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Economic Cycle

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do we measure economic growth?

a)

by the change in GDP

b)

by the change in GNP

c)

by the change in inflation

2.

The economic growth is always expressed in

a)

€

b)

%

c)

$

3.

The Gross Domestic Product can be measured in ...

a)

3 ways

b)

one way

c)

5 ways

4.

What causes economic growth?

a)

new technologies

b)

better machinery

c)

improved training of workers

d)

more charity work

5.

What does NOT cause economic growth?

a)

new ideas

b)

pandemics like Corona

c)

higher salaries

d)

crises

6.

There are (a)   stages in the economic cycle

7.

What are benefits of economic growth?

a)

more income

b)

more jobs

c)

more pollution

d)

more food

8.

What are some disadvantages of economic growth?

a)

environmental pollution

b)

greater stress on workers to produce more

c)

higher standard of living

d)

more choice of products

9.

What do we call it if the economy is doing really well?

a)

a boom

b)

an explosion

c)

recession

d)

slump

10.

What do we call the period when the economy improves again after a recession?

a)

recovery

b)

redone

c)

reborn

d)

slump

11.

Which is not a phase of the economic cycle?

a)

boom

b)

slum

c)

recession

d)

recovery

12.

consumers spend a lot of money

a)

boom

b)

slump

c)

recession

d)

recovery

13.

A high unemployment rate

a)

boom

b)

slump

c)

recession

d)

recovery

14.

Confidence in the economy starts to decrease

a)

boom

b)

slump

c)

recession

d)

recovery

15.

Characteristics of a recession

a)

high unemployment rate

b)

high prices

c)

low investment

d)

high production rate

16.

Mehrwertsteuer (MwSt) in English is (a)