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Economic growth

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Gross Domestic Product

mean?

a)

The total value of all goods and services a country imports.

b)

The total value of all goods and services a country exports.

c)

The total value of all goods and services produced within a country in one year.

d)

The net loss in profits within a country due to imports.

2.

The___________ a country’s GDP, the better the country’s standard of living.

a)

lower

b)

greater

c)

smaller

d)

answers 1 and 3 are correct

3.

What are the 4 factors that lead to a country’s economic growth?

a)

investment in human capital, investment in physical capital, land (natural resources), entrepreneurship

b)

good international relations, a democratic president, strict laws, freedom of press

c)

a powerful military, strong dictatorial leadership, communist regime, little personal freedom

d)

a monarchy, the World Bank, a parliamentary democracy, personal freedom

4.

What are natural resources?

a)

resources that are gone from nature

b)

resources that are manufactured for the environment

c)

resources that are considered worthless

d)

materials or substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

5.

What does human capital mean?

a)

the place where the most people live within a country

b)

the place where the most work is performed within a country

c)

the people who perform labor (work)

d)

the building where most people work in a country or state

6.

What are capital goods?

a)

goods that are produced in the capital

b)

the factories, machinery, and technology used to produce goods and services

c)

goods that are produced without natural resources

d)

goods that are produced by the government

7.

What do entrepreneurs do?

a)

represent business at the capital

b)

make all the laws in regards to business

c)

start their own business, invent something new, or change the way something was previously done so that it works better

d)

work in politics with regards to foreign business

8.

How does entrepreneurship influence economic growth?

a)

it creates jobs and reduces unemployment

b)

it encourages people to take risks,and in doing so, create better materials, products, and technologies

c)

the more entrepreneurs a country has, the higher the country's GDP

d)

answers 1,2,and 3 are all correct

9.

Which combination of factors is most likely to result in economic growth?

a)

an increase in management productivity together with a reduction in the hours worked per employee

b)

increased educational enrollment together with an increase in business regulation

c)

the discovery of a new raw material deposit together with significant emigration of labour

d)

the invention of a technology together with the investment to use it in the economy

10.

What do you call organizations formed to provide assistance to skilled and unskilled workers?

a)

Labor Union

b)

Suffragists

c)

Progressives

d)

Entrepreneur

11.
This type of economic system allows private ownership of businesses and property.
a)
socialism
b)
free enterprise
c)
communism
d)
republicanism
12.
Sarah would like to become a doctor when she grows up.  Unfortunately, she lives in a country where her job will be decided for her by the government.
a)
Traditional
b)
Free Market
c)
Mixed
d)
Command
13.
Who or what answers the basic economic questions in a mixed economy?
a)
Individuals and Businesses
b)
Government
c)
Custom
d)
Individuals, Businesses, and Government
14.
What type of economy do most countries in the world have?
a)
Market economy
b)
Command economy
c)
Traditional economy
d)
Mixed economy
15.

In my country my job is the same one that my family has done over the past 200 years.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

16.

In my country, the government has some involvement in the economy.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed