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ECONOMICS REVIEW

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is a basic need?

a)

video game

b)

food

c)

BMW 3 series car

d)

TV

2.

Which of these is a want (not a need)?

a)

i-pod

b)

shelter

c)

water

d)

clothing

3.

What are the Factors of Production?

a)

traditional, market, communist

b)

money, money, money

c)

hard-working, risk-taking, bank account

d)

land, labor, capital

4.

Which factor of production is shown here?

a)

land

b)

labor

c)

capital

5.

What are the resources needed to produce all goods and services?

a)

stocks

b)

factors of production

c)

needs and wants

d)

winning lotto tickets

6.

Which economic system is based on habits, customs, and mostly trading?

a)

Market Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Command Economy

d)

Traditional Economy

7.

Which economic system is based on the government making all of the economic decisions?

a)

Mean Guy Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Command Economy

d)

Traditional Economy

8.

What is an economic system in which the people make economic decisions but the government does play a role in making laws they have to follow?

a)

Mixed Economy

b)

Market Economy

c)

Command Economy

d)

Traditional Economy

9.

When people get to decide what they want to buy or sell and for how much, it is called a...

a)

forced exchange

b)

ebay exchange

c)

command economy

d)

voluntary exchange

10.

When there is not enough supply of a product for a temporary amount of time, it is called a....

a)

scarcity

b)

shortage

11.

Having a limited number of resources to produce the things that people need and want is called...

a)

shortage

b)

scarcity

c)

monopoly

d)

drippy faucet

12.

The desire to buy something and the ability to pay for it is known as...

a)

supply

b)

demand

13.

The amount of goods available to buy is....

a)

supply

b)

demand

14.

Which of these is the Law of Demand?

a)

The higher the price, the higher the demand.

b)

The lower the price, the lower the demand.

c)

The higher the price, the more people will buy.

d)

The lower the price, the more people will buy.

15.

Which of these is the Law of Supply?

a)

As the price goes up, the supply will decrease.

b)

As the price goes up, the supply will increase as well.

c)

As the price goes up, the advertisement costs will go up.

d)

As the price goes down, the price goes up.

16.

Someone who combines the factors of production to create new goods and services is called ...

a)

a stockbroker

b)

a loan officer

c)

an assembly line worker

d)

an entrepreneur

17.

If you own your own business, the amount of money you are left with after producing your items is called the

a)

employee party money

b)

winnings

c)

profit

d)

savings

18.

When you borrow money from a bank, it is called a...

a)

mistake

b)

loan

c)

safe bet

d)

good guess

19.

Debt is...

a)

any money owed

b)

your cost of living

c)

the money you save

d)

only from credit cards

20.

You can use a ___________ to borrow money, but if you don't pay in back in full you will have high interest fees.

a)

gift card

b)

social security card

c)

bank identification card

d)

credit card

21.

This type of market structure has only one supplier who controls the market in their industry (such as Mid-Hudson Cable).

a)

Monopoly

b)

Oligopoly

c)

Monopolistic Competition

d)

Perfect Competition

22.

This type of market structure has a few large suppliers who control the market in their industry (such as a group of different Railroad companies).

a)

Monopoly

b)

Oligopoly

c)

Monopolistic Competition

d)

Perfect Competition

23.

Perfect Competition is when...

a)

one company produces the product

b)

a small number of companies sell a product at different prices

c)

a large number of companies sell the exact same product for the exact same price

d)

a large number of companies sell different products at different prices

24.

When the products made are similar, and a lot of companies make them (jeans, sneakers), it is called...

a)

Monopolistic Competition

b)

Perfect Competition

25.

The struggle among sellers to get more customers is known as

a)

invisible hand

b)

exporting

c)

competition

d)

oligopoly

26.

All of the people who work for money, even part time, are part of the _____________.

a)

labor force

b)

unemployed

c)

stock exchange

d)

peanut butter

27.

Something that motivates someone to do a good job is

a)

getting the same pay as everyone else

b)

a birthday cake

c)

an incentive

d)

a gift you didn't want anyway

28.

What does an effective incentive do?

a)

makes you want to do a poor job

b)

motivates you to do something well or better

29.

What is an ineffective incentive?

a)

gum drops

b)

video games

c)

money rewards

d)

when a reward is not interesting to the workers so they ignore it

30.

When a country sells its goods to another country, those goods are called...

a)

imports

b)

exports

31.

When a country buys goods from another country, those goods are called...

a)

imports

b)

exports

32.

When the GDP (gross domestic product) of a country goes down, that country could be in...

a)

a recession

b)

a revolution

c)

a movie

d)

an economic rise

33.

In order to invest in a stock, you have to know the

a)

logo image

b)

chance of getting rich

c)

ticker symbol

34.

A portion of a stock is called a

a)

share

b)

piece

c)

jelly bean

d)

good grade

35.

If you are lucky enough, your investments in the stock market will be paid to you in the form of...

a)

ice cream cones

b)

dividends

c)

job opportunities

d)

savings

36.

What is a stock?

a)

a paper that says you own a company

b)

an i.o.u.

c)

a non-risky investment

d)

a certificate of ownership in a corporation

37.

A basic plan for saving and spending is called a

a)

budget

b)

computer

c)

credit card

d)

paycheck

38.

The amount of money a person actually takes home after taxes is called

a)

gross income

b)

party money

c)

net income

d)

video game money

39.

Every year you must report to the IRS your income and taxes paid. If there is money left over, it is called a

a)

tax incentive

b)

bonus pay

c)

mistake

d)

tax return

40.

A bank account in which money is stored over a period of time is called a

a)

checking account

b)

can buried in the backyard

c)

savings account

d)

debit card

41.

A bank account that is used to pay day-to-day expenses is called a

a)

checking account

b)

can buried in the backyard

c)

savings account

d)

debit card

42.

In your personal budget, you have expenses that do not change from month to month. These are called...

a)

fixed

b)

discretionary

c)

variable

d)

emergency

43.

A discretionary expense is something you

a)

need to survive

b)

can choose to have

c)

must pay each month

d)

have no idea about

44.

An example of a fixed expense is

a)

going to see a movie

b)

rent

c)

electric bill

45.

An example of a variable expense is

a)

food

b)

a new video game

c)

the newest cell phone

d)

car payment

46.

If you have a balanced budget...

a)

you will be rich.

b)

your expenses cost too much money.

c)

your income is equal to or more than your expenses.

d)

your income is not enough to cover your expenses.

47.

Living on minimum wage can be challenging because

a)

you will have more money than you know what to do with

b)

you will have many bank accounts

c)

you will always know what your expenses are

d)

you might have not have extra money for doing fun things

48.

The study of economics is all about making

a)

choices

b)

money

c)

breakfast

d)

car payments

49.

BONUS: Which is better, coffee or tea

a)

coffee

b)

tea

c)

whichever one Mrs. Kubicek thinks is better

50.

BONUS: which is better, Spiderman or Pacman?

a)

Spiderman

b)

Pacman

c)

I just want a good grade in this class leave me alone.