Belleville High School

1. Belleville High School Economics Social Studies Starters

2. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Peremptory: not giving someone an opportunity to show why they should not comply. • Week 1 Monday

3. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Tenacity: Persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired • Week 1 Tuesday

4. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Acute: Marked intellectual perception especially of subtle distinctions. • Week 1 Wednesday

5. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Instill: To impart or teach gradually over a period of time • Week 1 Thursday

6. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Yield: (in Econ) the amount of money that can be expected to be made from an investment. • Week 1 Friday

7. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Anticipate: To give advance thought, discussion, or treatment • Week 2 Monday

8. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Approximate: Located close together; nearly correct or exact • Week 2 Tuesday

9. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Mediocre: Of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance • Week 2 Wednesday

10. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Irascible:Marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger. • Week 2 Thursday

11. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Travesty: To make a feeble or ridiculous imitation • Week 2 Friday

12. Incentives--Something that elicits a predictable behavior.Week 3 Monday

13. Consumer--One that utilizes economic goods Week 3 Tuesday

14. Factors of production--The resources people have for producing goods and services to satisfy their wants. Week 3 Wednesday PAGE 289

15. Distributor--One that markets a commodity; a wholesaler Week 3 Thursday

16. Supply--The act or process of filling a want or need. Also: the amount of a good/service available. Week 3 Friday

17. VOCAB LEGEND • X = REDO • W = Weak, wont happen again • K = not the worst I have ever seen • CHECK SYMBOL = good • PERFECT = PERFECT

18. \ Economics – Social Studies Starters • Ostracize: To exile or exclude from a group by common consent • Week 4 Monday

19. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Superfluous: Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; not needed • Week 4 Tuesday

20. Economics – Social Studies Starters • Opulent: Showing in great wealth. Amply or plentifully provided for. Having a large estate or property • Week 4 Wednesday

21. 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

22. Lucrative--Producing wealth; Profitable. Week 4 Friday

23. 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?

24. Obtuse--Lacking sharpness of sensibility or intellect; difficult to comprehend; not clear or precise in thought or expressionWeek 5 Monday

25. Subservient--Useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end, subordinate Week 5 Tuesday

26. Staunch--To check or stop the flowing of; to stop up Week 5 Wednesday

27. Conducive--Tending to promote or assist Week 5 Thursday

28. Capitalism--An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments, prices, production, and distribution of goods Week 5 Friday

29. Consumer--One that purchases and utilizes economic goods and services Week 6 Monday

30. Census--A count of the population and a property evaluation; a periodic governmental count of population Week 6 Tuesday

31. Factors of production--The resources people have for producing goods and services to satisfy their wants. Week 6 Wednesday

32. Distributor--One that markets a commodity; a wholesaler Week 6 Thursday

33. Distribution--To divide among several or many; the marketing or merchandising of commodities Week 6 Friday

34. Corporation--A body formed and authorized by law to act as a single person although constituted by one or more persons. Week 7 Monday

35. Costs--The amount or equivalent paid or charged for something; the outlay or expenditure made to achieve an object Week 7 Tuesday

36. Deflation--A contraction in the volume of available money or credit that results in a general decline in prices Week 7 Wednesday

37. Earning--To receive as return for work done or services rendered; to bring in by way of return Week 7 Thursday

38. Excise tax--A charge on certain goods, such as alcoholic beverages, gasoline, and tobacco products. Week 7 Friday

39. Incentives--Something that incites or has a tendency to incite a specific action Week 8 Monday

40. Monetary policy--Regulation of the money supply by the Federal Reserve System Week 8 Tuesday

41. Fees--A fixed charge; a sum paid or charged for a service Week 8 Wednesday

42. 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

43. Foreign policy--Plans for guiding military and economic help to other nations. Week 8 Friday

44. Supply--The act or process of filling a want or need Week 9 Monday

45. Imports--To bring from a foreign or external source; to bring merchandise into a place or country from another country. Week 9 Tuesday

46. Demand--Willingness and ability to purchase a commodity or service; the quantity wanted at a specified price and time Week 9 Wednesday

47. Investment--The outlay of money usually for income or profit; the sum invested or the property purchased Week 9 Thursday

48. 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

49. Surpluses--The amount that remains when use or need is satisfied; an excess of receipts over disbursements Week 10 Monday

50. Income tax--A tax on the net income of an individual or a business Week 10 Tuesday