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Economics Review

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Resources that come from nature: water, soil, trees, coal, etc.

a)

natural resources

b)

scarcity

c)

market

2.

The act of trading goods and services you have for goods and services you want

a)

boat

b)

trade

c)

goods

3.

A good that is used to produce many other goods and services

a)

capital resource

b)

human resource

c)

natural resource

4.

a resource from nature that can be used to produce goods and services or to meet people's needs

a)

capital resource

b)

human resource

c)

natural resource

5.

the time, talents, and skills of a person who helps produce goods and services

a)

capital resource

b)

human resource

c)

natural resource

6.

Factories and tools could be considered an example of “capital”.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is the name for the owner of the business who takes risks to hopefully earn profit.

a)

Laborer

b)

Entrepreneur

c)

Broker

8.

The term used for the combination of land, labor, and capital that is required to create something.

a)

Economy

b)

Labor

c)

Factors of Production

9.

This term is used to describe people doing work.

a)

Economy

b)

Labor

c)

Factors of Production

10.

Goods being shipped OUT of the country for manufacturing or sale.

a)

Export

b)

Import

11.
What are capital resources?
a)
People who make and sell your products.
b)
Things found in nature used to make a product.
c)
Goods made and used to produce other goods and services.
d)
The United States of America
12.

Human Development Index is...

a)

the average number of years a person is expected to live.

b)

a tool for ranking countries based on their level of economic development.

c)

how much humans develop over time.

13.

Countries with advanced economies (blue) are known as _____________, while countries with lower standards of living (red) are known as _____________.

a)

less developed nations;more developed nations

b)

more developed nations;less developed nations

c)

life expectancy rate;infant mortality rate

14.

Gross Domestic Product is...

a)

the total value of all goods and services produced by a nation in a year.

b)

the value of goods and services produced in a year in a nation by a person.

c)

a product that is domestically gross.

15.

What kind of graph is this of?

a)

Population Density

b)

Life Expectancy

c)

Infant Mortality Rate

d)

Different shades of blue and white

16.

What does a literacy rate show?

a)

a percentage of people who can drive.

b)

a percentage of people who can read and write.

c)

a percentage of people who can speak English.

17.
What is per capita income?
a)
the total amount of money a country makes in a year
b)
the average amount of money earned by each person in a country
c)
the amount of capital a person owns
d)
none of the above 
18.
What is the total value of goods and services produced by a country
a)
Gross Product Domestic
b)
Domestic Gross Product
c)
Product Gross Domestic
d)
Gross Domestic Product
19.
Which of these is not a factor of HDI?
a)
Literacy Rate
b)
Death Rate
c)
Infant Mortality Rate
d)
GDP per Capita 
20.
Identify what type of country this would be: High Literacy rate; Low Infant Mortality Rate; High Capita per GDP
a)
Least Developed
b)
Newly Developed
c)
More Developed
21.
What makes up the human development index?
a)
life expectancy
b)
per capita income
c)
education level and literacy rate
d)
all of the above
22.
What is life expectancy?
a)
the oldest a person is expected to live in a country 
b)
the average number of years a person  in a country is expected to live
23.
What is mortality rate?
a)
a measure of the number of deaths in a particular population 
b)
death
c)
life
24.
What factors affect life expectancy?
a)
level of poverty
b)
diet and nutrition
c)
number of doctors
d)
all of the above
25.
What is infant mortality rate?
a)
the number of infant born in an area 
b)
none of the above
c)
the number of infants who die for every thousand births 
26.

The process of creating an international network of trade, communication and culture.

a)

globalization

b)

recession

c)

NAFTA

d)

Multinatural cooperation

27.

The exchange of goods and services by sale or barter driven by the need for resources.

a)

Fair Trade

b)

Globalization

c)

Trade

d)

Standard of Living

28.

Sending goods to another country to sell.

a)

import

b)

export

29.

Bringing goods in from another country to sell.

a)

import

b)

export

30.

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.

a)

Globalization

b)

Economy

c)

GDP

d)

Economic Independence

31.
Globalization brings our world together?
a)
True
b)
False
32.

When the government puts a tax on goods coming into a country, it is called

a)

a tax, duh!

b)

a tarif

c)

a subsidy

d)

a remittance

33.
What can cause a country to have a low literacy rate? 
a)
Uneducated Parents 
b)
Lack of learning materials
c)
Lack of resources (poverty) 
d)
all of these
34.
What is literacy?
a)
the ability to read and write
b)
the ability to read
c)
the ability to hear
d)
the ability to write
35.
Countries with high literacy rates are generally wealthier.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
What is literacy rate?
a)
the ability to read and write.
b)
the percentage of people in a country that can read and write.
c)
It measures how well off people in a country are. 
d)
the average number of years a person in a country is expected to live. 
37.
Gross Domestic Product measures the 
a)
quantity of the goods and services produced in a given year, listed item by item, within a country.
b)
market value of the final goods and services produced in a given year within a country.
c)
measures the market value of the domestic labor in a given year within a country. 
d)
market value of the final goods and services consumed by households in a given year within a country.
38.
Output per person, calculated as real GDP divided by the total population.   
a)
GDP/Capita
b)
GDP
c)
Productivity  
d)
Investment 
39.
The total dollar value of all final goods and services produced within the country’s border in a given year.  This measure includes inflation.
a)
Gross National Product (GNP)
b)
Gross Income Measure (GIM)
c)
Nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
40.
A garbage truck driver is an example of which Factor of Production?
a)
labor
b)
land
c)
entrepreneurship
d)
capital
41.
Iron, minerals, coal and plants are examples of which productive resource?
a)
land
b)
labor
c)
entrepreneurship
d)
capital
42.
a farmer
a)
Natural
b)
Labor
c)
Capital
d)
????????
43.
Which factor of production would you consider a cow?
a)
Land
b)
Labor
c)
Capital
d)
Entrepreneur
44.
gold
a)
Natural
b)
Labor
c)
Capital
d)
????????
45.
What kind of resource is this?
a)
natural and capital resource
b)
natural resource
c)
capital resource
d)
human resource
46.
What is this resource?
a)
human resource
b)
capital resource
c)
natural resource
d)
human and capital resource
47.
What is an entrepreneur?
a)
A person who starts a new business.
b)
A leader of a country.
c)
A worker in a factory.
d)
A student in college.
48.
What is this resource?
a)
capital resource
b)
human resource
c)
natural resource
49.
What resource is this a picture of?
a)
natural resource
b)
capital resource
c)
human resource
50.

Land includes...

a)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

b)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services

c)

people with all their efforts and abilities

d)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

51.

Capital refers to...

a)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

b)

people with all their efforts and abilities

c)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services

d)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

52.

Labor refers to...

a)

people with all their efforts and abilities

b)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

c)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services.

d)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

53.

Entrepreneurs are...

a)

people with all their efforts and abilities

b)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

c)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

d)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services