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Function or Characteristic
100

Define the ______

Problem

100

Things, such as food, clothing, etc. that are necessary for survival.

Needs

100

A person who buys a good or service for their own use.

Consumer

100

Compares the costs and benefits of decisions

Cost-Benefit analysis

100

Unit of account.

Function

200

Stare your ______

Criteria

200

Things that are desired, but not needed for survival

Wants

200

A person who makes goods or does services

Producer

200

Alternatives that must be given up when one product is chosen rather than another

Trade-offs

200

Store of value

Function

300

List your ___________

Alternatives
300

When there are not enough resources to meet the human needs or wants

Scarcity

300

The study of how people satisfy their unlimited wants with limited resources

Economics

300

Land labor and capital, the three groups of resources that make all goods and services.

Factors of production

300

Portable

Characteristics

400

_________ Your alternatives

Evaluate

400

Objects that can be purchased, like food and clothing.

Goods

400
Benefits offered to encourage people to do or act a certain way.

Incentives

400

The most wanted alternative given up as the result of a decision.

Opportunity cost
400

Medium of exchange

Functions

500

Make a ________

Decision

500

Work that a person does for another for money or a payment, such as teachers, doctors, and nurses.

Services

500

Benefits gained from the use of goods or services.

Utility

500

Someone who manages, organizes, and takes on the risks and responsibility's of a business.

Entrepreneur

500

Countable

Characteristics