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Principles ofEconomics

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Economic Performance

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InternationalTrade

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Supply andDemand

_______ is the cost of what you give up to obtain an

item.

Opportunity Cost

________ is the cost you can never recover no matter

Sunk cost

________ is the small or

incremental amount you would pay extra to have

more

Marginal Cost

Humankind has unlimited wants but our

resources are limited thus creating the problem of

________

Scarcity

___= revenue – cost of production

Profit

A ____ is anything an individual wants

more of at zero price.

Good

Copper and iron are ______ natural

resources.

Exhaustible

_____ is the study of how a society

manages its scarce resources.

Economics

When you _______ in something, it means you focus on one task enabling you to be more efficient and productive.

Specialize

All factors of production are called ________

Capital resources or capital goods

Demand for a good exists only when consumers are both _____

and ____ to buy it

Willing and able

If elasticity is greater than 1.0,

demand is ______.

Elastic

As substitutes become cheaper, demand for the

normal good will _____

Decrease

_____ goods are goods that go together and usually sold

together.

Complementary goods

A ______ exists when quantity

demanded is lower than quantity

supplied.

Surplus

When firms get together to fix

prices and quantity it is called

Cartel

A profit-seeking individual who

accepts all risk of success or failure

in business

Entrepreneur

When 1 person or 1 group holds all market power in

an industry

Monopoly

Who pays more taxes- a sole

proprietor or a corporation?

Corporation

Legal obligation of a firm to pay off all

debts

Liability

Which type of spending makes up 60% or more of our nation’s

spending?

Consumption

Which type of GDP takes inflation into

account- real or nominal?

Real

I’m thinking of a # 1-10. What is it?

8

What are the 2 phases of a

business cycle?

Expansion and recession

Which type of unemployment is

caused by recession?

Cyclical

A point of reference to

measure inflation

Consumer price index

_______ are taxes countries place on imported goods.

Tariffs

_______ is a free trade agreement

among US, Mexico, and Canada

NAFTA

The ______ theory states that developing countries will

eventually catch up with the industrialized countries.

Convergence Theory

Crude oil makes up ___% of our

nation’s imports.

17%

Make your wager

Ms. So’s husband

In which city did the Rock play

college football?

Miami

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