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Economics Vocab.

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define Market Economy (capitalism)

a)

An economic model which the laws of supply and demand (not government oversight) determine what is produced/consumed and at what cost.

b)

An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisions

c)

An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies

d)

Based on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies.

2.

Define Economy

a)

An economic model which the laws of supply and demand (not government oversight) determine what is produced/consumed and at w

b)

An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies

c)

An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisionsAn economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies

d)

An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economiesBased on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies.

3.

Define Mixed Economy

a)

An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisions

b)

An economic model which the laws of supply and demand (not government oversight) determine what is produced/consumed and at what cost.

c)

An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies

d)

An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisions

4.

Define

Traditional Economy

a)

An economic system where the government is controlling what goods and services are being produced and distributed. Government makes all business decisions

b)

To trade without the exchange of currency

c)

An economic system where the businesses make economic decisions, but the government regulates them to make sure they’re safe/fair. Blending of all modern world economies

d)

Based on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies.

5.

Define

subsistence

a)

Producing only what is necessary for personal use/survival

b)

Driving force of a Market Economy

6.

Define Bartering

a)

Driving force of a Market Economy

b)

To trade without the exchange of currency

c)

A limit on goods or services entering a country

7.

Define Supply and Demand

a)

a system of money in general use in a particular country

b)

Producing only what is necessary for personal use/survival

c)

Driving force of a Market Economy

8.

Define Quota

a)

Based on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies. Producing only what is necessary for personal use/survival

b)

Producing only what is necessary for personal use/survival

c)

An extra tax placed on an imported good

d)

A limit on goods or services entering a country

9.

Define Embargo

a)

Forbidding trade with another country due to political differences

b)

An extra tax placed on an imported goodRefusal to purchase a good/service from a specific company or country

c)

Based on customs and traditions of ancestors. Is historically Based on small scale economies.

d)

a system of money in general use in a particular country

10.

Define An extra tax placed on an imported good

a)

Quota

b)

Tariff

c)

Tariff

d)

Refusal to purchase a good/service from a specific company or countrya system of money in general use in a particular country

11.

boycott

a)

Refusal to purchase a good/service from a specific company or country

b)

a system of money in general use in a particular country

12.

Currency

a)

a system of money in general use in a particular country

b)

Forbidding trade with another country due to political differences

13.

Currency exchange

a)

The converting of one nation's money into an equivalent value/quantity of another nation’s money

b)

The approximate value of one nation’s currency in terms of another country’s currencyAs a verb, to gain financially

14.

Profit

a)

As a verb, to gain financially

b)

Gross Domestic Product- total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given yearThe total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year, divided by the population of that country.

15.

GDP

a)

Gross Domestic Product- total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year

b)

Gross Domestic Product- total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given yearThe total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year, divided by the population of that country.

16.

GDP per Capita

a)

The total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year, divided by the population of that country.

b)

GDP

17.

Capital Resource

a)

Man-made item that helps make another product or perform a service

b)

The total amount of goods and services produced in a country in a given year, divided by the population of that country.

18.

Human Resource

a)

A job that provides a service or makes a good.

b)

Capital Resource

19.

Literacy Rate

a)

Human Resource

b)

The number of people over the age of 15 who can read & write

20.

Literacy Rate

a)

The number of people over the age of 15 who can read & write

b)

the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community

21.

Standard of Living

a)

the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community

b)

The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or interventionGifts of nature (naturally occurring)

22.

Entrepreneurship

a)

The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or intervention

b)

The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or interventionGifts of nature (naturally occurring)

23.

Natural Resource

a)

The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or intervention

b)

Gifts of nature (naturally occurring)

24.

Specialization

a)

The capacity of private citizens to create new business independent of government direction or intervention

b)

the process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject or skill