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PF Vocab Set 2
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Finance
11th Grade
09/18/2013

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Term
Economic System
Definition
a nation’s plan for answering the three economic questions
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Command Economy
Definition
the resources are owned and controlled by the government…government officials decide how to answer the Three Economic Questions
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Communism
Definition
a form of a command economy where government controls most of the resources and decisions
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Market Economy
Definition
the resources are owned and controlled by the people of the country…individuals answer the Three Economic Questions
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Marketplace
Definition
anywhere that goods and services exchange hands
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Traditional Economy
Definition
goods and services are produced the way it has always been done…used in less developed nations
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Mixed Economy
Definition
combines elements of both the command and market economies…most nations fall into this category
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Capitalism
Definition
private ownership of resources by individuals or businesses rather than by the government…individual owners decide what to produce and individual consumers decide what to buy
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Private Property
Definition
you may own whatever you want as long as it does not break any laws
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Freedom of Choice
Definition
you may choose what to buy, what to sell, how to produce, etc. as long as it doesn’t break any laws
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Profit
Definition
is the money left over from sales after all of the costs of operating a business have been paid… it is at the heart of Free Enterprise
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Competition
Definition
rivalry among businesses to sell their goods and services
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Measurable Goals
Definition
Specific and containing a value
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Time bound Goal
Definition
Must be completed by or on a specific date
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Habit
Definition
A decision to do something always on on a regular schedule
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Impulse
Definition
A decision made with no prior planning
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Family
Definition
The factor that applies to financial decisions such as growing a garden to save money for future college funding
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Economic
Definition
The factor that drives a decision in finances based on inflation, government control and other large scale actions.
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Moral
Definition
The factor that influences financial decisions based on a nations practices other societal norms.
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Cultural
Definition
The factor driving a decision involving religion and practices.
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Media
Definition
Markets like TV shopping, Online stores that often influence spending.
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Demography
Definition
Attributes of a human such as gender or race.
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