•Complete #1 on page 7. Number your definitions (18)
• Use the Chart to provide examples of various natural resources, human resources, and capital resources
• Chapter 1; Section 1 pages 3-7
NATURAL RESOURCES
HUMAN RESOURCES
CAPITAL RESOURCES
• What is Economics?• What are the
factors of production?
• What is the goal of entrepreneurship?
• Chp 1; Sect 1
• Why is scarcity a basic problem of economics?
• What are the three economic questions that all economic systems address; explain them.
• Chp 1; Sect 2
• What is opportunity cost?
• What is the Production Possibility Curve?
• Chapter 1; Section 3
• What two assumptions determine the production possibilities curve (PPC)?
• What condition is represented by a point lying inside, or below, the PPC?
• Chp 1; Sect 3
• What are the difficulties associated with barter?
• Why is self-sufficiency so rare?
• What are the economic benefits of interdependence?
• Chp 1; Sect 4 (15-18)
•What are the three functions of money? Page 16
•What is value? (17)
•What is utility? (17)
• What are the 3 basic economic questions answered in traditional, command, and market economies?
• What are the roles of self-interest and incentives in a market economy?
• Chp 2; Sect 1
• What are the five main features of the free-enterprise system in the United States? (29)
• Identify and explain the two markets of the circular flow model. (34)
• Complete # 2 “Identifying Concepts” page 40
• How do nations decide how to use scarce resources?
• Why do economic goals sometimes conflict?
• Chp 2; Sect 3
Bell – Ringer 2 – 23 - 09
• How does demand differ from quantity demanded?
• What does the law of demand state?
• What do demand schedules and demand curves illustrate?
• Chapter 3 section 1
Bell – Ringer 2 – 24 - 09
• What does it mean for a product’s demand to shift?
• What factors can shift demand for a product?
• How do substitute goods differ from complementary goods?
• Chapter 3 section 2
Bell – Ringer 2 – 25 - 09
• What is demand elasticity?
• What is the difference between elastic and inelastic demand?
• How is demand elasticity measured?
Chapter 3 section 3Page 63-68