| A | B |
|---|
| economy | system of producing, distributing, and consuming goods |
| goods | physical items such as food, clothing, cars, and houses |
| services | activities people do for a fee and include such things as medical treatment, education, equipment and car repairs, haircuts, and concerts |
| natural resources | gifts of nature - water, air, soil |
| human resources | people who supply labor to produce goods and services |
| scarcity | people needing and wanting more than the available resources |
| interdependent | the reliance of business and industries on each other in an economy |
| mercantilism | a country's success is based upon its economic wealth and prosperity. |
| mineral resources | nonrenewable resources such as gold and silver |
| biological resources | renewable resources such as water, grass, air |
| DDT | pesticide that is harmful to the Louisiana Brown Pelican |
| erosion | the gradual wearing away of the land by wind and water, |
| mercantilism | system that colonial Louisiana used in the 1700s |
| Man and nature | Louisiana's erosion is caused by man and nature |
