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.

Question

Model
Other things equal assumption
Production possibility frontier
Factors of production
Technology
Comparative advantage
Absolute advantage
Barter
Circular-flow diagram
Household
Firms
Markets for goods and services
Factor markets
Income distribution
Positive economics
Normative economics
Forecast
the advantage an individual or country has 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 others
a diagram that represents the transactions in an economy by flows around a circle
the branch of economic analysis that describes the way the economy actually works
markets in which firms buy the resources they need to produce goods and services
the assumption that all other relevant factors remain unchanged
the resources used to produce goods and services
a simple prediction of the future
a person or a group of people who share income
the advantage an individual or country has in an activity if that individual or country can do it better than others
illustrates the tradeoffs 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
an organization that produces goods and services for sale
the technical means for the production of goods and services
the way in which total income is divided among the owners of the various factors of production
a simplified representation of a real situation that is used to better understand reallife situations
a transaction in which people directly exchange goods or services that they have for goods or services that they want
markets in which firms sell goods and services that they produce to households.
the branch of economic analysis that makes prescriptions about the way the economy should work

Model, p. 26

Other things equal assumption, p. 26

Production possibility frontier, p. 28

Factors of production, p. 32

Technology, p. 32

Comparative advantage, p. 34

Absolute advantage, p. 36

Barter, p. 37

Circular-flow diagram, p. 37

Household, p. 37

Firm, p. 37

Markets for goods and services, p. 37

Factor markets, p. 38

Income distribution, p. 38

Positive economics, p. 40

Normative economics, p. 40

Forecast, p. 40