefs that work is simplified into specific tasks and completed by the best workers
What are division of labor and specialization?