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Social 9: Ch6: Economic systems

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What causes scarcity?

a)

limited wants/needs and limited resources

b)

high demand/ / cost decrease

c)

Unlimited wants/needs and limited resources

d)

little demand / cost increase

2.

Are land, labour, and capital unlimited resources?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Some are

3.

Which resource is this: All the materials found in the natural environment needed to produce goods and services, such as water, trees oil.

a)

labour

b)

capital

c)

land

d)

none of the above

4.

Which resource is this: physical and mental effort needed to produce goods and services (example: agriculture workers to produce food) ?

a)

land

b)

capital

c)

labour

d)

none of the above

5.

Which resource is this: the money that people use to invest and make more money?

a)

capital

b)

labour

c)

land

d)

none of the above

6.

(a)   is about producing things people want. It involves producers.

7.

(a)   is about what people want. It involves consumers.

8.

What happens when the supply of a product can meet the demand of a product?

a)

there is a state of equilibrium in price.

b)

Supply will go down, while prices will go up

c)

Demand will go down, while supply will go up

d)

Price will go down. while demand will go up

9.

When price goes up. What happens to demand?What happens to supply?

a)

there is a state of equilibrium in price.

b)

Supply will go down, while prices will go up

c)

Demand will go down, while supply will go up.

d)

Price will go down. while demand will go up

10.

When demand goes up. What happens to supply? What happens to price?

a)

there is a state of equilibrium in price.

b)

Supply will go down, while prices will go up

c)

Demand will go down, while supply will go up.

d)

Price will go down. while demand will go up

11.

When supply goes up. What happens to price? What happens to demand?

a)

there is a state of equilibrium in price.

b)

Supply will go down, while prices will go up

c)

Demand will go down, while supply will go up.

d)

Price will go down. while demand will go up

12.

This describes _________economic systems:

very little government involvement or intervention (individualism, equality of opportunity,private ownership)

a)

left wing

b)

mixed

c)

right wing

d)

none of the above

13.

This describes _________economic systems:

some or total government involvement or intervention (collectivism,economic equality, public ownership)

a)

left wing

b)

mixed

c)

right wing

d)

none of the above

14.

In this type of economy, government makes ALL the decisions about how to solve scarcity. It owns and manages the resources needed to produce things. It plans what will be produced and decides how to use limited resources

a)

Planned economy

b)

mixed economy

c)

market economy

d)

stock economy

15.

This type of economy combines private ownership and government control. For example, private businesses own some resources and the government owns others. In mixed economies, the level of government involvement fluctuates depending what political party is in power.

a)

Planned economy

b)

mixed economy

c)

market economy

d)

stock economy

16.

In this type of economy, the choices of individuals solve scarcity. Private businesses own and manage resources. They sell their products to consumers, who make their own decisions about what to buy. Businesses succeed if they produce what consumers want. Otherwise,they fail. The government does not get involved.

a)

planned economy

b)

mixed economy

c)

market economy

d)

stock economy

17.

Which economy are these characteristics of?

• Resources are privately owned.

• Individuals make decisions on how to use resources.

• Individual consumers drive economic decision making by choosing what to buy.

a)

Planned Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Market Economy

d)

Stock economy

18.

Which economy are these characteristics of?

• Resources are publicly owned.

• Government makes decisions on how to use resources.

• Individual consumers have little influence on economic decision making.

a)

Planned economy

b)

MIxed economy

c)

market economy

d)

stock economy

19.

Which economy are these characteristics of?

• Some resources are publicly owned and some are privately owned.

• Individuals and government both make decisions about what to produce.

• Individual consumers and government influence economic decision making.

a)

Planned Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Market Economy

d)

Stock economy

20.

Which country has a mixed economy?

a)

USA

b)

Canada

c)

Cuba

d)

China

21.

Which country has a market Economy

a)

Sweden

b)

Canada

c)

Russia

d)

USA

22.

Which country has a planned economy?

a)

Canada

b)

Sweden

c)

North Korea

d)

Japan

23.

How would you describe what an economic system is? (2-4 sentences)

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