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Economics

Economics. SOL 3.7 SOL 3.8 SOL 3.9 SOL 3.10. Exchange To trade one thing for another. Example: I want to trade in my green disk for a blue one. Barter The exchange of goods or service without money. Example: I’ll give you my cake for your ice cream.

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Economics

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  1. Economics • SOL 3.7 • SOL 3.8 • SOL 3.9 • SOL 3.10

  2. Exchange To trade one thing for another. Example:I want to trade in my green disk for a blue one. Barter The exchange of goods or service without money. Example: I’ll give you my cake for your ice cream.

  3. Needs – what people must have to live. Food Clothing Shelter Wants – the things we would like to have, but can live without. Needs vs. Wants

  4. Economic Choice You make an economic choice when you only have money for certain items, not all. Example: I do not have enough money for both popcorn and a pretzel. I must choose, so I buy the popcorn. That is my economic choice. YUM!

  5. Opportunity Cost Opportunity cost what you must give up when you make an economic choice. Example: I chose the popcorn, so I have to give up the pretzel. That is my opportunity cost.

  6. Supply is the amount of a good or service available. Demand is what people are willing and able to buy. Supply and Demand I would like to buy one candy cane, please.

  7. Scarcity - Sometimes there is not enough of something to go around. That item is scarce. The Ice Cream Singers Oh no! Ice cream is scarce! “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! La, la, la, la, la!”

  8. What can I do with my money? • Spend it • Save it • Invest it Give people money to use to make more moneys, like in stocks and bonds.

  9. Goods and Services • Goods • Services

  10. Three types of resources work together in our economy

  11. Natural Resources are things we get from nature. Oil Coal Trees Water

  12. Human resources are jobs done by humans at work.

  13. Capital resources are the machines, tools and buildings needed to do a job.

  14. Producers Producers make goods or provide services.

  15. Consumers Consumers use or buy goods and services.

  16. Economic Specialization Individuals or groups who concentrate on one type of good or service. Apple farmer Carpenter

  17. Interdependence People need each other for goods and services. The Ancient Greeks traded their goods across the Mediterranean Sea.

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