SOL Quiz #2

Which title should be the main idea of the web?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

The new Science vs. Nature CD sold out on the CD Baby website. When they received a new shipment, the price had risen from $11.99 to $15.99. The price increase is an example of the interaction between -

• opportunity cost and price.

• supply and demand.

• resources and incentives.

• producers and scarcity.

Which purpose of the U.S. government does the above event describe?

• to form a union

• to establish justice

• to enforce tax laws

• to provide for the common defense

This citizen is failing to fulfill one of his civic _______.

• duties

• chores

• responsibilities

• rights

What should be written in Uncle Sam's speech bubble to BEST show what will happen to this person?

• That's okay. Just pay your taxes next year.

• You're fired!

• You better get a good tax lawyer.

• Okay, but can you give me a loan?

The town's newspaper always prints stories about Senator Smith on its front page. Stories about the other candidates are left out or placed elsewhere in the paper. The town's newspaper is a good example of -

• political cartoons.

• editorials.

• propaganda.

• bias.

Founding Fathers included the amendment process in the Constitution in order to -

• establish a system of checks and balances.

• allow the government to change to meet the needs of the citizens.

• establish three branches of government.

• set up a bicameral legislature.

Which of the following are the major economic systems in the world today?

• Production

  Consumption

  Resources

  Scarcity

• Supply and Demand

  Manufacturing

  Consumerism

  Technology

• Traditional

  Command

  Free Market

  Mixed

• Government control

  Citizen control

  No Government control

  No Citizen control

Which numbers should go in the B section of the Venn Diagram?

• 1,2,3,4

• 3,4,5,6,

• 2,3,4,6

• 1,2,3,5

There are two companies. One makes Zingers, and the other makes Zappers. Consumers are free to choose between the two products. If they spend their money on Zappers, the company making Zingers may go out of business or begin making a new model called Zesties, which consumers might buy instead. This is how consumer sovereignty determines -

• the prices of goods and services.

• what goods and services are to be produced.

• how much the government will control the economy.

• how much money workers will be paid for producing goods and services.