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Economics Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

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Class
Date
1.

Each economic system should answer three basic questions, which of the following is not one of those questions?

a)

What should be produced?

b)

How should it be produced?

c)

For whom should it be produced?

d)

Where should it be produced?

2.

The economic system where customs and habits of the past are used to decide what and how goods will be produced, distributed, and consumed is known as...

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

3.

In what economic system are jobs passed down from generation to generation?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

4.

In traditional economies, bartering is used for trade. What is bartering?

a)

Trading without money

b)

Paying for goods and services

c)

Creating goods to sell for money

d)

Farming

5.

Government planning groups make the basic economic decisions in this type of economy

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

Traditional

d)

Mixed

6.

In this economic system, the government determines which goods and services are to be produced, the prices, and the wage rate

a)

Command

b)

Traditional

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

7.

The government, not the people, own all the farms and businesses in this type of economy

a)

Command

b)

Traditional

c)

Mixed

d)

Market

8.

Workers are told what to produce and how much to produce and given a quota to fulfill in this type of economy

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

Traditional

d)

Mixed

9.

A benefit of a command economy is that prices are controlled and people know what something will cost

a)

True

b)

False

10.

In this type of economy, decisions are driven by changes in prices that occur between buyers and sellers

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Traditional

d)

Mixed

11.

Capitalism is another word for a market economy

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Who owns businesses and farms in a market economy?

a)

The government

b)

Individuals and corporations

c)

Collective ownership among all people

d)

There is no ownership

13.

In this economic system, each business or farm can decide what it wants to produce

a)

Command

b)

Market

c)

Traditional

d)

Socialist

14.

The amount of goods available is known as...

a)

Supply

b)

Demand

c)

Command

d)

Change

15.

How many consumers want the goods is known as...

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

c)

Command

d)

Population

16.

Supply and demand determines the price people pay for things in a market economy

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A benefit of this type of economy is that consumers can find the goods they want and can buy as much as they can afford

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

18.

A problem with this type of economy is that there is no stability in prices, so businesses can go out of business with no help from the government

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Traditional

d)

Mixed

19.

This type of economy has characteristics of both command and market

a)

Mixed

b)

Traditional

c)

Blended

d)

Commarket

20.

All modern economies have characteristics of both command and market economies, so they are often referred to as traditional

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What is an entrepreneur?

a)

An individual who takes the risk of producing a product or starting a new business

b)

A person who is in the entertainment business

c)

Another name for a market economy

d)

An amount of money owed to a bank

22.

Why are entrepreneurs taking a risk by producing a new product or starting a new business?

a)

Their product or business may or may not be successful, nothing is guaranteed

b)

The government will not bail them out if they fail

c)

There may not be a demand for their product or service

d)

All of these

23.

What did the young entrepreneur Maurice Scales invent?

a)

Stub-No-More, socks designed to keep people from stubbing their toes

b)

Baby No Mash, a device designed to keep his sister's fingers from being squeezed in the door

c)

Protogloves, special gloves to protect his sister's hands

d)

Baby Hulk Smash, a device designed to stop babies from crying with a giant green hand

24.

What is usually the purpose of a new invention or innovation?

a)

To solve an existing problem

b)

To improve on an existing product

c)

To create something new that will solve future problems

d)

All of these

25.

Farming, hunting, and herding are part of this type of economy

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Market