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Economics

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an Export?

a)

A product

b)

Something being shipped into the country

c)

A service

d)

Something being shipped out of the country

2.

What is a Command Economy?

a)

No one is in control

b)

The government controls money, resources, prices etc.

c)

Everyone is in control

d)

Only a few are in control

3.

What does it mean if something is scarce?

a)

There is a lot of it

b)

There is an unlimited amount of it

c)

There is not a lot of it

d)

There is only one of it

4.

What is Production?

a)

Destroying something

b)

Selling something

c)

Making something

d)

Eating something

5.

What has made Globalization easier today?

a)

Technology

b)

Resources

c)

Goods

d)

Services

6.

What is a Mixed Economy?

a)

Neither Command or Market economies

b)

Both Market and Traditional combined

c)

Both Command and Market combined

d)

Both Traditional and Command

7.

The study of Production, Distribution and Consumption of Goods and Services is known as what?

a)

Christianity

b)

Shark Tank

c)

History

d)

Economics

8.

What is an Opportunity Cost?

a)

Something that is stolen

b)

Something given up in order to get something else

c)

Something that is lost

d)

Something that is made

9.

What is Inflation?

a)

General rise in prices over time

b)

General decline in prices over time

c)

General fall in prices over time

d)

General nothing in prices over time

10.

What is a Recession?

a)

General rise in economic activity

b)

Generally nothing in economic activity

c)

General fight in economic activity

d)

General decline in economic activity

11.

Is Inflation good?

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.

Is a Recession good?

a)

No

b)

Yes

13.

If an economy is having a Boom, what does that mean?

a)

It means it is doing well

b)

It means it is doing badly

c)

It means it is doing okay

d)

It means it is doing nothing

14.

What is Bartering?

a)

Paying money for something

b)

Consuming something

c)

Trading something for something else

d)

Selling something

15.

In a barter, or trade, is there money involved?

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

What is an Import?

a)

Something going out from somewhere

b)

Something being destroyed

c)

Something coming in from somewhere

d)

Something being thrown away

17.

What is a Traditional Economy?

a)

Only money is involved

b)

No one has a role

c)

Only some people participate

d)

There is no money involved

18.

Who sets the prices and owns the resources in a Command Economy?

a)

The Government

b)

The People

c)

The Police

d)

The Wealthy

19.

Most economies, including the USA, are defined as which type of Economy

a)

Command

b)

Mixed

c)

Market

d)

Traditional

20.

The three main resources needed to run a business are?

a)

Land, Labor, Entrepreneurship

b)

Land, Labor, Capital

c)

Land, Land and more Land

d)

Just Capital

21.

If there are only 5 gallons of milk left in the entire world, what is going to happen to the price of milk?

a)

It will stay the same

b)

It will decline

c)

It wil rise

d)

It will become $1

22.

What is a good?

a)

Something you can see, hold and buy

b)

Something that does not exist

c)

Something that is done for someone

d)

Something that cannot be seen

23.

What is a service?

a)

Something you can hold and buy

b)

Something that doesn't exist

c)

Something that is made

d)

Can't be seen, an action performed for someone

24.

What is Distribution?

a)

Creating something

b)

Selling something

c)

Having your product known to the public

d)

Eating your product

25.

Christmas is over, Wal-Mart has 100,000 boxes of Christmas merchandise, what is going to happen to the price?

a)

It will go down

b)

It will stay the same

c)

It will go to $64

d)

It will decline

26.

What is Consumption?

a)

Creating a product or service

b)

Destroying a product or service

c)

Using a product or service

d)

Making a product or service

27.

What is a Market Economy?

a)

Run by the Government

b)

Run by No One

c)

Run by 2 people

d)

Run by Supply and Demand