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Belleville High School. Economics Social Studies Starters. Economics – Social Studies Starters. Peremptory: not giving someone an opportunity to show why they should not comply. Week 1 Monday. Economics – Social Studies Starters.
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Belleville High School Economics Social Studies Starters
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Peremptory: not giving someone an opportunity to show why they should not comply. • Week 1 Monday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Tenacity: Persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired • Week 1 Tuesday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Acute: Marked intellectual perception especially of subtle distinctions. • Week 1 Wednesday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Instill: To impart or teach gradually over a period of time • Week 1 Thursday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Yield: (in Econ) the amount of money that can be expected to be made from an investment. • Week 1 Friday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Anticipate: To give advance thought, discussion, or treatment • Week 2 Monday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Approximate: Located close together; nearly correct or exact • Week 2 Tuesday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Mediocre: Of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance • Week 2 Wednesday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Irascible:Marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger. • Week 2 Thursday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Travesty: To make a feeble or ridiculous imitation • Week 2 Friday
Incentives--Something that elicits a predictable behavior.Week 3 Monday
Factors of production--The resources people have for producing goods and services to satisfy their wants. Week 3 Wednesday PAGE 289
Distributor--One that markets a commodity; a wholesaler Week 3 Thursday
Supply--The act or process of filling a want or need. Also: the amount of a good/service available. Week 3 Friday
VOCAB LEGEND • X = REDO • W = Weak, wont happen again • K = not the worst I have ever seen • CHECK SYMBOL = good • PERFECT = PERFECT
\ Economics – Social Studies Starters • Ostracize: To exile or exclude from a group by common consent • Week 4 Monday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Superfluous: Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; not needed • Week 4 Tuesday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Opulent: Showing in great wealth. Amply or plentifully provided for. Having a large estate or property • Week 4 Wednesday
Economics – Social Studies Starters • Repudiation: Refusing to have anything to do with; to reject as unauthorized or as having no binding force • Week 4 Thursday
Unit 2 Journal # 1 (goes in binder) • Using complete sentences (at LEAST 5): • What would YOU like to learn about in economics that will be useful to YOU?
Obtuse--Lacking sharpness of sensibility or intellect; difficult to comprehend; not clear or precise in thought or expressionWeek 5 Monday
Subservient--Useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end, subordinate Week 5 Tuesday
Staunch--To check or stop the flowing of; to stop up Week 5 Wednesday
Capitalism--An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments, prices, production, and distribution of goods Week 5 Friday
Consumer--One that purchases and utilizes economic goods and services Week 6 Monday
Census--A count of the population and a property evaluation; a periodic governmental count of population Week 6 Tuesday
Factors of production--The resources people have for producing goods and services to satisfy their wants. Week 6 Wednesday
Distributor--One that markets a commodity; a wholesaler Week 6 Thursday
Distribution--To divide among several or many; the marketing or merchandising of commodities Week 6 Friday
Corporation--A body formed and authorized by law to act as a single person although constituted by one or more persons. Week 7 Monday
Costs--The amount or equivalent paid or charged for something; the outlay or expenditure made to achieve an object Week 7 Tuesday
Deflation--A contraction in the volume of available money or credit that results in a general decline in prices Week 7 Wednesday
Earning--To receive as return for work done or services rendered; to bring in by way of return Week 7 Thursday
Excise tax--A charge on certain goods, such as alcoholic beverages, gasoline, and tobacco products. Week 7 Friday
Incentives--Something that incites or has a tendency to incite a specific action Week 8 Monday
Monetary policy--Regulation of the money supply by the Federal Reserve System Week 8 Tuesday
Fees--A fixed charge; a sum paid or charged for a service Week 8 Wednesday
Fiscal policy--A government’s decision about the amount of money it spends and the amount of money it collects in taxes. Week 8 Thursday
Foreign policy--Plans for guiding military and economic help to other nations. Week 8 Friday
Supply--The act or process of filling a want or need Week 9 Monday
Imports--To bring from a foreign or external source; to bring merchandise into a place or country from another country. Week 9 Tuesday
Demand--Willingness and ability to purchase a commodity or service; the quantity wanted at a specified price and time Week 9 Wednesday
Investment--The outlay of money usually for income or profit; the sum invested or the property purchased Week 9 Thursday
Market--The course of commercial activity by which the exchange of commodities is effected; the available supply of or potential demand for specified goods or services Week 9 Friday
Surpluses--The amount that remains when use or need is satisfied; an excess of receipts over disbursements Week 10 Monday
Income tax--A tax on the net income of an individual or a business Week 10 Tuesday