2.4 KEY TERMS

Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly they will move to the bottom of the activity.

  1. Firm
    Other things equal assumption
    Barter
    Factor markets
    Model
    Technology
    Positive economics
    Comparative advantage
    Circular-flow diagram
    Production possibility frontier
    Markets for goods and services
    Income distribution
    Household
    Forecast
    Absolute advantage
    Factors of production
    Normative economics
    the advantage conferred on an individual or country in producing a good or service if the opportunity cost of producing the good or service is lower for that individual or country than for other producers.
    the technical means for producing goods and services.
    a simplified representation of a real situation that is used to better understand real-life situations.
    the way in which total income is divided among the owners of the various factors of production.
    a simple prediction of the future.
    the branch of economic analysis that makes prescriptions about the way the economy should work.
    markets in which firms buy the resources they need to produce goods and services.
    the direct exchange of goods or services for other goods or services without the use of money.
    markets in which firms sell goods and services that they produce to households.
    the advantage conferred on an individual or country in an activity if the individual or country can do it better than others. A country with an absolute advantage can produce more output per worker than other countries.
    a diagram that represents the transactions in an economy by two kinds of flows around a circle: flows of physical things such as goods or labour in one direction and flows of money to pay for these physical things in the opposite direction.
    in the development of a model, the assumption that all relevant factors except the one under study remain unchanged.
    an organization that produces goods and services for sale.
    a person or a group of people who share their income.
    the branch of economic analysis that describes the way the economy actually works.
    the resources used to produce goods and services. Labour and capital are examples of factors.
    a model that illustrates the trade-offs facing an economy that produces only two goods. It shows the maximum quantity of one good that can be produced for any given quantity produced of the other.
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