economics Chapter one
Across
- 2. alternative taht must be given up when one choice is made rather than another
- 7. simplified version of a complex concept or behavior expressed in the form of a graph, figure, equation, or diagram
- 9. Sum of tangible economic goods that are scarce, usefull and transferable from one person to another; excludes services
- 10. sum of people's skills, abilities, health, and motivation
- 12. fundamental economic problem facing all Societies resulting from a combination of Scarce resources and people's Virtually Unlimited needs and Wants
- 13. Natural resources or "gifts of nature" not, created by human effort, one of 4 factors of productivity
- 14. markets in which goods and services are bought and sold
- 15. division of work into a number of seperate tasks; to be performed by different workers
- 16. market economy in which privatly owned businesses have the freedom to operate for a profit with limited government intervention
- 17. Basic requirement for survival, including food, clothing, and shelter
- 18. of Production: Productive resources needed to produce goods; the four factors are land, capital, labor, and entrepreneuarship.
- 20. Monetary worth af a good or Service as determined by the marKet
- 21. Tool, equipment, or other manufactured good used to produce other manufactured good used to produce other goods and services; a factor of production
- 24. Monetary Value of all final goods, services, and Structures produced within a country's national borders during a one year period
- 28. meeting place or mechanism through which buyers and sellers of an economic product come together; may be local, regional, national, or global
- 29. Item that Wears out, is used up, or lasts far fewer than three years when used regularly
- 31. Work or labor preformed for someone; economic product that includes haircuts home repairs, and forms of entertainment
- 33. diagram showing all possible combinations of goods and/or services an economy can produce when all productive resources are fully employed
- 36. Good that lasts for at least three years when used regularly
Down
- 1. mutual dependence of the economic activities of one person, company, region, or nation
- 3. increase in a nation's total output of goods and services over time
- 4. Ability of capacity of a good or service (to be useful and give satisfaction to Someone)
- 5. social science dealing with how people satisfy seemingly unlimited and competing needs and wants with the Careful use of Scarce resources
- 6. assignment of tasks to the workers, factories, regions, or nations that can perform them most efficiently
- 8. quality of life based on ownership of necessities and luxuries that make life easier
- 11. people with all their abilities and efforts; one of the four factors of production (DOES NOT ENCLUDE ENTREPRENEUR)
- 18. markets in which productive resources are bought and sold
- 19. cost of the next best alternatice use of money, time, or resources when one choice is made rather than another
- 22. of Value: Apparent contradiction between the high value of nonessential items and the low value of an essential item
- 23. tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services; on of the four factors of production
- 25. comparison of the cost of an action to its benefits
- 26. measure of the amount of output produced in a specific time period with a given amount of resources; normally refers to labor, but can apply to all factors of production
- 27. Something we would like to have but is not necessary for survival
- 30. good intended for final use by consumers other than businesses
- 32. Tangible economic product that is useful, transferable to others, and used to satisfy wants and needs
- 34. risk taking individuals who introduce new products or services in search of profits; one of the facotrs of productions
- 35. a social movement that was aimed at promoting the interests of consumers