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Scarcity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The basic economic problem that occurs
because people have unlimited wants, but resources are limited
Needs - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔are required for survival, such as food, clothing,
shelter
Wants - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔are things we would like to have such as video
games, vacations, cell phones
Economic Models - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔are simple representations of the real
world that are used to explain how the economy works
, Trade-off - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a choice that involves losing one thing to gain
another
Opportunity Cost - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔is the cost of the next best thing that you
could have spent your resources on
Cost-Benefit Analysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a comparison of the marginal costs
and marginal benefits of a decision
Market Economy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔is an economic system in which supply,
demand, and prices help people make decisions and allocate resources
Capitalism - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔private citizens own most, if not all, of the
means of production
Free Enterprise - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔businesses are allowed to compete for
profit with a minimum of government interference
Incentives - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔which are rewards that are offered to try to
persuade people to take certain actions
Goods - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔tangible products, such as books or cars
The 4 Factors of Production - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Natural Recourses