Econ
Systems
Vocab
Extra
100

The study of how people satisfy their needs and wants

What is Economics


100
the type of economy the US has
What is a mixed economic system
100

Things that you would like, but do not need to survive

What is a Want

100

The Study of Economics on a large scale

What is Macroeconomics

200

What term best describes having limited resource

What is Scarcity 

200

This economic systems answer allows questions to be answered by habits and customs. 

What is Traditional

200

When you choose between two possible uses for a resource, giving up one alternative for another.

What is Trade-off

200

A person who purchases goods and services for personal use

What is a consumer

300

The difference between a good and a service

Service is non-tangible, and consists of people using their expertise, a good is a tangible object that satisfies a problem

300

In what type of economy does the government make all of the decisions

What is a Command Economy?

300

The reward or penalties that influence people’s choices and behavior.

What is an incentive

300

Each economic system answers these 3 questions. 

What is what to produce, for whom to produce and how to produce it

400

Who was a free market philosopher

Who is Adam Smith

400

This economic system allows for economic questions to be answered by individual buyers and sellers.

What is Free Market?
400
A car to get to your job (no major transit)
What is a need
400

The alternative we give up when we choose one option over the other?

What is Opportunity Cost

500

Resources that are made and used to make other good and services

What is Capital?

500

Which type of economy is known for using the barter system?

What is Traditional?

500

This type of growth raises standards of living, even in the continuing face of scarcity

What is Economic Growth?
500

A human-made good that is used to produce other goods and services, tools and buildings

What is Physical Capital?