| Definition | Term | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The study of the overall economy | Macroeconomics | 71%
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| The study of individual economic units | Microeconomics | 71%
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| The value of the next best alternative that is foregone whenever a choice is made | Opportunity Cost | 71%
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| A tax on imports | Tariff | 71%
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| Human-made resources used to produce goods and services | Capital Resources | 57%
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| An economic system where the government owns the resources but the market drives choices around resource allocation | Market Socialism | 57%
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| Resources made by nature | Natural Resources | 57%
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| The act of giving something up in order to gain something else | Trade Offs | 57%
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| The optimal distribution of goods in an economy that meets the needs and wants of society | Allocative Efficiency | 43%
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| Human effort used to produce goods and services | Labour Resources | 43%
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| An economic system where the government both owns the resources and makes decisions around resource allocation | Planned Socialism | 43%
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| Transitioning a publicly offered good or service to the private sector | Privatisation | 43%
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| The concept that resources are limited compared to human needs and wants | Relative Scarcity | 43%
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| How quickly resources can be reallocated when needs and wants shift | Dynamic Efficiency | 29%
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| Individuals and organisations who make decisions in the market | Economic Agents | 29%
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| When a third party is affected by a transaction between two or more parties | Externality | 29%
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| An economic system where resources are allocated based on the forces of supply and demand and are privately owned | Market Capitalism | 29%
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| An individual's or nation's access to goods and services | Material Living Standards | 29%
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| Refers to quality of life factors | Non-Material Living Standards | 29%
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| Involves value judgements about what 'should be' in the economy | Normative Economics | 29%
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| Deals with objective and positive statements about economic phenomena ('what is') | Positive Economics | 29%
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| Maximising output while minimising input resources | Productive Efficiency | 29%
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| Something that induces an economic agent, whether a consumer or producer to act | Incentive | 14%
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| There is an appropriate allocation of resources between current and future consumption | Intertemporal Efficiency | 14%
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| An economic system where resources are privately owned and decisions about resource allocation are made by the government | Planned Capitalism | 14%
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| How much output can be produced with a given set of inputs | Productivity | 14%
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