Stock Market Quiz

What is a stock?

• A type of currency

• A share of ownership in a company

• A type of bank account

• A government bond

People who purchase stocks are called:

• Stockholders

• Stock traders

• Stock brokers

• Stock managers

Which is one way stockholders can make money from their stocks?

• By working for the company

• Through monthly salary payments

• By receiving dividends

• By lending money to other investors

Companies sell stocks primarily to:

• Pay their employees

• Buy other companies' stocks

• Reduce their taxes

• Raise money for expansion

The world's first stock exchange was established in:

• London

• New York

• Amsterdam

• Philadelphia

In what year was the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) founded?

• 1602

• 1790

• 1792

• 1865

What was used to transmit stock price information in the early days?

• Telephone

• Radio

• Tickertape

• Telegraph

What term describes a market where stock prices continue to rise over an extended period?

• Bear market

• Wolf market

• Tiger market

• Bull market

Which stock exchange is the largest in the world?

• London Stock Exchange

• New York Stock Exchange

• Shanghai Stock Exchange

• Japan Exchange Group

What caused the stock market crash in the late 1920s?

• Natural disaster

• Foreign invasion

• Government regulation

• People borrowing money to buy stocks