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Economic Systems

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A type of economy where products, prices, and services are determined by the people, not the government is called the ________ system.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

2.

Things you would like to have, but are not required to survive are called ____.

a)

Services

b)

Wants

c)

Needs

d)

Goods

3.

What is the study of the way we use goods and money?

a)

Geography

b)

History

c)

Economics

d)

Culture

4.

Someone who buys or pays for a good or service

a)

Producer

b)

User

c)

Consumer

d)

Marker

5.

What type of economy does the United States have?

a)

Deomocratic

b)

Traditional

c)

True Capitalist

d)

Mixed

6.

In what type of economic system does the government make ALL decisions regarding the production of goods, who produces them, and who will consume them?

a)

Command Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Capitalist Economy

7.

North Korea's 4 wireless companies are owned by the North Koran government. This is an example of the _____ economic system.

a)

Mixed

b)

Command

c)

Traditional

d)

Market

8.

Which of the following correctly describes a traditional economy?

a)

Buyers and sellers decide what to produce.

b)

The U.S. is an example of a traditional economic System.

c)

Basic economic questions are answered based on ritual, habit, or custom.

d)

The government decides what good and services are produced and how to produce them.

9.

A combination of market and command economy is called a ________.

a)

Mixed Economy

b)

Traditional Economy

c)

Market Economy

d)

Command Economy

10.

Which term means the limited supply of something?

a)

Barter

b)

Trade

c)

Scarcity

d)

Free Enterprise

11.

What is a country's plan of how to use its limited resources?

a)

Free Enterprise

b)

Economic Systems

c)

Scarcity

d)

None of the Above

12.

Which of the following is true of a traditional economy?

a)

They barter, or trade (without using money).

b)

Economic systems are based on customs, traditions, and beliefs of the past.

c)

They barter, or trade (with money).

d)

Two answers are true: they barter/trade without money AND the system is based on customs, traditions, and beliefs of the past.

13.

Which of the following is NOT true about free enterprise?

a)

It can be found in a Command economy.

b)

It is the competition between companies.

c)

It can be found in Market and Mixed economies.

d)

It shifts the prices of goods and services.

14.

Which type of economic system has no rules or laws created by government to make sure goods and services are safe? (In its truest form.)

a)

A Mixed Economy

b)

A Traditional Economy

c)

A Market Economy

d)

A Command Economy

15.

Which of the following statements is false?

a)

Communist countries have command economies.

b)

Most democratic countries have mixed economies.

c)

Democratic countries have command economies.

d)

Villages in South America and Africa have traditional economies