Economic Systems
Factors of Production
Economic Vocabulary - I
Economic Vocabulary - II
Social Studies Vocabulary
100

"Individuals" decide what to produce and how much to produce

Free Enterprise (Free Market, Market, Capitalist)

100

Humans that do the physical and mental work

(Land/Natural, Capital, Labor, Entrepreneurs)

Labor/Workforce/Human Resources

100

How much of an item or good that consumers want to buy

Demand

100

Beds, clothes, books, jewelry, and cars

Goods

100

Shared beliefs, values and behaviors of a group of people

Culture

200

System where the government gets involved only to protect the consumers (this is the system that is found in the U.S.) 

(Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Mixed)

Mixed Economy

200

People that organize the factors to create a company, they are behind the MONEY!

(Land/Natural, Capital, Labor, Entrepreneurs)

Entrepreneurs

200

How a society organizes what to make, how to make it and how to distribute it 

(This is the definition, I need the term)

Economy

200

What is it called when a company produced more goods than they could sell

Surplus

200

Study of the earth and it's physical features

Physical features

300

Jett starts a business power washing driveways.  He does a good job, he is in high demand and starts charging more than he did when he started.  What type of Economic system is this?

(Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Mixed)

Capitalists (Free Market, Market)

300

Money and items bought by companies that help get work done

(Land/Natural, Capital, Labor, Entrepreneurs)

Capital Resources

300

The government owns a stake in some of the nation's main businesses.  But the citizens pay taxes and are given access to it's products.  What type of economy is this.

Socialism

300

Activity that is done for someone else (Uber, Hair Stylist, Mechanic)

Service

300

Study of how humans interact with the physical features around them

Human Geography

400

You go to the store for eggs and the manager tells you they are sold out for the week.  The government only allows 50 dozen eggs, per store to be sold each week. What type of economy is this? 

(Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Mixed)

Communist (Command)

400

Land and extracted resources from the earth (Raw Materials)

(Land/Natural, Capital, Labor, Entrepreneurs)

Natural Resources

400

GDP, GDP Per Capita, Literacy Rate and Life Expectancy are examples of what? (Two Words)

Economic Indicators

400

When a resource is in limited or short supply.

Scarcity

400

Political system that guides a region

Government

500

People struggling to by the goods they might need is a disadvantage of which type of economy. 

(Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Mixed)

Capitalists (Free Market)

500

Everything from start to finish, needed to create a good or provide a service

Factors of Production

500

The amount of a product or service that producers have to sell / make.

Supply

500

Supply and demand determines market price, what type of economy is being described? (Economic System)

Free Enterprise (Market, Capitalism, Free Market)

500

Roads, Bridges, and the framework of a region that is necessary for it operation

Infrastructure