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6-Week Econ Assessment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Which of these is an example of a scarce resource?

a)

Time

b)

Money

c)

Water

d)

Paper

2.

Moana's village would be an example of a ___________ economy.

a)

Traditional

b)

Planned/command

c)

Mixed

d)

Free-market

3.

A ______________ economy is guided primarily by custom, habit, and ritual.

a)

Traditional

b)

Planned/command

c)

Mixed

d)

Free Market

4.

A _____________ economy is completely determined and controlled by a central planning authority or the government

a)

Traditional

b)

Planned/Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Free Market

5.

A _____________ economy is driven entirely by voluntary exchange in markets

a)

Traditional

b)

Planned/Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Free Market

6.

A _________ economy is a market-based system in which the government is involved to some extent.

a)

Traditional

b)

Planned/command

c)

Mixed

d)

Free Market

7.

An example of a public good provided by the government would be:

a)

Cars

b)

Interstate highway

c)

Phones

d)

Internet

8.

Cars, phones, and the internet would be examples of _______ goods.

a)

Private

b)

Public

9.

The vast majority of the world's economies are mixed - they are market based economies with some extent of government involvement.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The old Soviet-style planned/command economy doesn't really exist in its pure form anywhere in the modern world.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

This circular flow model would be for a __________ economy

a)

Traditional

b)

Planned/Command

c)

Free Market

d)

Mixed Economy

12.

This circular flow model would be for a __________ economy

a)

Traditional

b)

Planned/Command

c)

Free Market

d)

Mixed Economy

13.

Which is the best example of an entrepreneur?

a)

Samanatha, who is a novelist

b)

Stephen, who works as a welder at John Deere

c)

Nick, who works at Ankeny High School as a teacher

d)

Clarissa, who is a university psychologist

14.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: The factors of production are:

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Mobile games

15.

The money you spend on retirement instead of on weekend entertainment is an example of a________.

a)

Trade-off

b)

Thinking at the margin

c)

Entrepreneurship

d)

Macroeconomics

16.

Weekend entertainment is the ________________ of putting money into retirement.

a)

Thinking at the margin

b)

Opportunity cost

c)

Entrepreneurship

d)

Macroeconomics

17.

Economists use models to simplify complicated real-world situations and demonstrate relationships between between values

a)

True

b)

False

18.

This is an example of an economic model called a______________

a)

Production Possibilities Curve

b)

Supply & Demand

c)

Laffer Curve

d)

Circular Flow Model

19.

Points B, D, and C represent __________ use of resources

a)

Efficient

b)

Inefficient

c)

Unfeasible

d)

Impossible

20.

Which factors could cause an increase the productive capacity of the PPC?

a)

Adding land, labor, and capital

b)

Losing land, labor, and capital

c)

Shifting supply & demand curve

d)

Decreasing GDP during a recession