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Reviewing Economics Part 1

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  • What TERM refers to the CITIES?
    Urban
  • What TYPE of farming ONLY produces enough to feed the farmer's family?
    Subsistence
  • Which economic indicator tells the average life span of men and women in a country?
    Life expectancy
  • What TERM refers collectively to natural resources, capital resources, and labor resources?
    Productive
  • What TYPE of agriculture produces a SURPLUS of goods that can be sold to make a profit?
    Commercial
  • What is another name for a MARKET ECONOMY?
    Laissez-faire, Capitalism, Free Market, or Free Enterprise
  • What TERM refers to the ability to read and write?
    Literacy or Literacy Rate
  • What FRACTION of the world is considered to be DEVELOPED?
    1/4
  • What term refers to ANYONE who uses goods and services (like you and ME!)
    consumer
  • What TERM refers to an inadequate supply of resources (not enough)?
    scarcity
  • Which economic system features of combination of private property, government control and customs of the past?
    mixed
  • What does GDP stand for?
    Gross Domestic Product
  • What TYPE of natural resource CANNOT be replenished quickly or easily?
    Non-renewable
  • What TYPE of PRODUCTIVE RESOURCE refers to goods used to make other goods or to perform a service?
    capital
  • What TERM refers to an amount paid to an individual for services provided?
    wages
  • What TERM refers to items sent OUT of a country to be sold elsewhere?
    exports
  • What TYPE of natural resource is able to replenish itself quickly?
    renewable
  • In which economic system does the GOVERNMENT control all means of production?
    Command Economy
  • In which economic system are decisions made based on customs of the past?
    Traditional Economy
  • Which CONTINENT is perhaps the LEAST economically developed of them all? (Antarctica does not count!)
    Africa