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Ch 11 Entrepreneurship and the Economy

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another name for "business" is

a)

capital

b)

economic system

c)

exchange

d)

enterprise

2.

Which of the following is not one of the fundamental questions of economics?

a)

How are the goods and services produced?

b)

What goods and services are to be produced?

c)

Where are goods and services produced?

d)

For whom are goods and services produced?

3.

In which type of economic system do suppliers and consumers control production and price of goods?

a)

market

b)

mixed

c)

command

4.

The United States is what kind of economic system?

a)

socialist

b)

communist

c)

market

5.

Which of the following is not a benefit of entrepreneurship for the local economy?

a)

paying tariffs

b)

hiring employees

c)

joining a civic organization

d)

paying taxes

6.

Economics is

a)

a social science

b)

the study of how people satisfy their needs and wants

c)

the study of how economies work

d)

all of the answers

7.

In economic terms, scarcity occurs when

a)

not enough money is available for people to buy things

b)

natural resources have been used up

c)

there is not enough of a goods or services to meet the demand for it

d)

too much money is chasing too many goods or services

8.

A country's economic system is also called its

a)

capitalism

b)

economy

c)

voluntary trade system

d)

growth

9.

Koran Bolden's business, Street Dreamz, is socially

a)

symbolic

b)

responsible

c)

sustainable

10.

In the command economy, the government controls

a)

ownership

b)

property

c)

prices

d)

all of the answers

11.

In a market economy, the government controls the production of goods and services.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

An economic system is a method used by a society to allocate goods and services among its people.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Economics always involves math even though it is called a social science.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Most modern economies are actually mixed economies--blending elements of command and market economies.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

In a market economy, the government does not tell businesses what to produce or consumers what to buy.

a)

True

b)

False