WorksheetsEconomic Geography
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 32mins
Coal, oil, and natural gas are all examples of
A. alternative energy sources.
B. capital resources.
C. fossil fuels or nonrenewable resources .
D. renewable resources.
Salley worked in a hair salon for years. She saved her all her money to make her dream of owning her own place come true. Today it happened. Pello Princesa Salon or Princess Hair Salon is having their Grand Opening!
Sally’s ability to operate a beauty salon is an example of a ___ economic system .
capitalism
traditional
command or communist
renewable
A ___ engages in tertiary economic activity.
carpenter or roofer
lumberjack or forestry
orange grower subsitence or commercial
police officer or teacher
A country with a mostly rural population engaged in mainly primary economic activities is probably a
Developing nation.
Developed or Industrialized nation.
Newly Industrialized or Newly Developed nation.
Primary nation.
Jaylynn has opened a dance club. Tien and Marcela are security guards at the restaurant. Which economic activity level is their work?
Tertiary
Primary
Quartinary
Secondary
Blake and Herman have opened a very successful furniture making factory. This is an example of which economic activity?
Secondary
Tertiary
Primary
Quaternary
Improving educational opportunity in a specific society will likely have which of the following impacts?
increasing future manufacturing and agricultural economic activity
increasing future tertiary and quaternary economic activity
increasing future secondary and tertiary economic activity
increasing future primary and secondary economic activity
What are the characteristics of a traditional economic system?
Relies on government
Driven by consumers
built upon traditions, customs, and beliefs
Which type of economy has central ownership and complete total government control of all means or factors of production?
Market Economy
Mixed Economy
Command Communist Economy
Traditional Economy
Which type of economy is controlled by the government?
Command
Market
Mixed
Democratic
Which type of economy is based on traditions and beliefs?
Command
Market
Traditional
Mixed
This economy would most likely have a Totalitarian dictator.
Mixed
Capitalism
Socialism
Communism
Which type of economy involves trading, and doesn't usually use money?
Command
Traditional
Market
Mixed
In my country my village does the same work that my family has done for generations.
Traditional
Command
Market
Mixed
In my country, the government controls the economy. It assigns jobs, sets production goals, and decides wages.
Traditional
Command
Market
Mixed
In my country, the government tells me where to work.
Traditional
Command
Market
Mixed
What is a “surplus” of goods in agriculture mean?
The producer has extra food to sell or trade.
The prices of their agricultural goods are too low.
There is too much food.
Demand for food goods is high.
What are the advantages of a Free Market Economy?
total government control
Frank has complete control over the U.S. economy
entrepreneurship or freedom of production results in more choice of goods for consumers
the economy is free to regulate itself and monopolies control businesses
Which would be a problem for a country with a traditional economy?
The goods costs more money than the people can pay.
People trade services more easily than goods.
A farmer have a good crop with a lot to trade.
People need goods but either goods are just not available or they cannot barter or trade for to obtain the good.
Which country has a Communist Command economy?
Europe
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Custom and___________ form a ___________ economy.
tradition, Traditional
tradition, Free Market
farms, Mixed
work , Free Markets
People in a traditional economy will use _________ to obtain goods.
government
entrepreneurs
capital
barter or trade
In a market economy, how are economic decisions made?
Government planners
Custom and habit.
Luck
Producers and consumers
Japan is known for making high quality technology. Their human resources have high level of education and pride in producing a superior product. This is known as _________.
human capital
capital goods
natural resource
specialization
Moana's village would be an example of a ___________ economy.
Traditional
Planned/command
Mixed
Free-market
A ______________ economy is guided primarily by custom, habit, and ritual.
Traditional
Planned/command
Mixed
Free Market
A _____________ economy is completely determined and controlled by a central planning authority or the government
Traditional
Planned/Command
Mixed
Free Market
consumer, producer, profit motivation for entrepreneurs
Free Market
Mixed
Command
Traditional
Ways to meet basic needs passed down by ancestors generation after generation
Free Market
Mixed
Command
Traditional
centrally planned economy
Free Market
Mixed
Communist or Command
Traditional
central ownership of all property, resources, and factors of production
Free Market
Mixed
Communist or Command
Traditional
lack of, very limited, or no consumer choice
Free Market
Mixed
Command
Traditional
some government interference
Free Market
Traditional
Command
Traditional
Identify the characteristics of a free market economy
supply, demand, profit, and some government interference
government ownership of property and total government interference or control of all factors of production
some government interference, government owns some industries but private property allowed
consumer confidence, classless society, and some government interference
the consumer is MOST important in what economic system?
Mixed
Traditional
Free Market
Command
Socialism characteristics: government owns many large industries but there are also privately owned businesses. The government provides free health care, retirement benefits, and a university education. Which countries have a socialist economic system?
Sweden and Denmark
Germany and Poland
America and Mexico
Mexico and Honduras
The economy of Atlantia is defined by the private ownership of the means of production by Atlantia’s citizens. While owners are usually free to utilize their property as they see fit, the government does intervene to ban certain harmful products (i.e. addictive drugs, lead paint, etc) from entering the market. Atlantia’s parliament has recently passed a minimum wage law setting minimum hourly compensation at $5.00 per hour. Atlantia is an example of a ________ economy
Command or Communism
Traditional
Capitalism or Free Market
Command or Socialism
You are the leader of a revolutionary movement which has recently overthrown the government of the tiny country of Tropico. During the Tiger Party Congress, held shortly after your glorious victory, the party committee decreed that “to free Tropico’s struggling masses from the bootheels of capitalist, it is necessary to immediately enforce a command economy for our final victory.” Which of the following actions would create a command economy in Tropico?
No more private property allowed creating a classless, equal society. All property and means of production are now controlled by the Central Government Economic Committee that will meet every five years,
All workers get a raise and paid two week vacation. The Celebration Committee will plan a national party to celebrate the military victory.
People will have to pay more taxes now. A six day work week will begin immediately. Workers will take a pay cut and wealthy will get a tex cut.
Education will improve and all children will be educated. All citizens will now have access to a free university education and medical care.
Societies engaged in subsistence agriculture will also be engaged in ____________________ industry.
Commercial
Command
Cottage
Climate
This farm produces a surplus of wheat which it sells on the open market. This is an example of ___________ agriculture.
Capital
Commercial
Command
Circumference
Which type of agriculture does the drawing represent?
Commercial
Subsistence
Which type of agriculture does the drawing represent?
Commercial
Subsistence
