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What is an Economy? Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False - To obtain the things you want and need, you use both natural and human resources.

(a)  

2.

Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?

a)

water

b)

coal

c)

trees

d)

wind

3.

Which of the following are all factors of production?

a)

land, labor, and gross domestic product

b)

labor, service industries, and capital

c)

land, labor, and capital

d)

capital, service industries, and labor

4.

In which type of economy are most of the means of production privately owned?

a)

traditional economy

b)

command economy

c)

mixed economy

d)

market economy

5.

Which of the following is an example of a job in the primary sector, which produces raw materials and basic goods?

a)

auto mechanic

b)

physician

c)

farmer

d)

banker

6.

In economics, what is meant by the term productivity?

a)

a measure of what is produced and what is required to produce it

b)

the level at which a person, group, or nation lives

c)

the percentage of the labor force that is employed

d)

the total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a year

7.

In which type of economic system are resources distributed mainly through families?

a)

traditional economy

b)

market economy

c)

command economy

d)

mixed economy

8.

A _____ is also referred to as capitalism.

a)

traditional economy

b)

market economy

c)

command economy

d)

mixed economy

9.

In which type of economy are the production and distribution of resources controlled by the government?

a)

traditional economy

b)

market economy

c)

command economy

d)

mixed economy

10.

What type of economic system does the United States have?

a)

traditional economy

b)

market economy

c)

command economy

d)

mixed economy

11.

Which term refers to the total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a single year?

a)

standard of living

b)

productivity

c)

gross domestic product

d)

exports

12.

A nation's standard of living is determined by the ability to meet people's needs for food, shelter, clothing, education, and _____.

a)

recreation

b)

health care

c)

free trade

d)

productivity

13.

Which of the following is are the three basic economic questions?

a)

What should be produced?

b)

How should it be produced?

c)

How should what is produced be distributed?

d)

What should it cost?

e)

How many should be made?

14.

True or False: Employees are an example of capital.

(a)  

15.

True or False: The United States has a command economy

(a)