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Political Economy

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not a factor of production?

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Institution

2.

How can state can affect a primitive economic model?

a)

Purchases

b)

Taxes

c)

Regulates

d)

Imports

3.

How can state can affect a primitive economic model?

a)

Transfer goods or money to any actor

b)

Taxes

c)

Regulates

d)

Can replace any household or firm

4.

It is total value of all final goods produce by ALL people within state territory.

a)

GNP

b)

GDP

c)

PPP

d)

M&M

5.

It includes the production of all citizens in and out of state territory.

a)

GNP

b)

GDP

c)

PPP

d)

M&M

6.

It is correcting monetary levels to reflect the amount of local currency required to buy certain standard good in that country.

a)

GDP

b)

GNP

c)

WHO

d)

PPP

7.

In this approach to political economy, economic markets are seen as ‘not natural’ and existing within a social context largely shaped by state power. Associated with protectionist policies of the 1930s (perceived as failures).

a)

Classical/neoclassical

b)

Marxist

c)

State-centric

d)

Conservative

8.

In this approach to political economy, individuals (as rationally self-interested creatures) are key economic actors. An unregulated market economy tends towards long-run equilibrium.

a)

Classical/neoclassical

b)

Marxist

c)

State-centric

d)

Conservative

9.

In this approach to political economy, capitalism is a system of class exploitation – social classes are the key economic actors.

a)

Classical/neoclassical

b)

Marxist

c)

State-centric

d)

Conservative

10.

.... is a system of generalized commodity production in which wealth is owned privately and economic life is organized according to market principles.

a)

Marxism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Liberalism

d)

Nationalism

11.

Varieties of capitalism include:

a)

Enterprise capitalism

b)

Social capitalism

c)

State capitalism

d)

National capitalism

12.

There are no alternatives to capitalism.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

... calls for the economy to be restructured around the principles of ecological balance and sustainability.

a)

Green economics

b)

Reds

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

14.

... is a complex web of interconnectedness that means that our lives are increasingly shaped by decisions and actions taken at a distance from ourselves.

a)

Social networks

b)

Globalization

c)

Transnationalism

d)

Industrialization

15.

Washington consensus ...

a)

can be summed up as ‘stabilize, privatize and liberalize’.

b)

describes the policies that the international institutions based in Washington, the IMF, the World Bank and US Treasury Department

had come to favor for the reconstruction of economies in the developing world.

c)

is based on ideas of humanism.

d)

is socialist.

16.

Which famous book did Adam Smith write?

a)

Wealth of Nations

b)

Communist Manifesto

c)

Green Eggs and Ham

d)

The Bible

17.

What did Adam Smith say was a force that guided the economy?

a)

The Invisible Man

b)

The Invisible Ham

c)

The Invisible Hand

d)

The invisible Force

18.

When supply is high, demand is usually....

a)

High

b)

Low

19.

When supply is low, price is usually....

a)

High

b)

Low

20.

When demand is high, price is usually....

a)

High

b)

Low

21.

When Demand is low, price is usually....

a)

High

b)

Low

22.

What does Laissez-Faire mean?

a)

Government must do what it can to keep the economy healthy.

b)

Leave people alone to do what they want.

23.

What is the role of government according to Adam Smith?

a)

To protect citizens life and liberty.

b)

To do whatever it can to help the economy.

24.

Which is the opposite of a free market economy?

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Dictatorship

d)

All of the above

25.

What is it called when government or "the people" control the means of production?

a)

Communism

b)

Democracy

c)

Free Market Capitalism

d)

laissez faire

26.

Who wrote the "Communist Manifesto?"

a)

Thomas Paine

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Adam Smith

27.

Which is almost the same thing as Free Market or Lais·sez-Faire?

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Democracy

28.

What did Karl Marx call the poor?

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

Proletariat

c)

Nationalizaton

d)

Capitalists

29.

What did Karl Marx call the middle or upper class?

a)

Bourgeoisie

b)

Proletariat

c)

Workers

d)

Communists

30.

Keynes was known as the Father of

a)

Microeconomics

b)

Macroeconomics

c)

supply and demand

d)

interest rates

31.

Keynes's plan reaction to the Great Depression was to

a)

Government needs to spend money

b)

Let the market dictate the economy

c)

raise interest rates

d)

let charitable organizations help poor people

32.
If my government is selling me bread for $5 a loaf, and I have no choice but to buy that type of bread, I live in a _____ economy. 
a)
Traditional 
b)
Market 
c)
Command 
d)
Mixed
33.

There are four types of economic systems. Most economies are _____.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

34.
In this type of economy, the government places control on businesses, but the individual decides what to make. 
a)
Mixed
b)
Market
c)
Command 
d)
Traditional
35.

A leading exponent of monetarism and free-market economics, he was a powerful critic of Keynesian theory and ‘tax and spend’ government policies. Who is he?

a)

Milton Friedman

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Max Weber