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Economics
8th Grade
12/14/2010

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Capital Resource
Definition
Tools, machines, and factories used to produce goods
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Capitalism
Definition
a theory or system in which property and investment in business are owned and controlled by individuals directly or through ownership of shares in companies
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Command Economy
Definition
An economy in which business activities and the allocation of resources are determined by government order rather than market forces
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Commercial (Market Oriented) Agriculture
Definition
The production of agricultural goods for sale
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Communism
Definition
A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members
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Developed Country
Definition
A country that has a high level of development according to some criteria. Most people have a higher standard of living with access to more goods and services than people in developing countries
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Developing Country
Definition
A country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more socially and economically advanced
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Economy
Definition
The system of production and distribution and consumption,as well as the frugality in the expenditure of money or resources
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Export
Definition
To sell or transfer abroad
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Free market Economy
Definition
An economy based on the power of division of labor in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system set by supply and demand
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Human Resource
Definition
The talents and skills of a human or humans that contribute to the production of goods and services
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Import
Definition
Commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
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Infrastructure
Definition
The basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function
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Mixed Economy
Definition
An economic system in which both the government and private enterprise play important roles with regard to production, consumption, investment, and savings
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Natural Resource
Definition
Any source of wealth that occurs naturally, especially minerals, fossil fuels, timber
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Per Capita income ( per capita GDP)
Definition
the total national income divided by the number of people in the nation
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Socialism
Definition
A political theory advocating state ownership of industry
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Subsistence Agricullture
Definition
Self-sufficiency farming in which farmers only grow enough food to feed their families
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Tariff
Definition
A government tax on imports or exports
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World Trade Organization (WTO)
Definition
 Association that regulates and sets standards for the trading of goods between countries world wide
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BRIC
Definition

4 countries with emerging economies

Brazil

Russia

India

China

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