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Chapter 17: Basics of our Economy

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To refuse to buy a certain company's or country's products.

a)

strike

b)

boycott

c)

demand

d)

labor unions

2.

A type of business in which two or more people share ownership

a)

partnership

b)

sole proprietor

c)

corporation

d)

entrepreneur

3.

The amount of a product that producers are willing and able to offer at different prices

a)

boycott

b)

demand

c)

market price

d)

supply

4.

A business that is separate from the people who own it and legally acts as a single person

a)

sole proprietor

b)

partnership

c)

entrepeneur

d)

corporation

5.

Payment for the use of capital

a)

Labor unions

b)

demand

c)

interest

d)

sole proprietorship

6.

The process by which representatives of the unions and business try to reach agreement about wages and working conditions.

a)

collective barganing

b)

corperation

c)

strike

d)

labor unions

7.

The amount of a product or service buyers are willing and able to buy at different prices.

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

interest

d)

market price

8.

When workers refuse to work unless employers meet certain demands.

a)

demand

b)

collective bargaining

c)

boycott

d)

strike

9.

Organizations of workers that seek to improve wages and working working conditions and and to protect members' rights

a)

corpotations

b)

collectoive barganing

c)

partnership

d)

labor unions

10.

A person who starts a buisness

a)

partnership

b)

entrepeneur

c)

sole proprietor

d)

boycott

11.

The price at which buyers and sellers agree to trade

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

interest

d)

market price

12.

A business owned by an individual

a)

entrepeneur

b)

sole proprietorship

c)

corporation

d)

partnership

13.

Which of the following, along with price, affects the demand for products

a)

popularity of brands

b)

advertising

c)

styles of fashion

d)

all of the above

14.

An advantage of a sole proprietorship is that the owner

a)

raises all money to expand

b)

keeps all profits

c)

is responsible for all debts

d)

all of the above

15.

Wage laborers in the 1800's suffred becasue of

a)

boring, dangerous jobs

b)

low wages

c)

long workdays

d)

all of the above

16.

What set the stage for the modern labor movement?

a)

making labor day a holiday

b)

Taft-Hartley Act

c)

Wagner Act and start of the CIO

d)

Start of the Department of Labor

17.

Which is not an example of how businesses are owned in our economy?

a)

Stock Market

b)

Corporations

c)

Partnerships

d)

Sole Proprietorship

18.

Producers made more shirts to sell at $60 than they did at $40. This shows

a)

The market price

b)

the law of supply

c)

monetary flow

d)

the law of demend

19.

In a circular flow of economic activity, producers need the following three resources to create goods.

a)

tools, interest, wants

b)

labor, land, capital

c)

rent, buildings, money

d)

technology, workers, money

20.

Which payment do businesses exchange for factors of production?

a)

interest

b)

rent

c)

wages and salaries

d)

all of the above

21.

What was the primary cause of the rise of labor unions?

a)

more people turned to wage labor to make a living

b)

new farm machienary meant farms needed fewer workers

c)

workers had little power over wages and working conditions

d)

many workers had to take any work, at any wage.

22.

Which was not a weapon used by unions and employers in the early days?

a)

yellow dog contracts

b)

slowdowns

c)

collective barganing

d)

strikebreakers

23.

Entrepreneurs are motivated to start businesses in order to

a)

earn a profit

b)

raise capital

c)

compete with large corporations

d)

provide labor themselves

24.

Our free market economy depends on a circular flow of

a)

goods and services

b)

labor

c)

money

d)

all of the above

25.

the law of demand says that when product prices are

a)

high, more people will buy

b)

high, producers make more money

c)

low, more people will buy

d)

low, more products are made

26.

What payments do producers pay for use of capital?

a)

market price

b)

interest

c)

rent

d)

wages

27.

Corporations sell stock in order to

a)

share responsibility for deby

b)

invest in the economy

c)

raise large amounts of money

d)

avoid government regulations

28.

Larger corporations have grown in importance because they

a)

produce goods and services more efficiently

b)

can employ more people than other businesses

c)

are nearly self-sufficient

d)

have better manufacturing methods

29.

Which is NOT an example of a service-oriented buisiness?

a)

bank

b)

automobile manufacturer

c)

insurance company

d)

movie theater

30.

Why is labor different from other factors of production?

a)

workers care about wages and working conditions

b)

people rarely meet all their economic needs

c)

production decisions are based on what people may want

d)

people with resources make the first economic decisions