Government & Economics

A _____ type of economy allows the people and government to answer the three basic economic questions.

• market

• mixed

• traditional

• command

Who is responsible for eleceting the president in South Africa?

• Parliament

• Knesset

• Citizens

• Council of Elders

What definition best defines consumption?

• Factors of production of goods and services

• Using of goods and services

• Selection of best alternatives

• Combine human, natural, and capital resources with entrepreneuership

Which economic concept best fits with the pictures?

• opportunity cost

• production

• scarcity

• consumption

Jodi loves to exercise and wants to open her own gym as a business. The government makes Jodi have a few regulations in order to protect her clients. Jodi lives in which type of economic system?

• Market/ Free Enterprise system

• Traditional System

• Command System

• Mixed

The United States is what type of economy?

• market

• command

• mixed

• traditional

A system of government in which the leader is elected by the citizens and is constitutionally independent of the legislature. 

• Autocracy
• Oligarchy
• Parliamentary democracy
• Presidential democracy

What is the main DIFFERENCE between a presidential democracy and a parliamentary democracy?

• A President controls a country and a Prime Minister controls a state.

• A Prime Minister does not belong to a political party while a President always does.

• A Prime Minister has more power than a President.

• A President is elected directly by the citizens, while a Prime Minister is elected by the Legislature.

What kind of government has the MOST citizen participation? 

• Democratic
• Autocratic
• Oligarchic
• Dictatorship

In a parliamentary system, who is the head of government?

• Prime Minister

• President

• Monarch

• Dictator