1. What to produce? 2. How to produce? 3. For whom to produce?

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 Customs and habits of the past help people decide what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.

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Economic Terms

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1. What to produce?

2. How to produce?

3. For whom to produce?

Questions All Economic Systems Must Answer:

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Customs and habits of the past help people decide what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.

Traditional Economy

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Government planning groups make the basic economic decisions.

Command Economy

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Economic decisions are guided by changes that occur between buyers and sellers in the market place.

Market Economy

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There is NO PURE COMMAND or MARKET Economy!!!

Cuba Germany U.K.

Mixed Economy

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TARIFF – a tax on imports (goods shipped into a country)

Trade Barriers

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Quota – a limit placed on the number of imports that may enter a country

Trade Barriers

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Embargo – a government order to stop trade with another country

Trade Barriers

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an area where there are NO tariffs between the countries in the zone

The European Union is an example of a Free Trade Zone.

Free Trade Zone

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27 countries in Europe that work together to be a more powerful force in the world.

When together, they have more people, more$, and more land area. (This helps smaller European countries be more powerful.)

European Union (E.U.)

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The money people use to make trade easier

U.S.A. – U.S. Dollars

Russia – Rubles

Much of Europe – Euro

Currency

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the stuff, or people, that are necessary for businesses

Human Capital – workers

Physical Capital - supplies

Capital

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the total of all the goods and services produced in a country in one year

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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Without natural resources, countries must import what they need from other countries.

Natural Resources

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someone who risks his/her own money and time to create a business to make a profit

Entrepreneur

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The economic level of people in a country

HIGH LOW

Standard of Living

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the percentage of a country’s people who can read and write

Literacy rate affects a country’s standard of living!!

Literacy Rate