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VOCABULARY. Economics Natural resources Goods/products Barter Trade Supply Demand Scarcity surplus. Supply. Noun- the amount of something that is available. What you have. Demand. Noun – the desire or need for something among a group of people. What people want.
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VOCABULARY • Economics • Natural resources • Goods/products • Barter • Trade • Supply • Demand • Scarcity • surplus
Supply • Noun- the amount of something that is available. What you have.
Demand Noun – the desire or need for something among a group of people. What people want. example: We don’t stock that product anymore because there is no demand for it. Idiomatic expression: in demand –wanted by a lot of people. Example: Air conditioners are always in demand at the beginning of the summer.
Supply and Demand • What people want compared to what is available.
Scarcity • Noun- the quality or condition of being hard to find. Not enough. • Example: There is a scarcity of food in parts of Africa because of the drought.
Surplus • Noun –extra or more than you need
Trade • Verb: to buy and sell goods and services • Example: Many resort towns rely on the tourist trade. • Example: More and more countries are trading with China.
Barter • Verb- To exchangeone thing or service for another without the use of money • Example: In remote parts of the country, people bartered vegetables for tools.
goods/products • Nouns- What’s for sale; something that is made or produced
Natural Resources • Noun- something that a person or country can use that is not man-made. For example, oil, natural gas, or coal. • Example: Brazil is a country rich in natural resources.
Economics The study of how money, trade and industry are organized based on the supply and demand of goods and services.