Matching Pairs Economics Vocabulary 1Online version Economics Vocabulary 1 by Michael Loret 1 Services 2 Capital resources 3 Incentives 4 Human resources 5 Price 6 Goods 7 Natural resources 8 Production 9 Economy 10 Scarcity 11 Supply and demand 12 Opportunity cost 13 Resources 14 Demand 15 Supply 16 Consumption factors of production that are used in the production of goods and services. Types of resources are natural, human, capital, and entrepreneurship. Things that incite or motivate behavior. Incentives are used to change economic behavior. The amount of money exchanged for a good or service. Interaction of supply and demand determines price. Price determines who acquires goods and services. Raw materials supplies by nature The tools, equipment, and buildings that are used to produce goods and services the inability to satisfy all wants at the same time. All resources and goods are limited. This requires that choices be made. tangible items that result from production, such as books, cars, pants, and shovels. Something done to benefit someone else that is intangible (ex. bus driver drives students to school, provides service of transportation) the using of goods and services. Consumer preferences and price determine what is purchased and consumed. What is given up when a choice is made—i.e., the highest valued alternative is forgone. Individuals must consider the value of what is given up when making a choice. The amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a certain price. the combining of human, natural, capital, and entrepreneurship resources to make goods or provide services. Resources available and consumer preferences determine what is produced. People who work to produce goods and services The way a country manages its resources to produce, buy and sell goods and services. The availability of goods plus how great the demand is for those goods will determine the price. The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a certain price.
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