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Economics
6th Grade
04/28/2009

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economics
Definition
study of how people use resources
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natural resource
Definition
things that occur in nature used to make things
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human resource
Definition
people doing the labor, used to make things or provide a service
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capital resource
Definition
used by people to make things
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incentive
Definition
something offered to generate business, to influence behavior
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scarcity
Definition
not enough goods and/or services available
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collateral
Definition
anything of value than can guarantee repayment
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principal
Definition
the amount of money borrowed
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credit limit
Definition
money amount allowed to be borrowed or used
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good
Definition
product that is made/grown for profit
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service
Definition
jobs that people do to help other people for a profit
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exports
Definition
good/services that are produced in this country and shipped to another country
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imports
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goods/services produced in another country and shipped here
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interdependence
Definition
when countries rely on one another for trade
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specialization
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when a worker has a specific skill and contributes to the whole
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loss
Definition
when a business has more expenses than income
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profit
Definition
when a business has more income than expenses
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corporation
Definition
when a business is owned by many people, who own shares of that business
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partnership
Definition
when two or more individuals start a business
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entrepreneur
Definition
an individual who starts a business
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individual ownership
Definition
when one person owns the business
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shareholder
Definition
this is what a person is called who owns a part or share of the business
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human capital
Definition
the skills people get when trained and educated over time
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price
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this is how much a consumer must pay for a good or service
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interest
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a fee that consumers pay for being allowed to borrow money and/or credit
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opportunity cost
Definition
the lost opportunity when making a choice, it's what you could have done
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