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Personal Finance - Global Economics

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an economic system based on "the way things have always been done"?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

2.

Which of the following economic sysems describes the way the United States operates?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

3.

Which of the following is an economic system where the government controls all the aspects of production and income generated by the most valuable resources?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

4.

Which of the following is an economic system where everything is sold, bought, and traded without governmental involvement?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

5.

Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Produce

6.

Which of the following is NOT an example of competitive advantage?

a)

Comparative advantage

b)

Differential advantage

c)

Departmental advantage

d)

Absolute advantage

7.

Which of the following countries has the largest gross domestic product (GPD)?

a)

United States

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Germany

8.

When supply and demand are equal, what word is used to describe the economy?

a)

Upside-down

b)

Progressive

c)

Equilibrium

d)

Growing

9.

What term describes lacking the financial resources to meet a minimum standard of living?

a)

Economic development

b)

Scarcity

c)

Inflation

d)

Poverty

10.

Because of inflation...

a)

Things cost more year to year.

b)

All of these

c)

Your money is worth less in the future.

d)

You can't buy as much as you used to.

11.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a capital good?

a)

An airplane engine

b)

Machinery

c)

Athletic shoes

d)

A delivery van

12.

All of the following are barriers to trade EXCEPT:

a)

Exports

b)

Tarrifs

c)

Emargoes

d)

Quotas

13.

NAFTA stands for what?

a)

North American Freely Trade with Anyone

b)

Northern African Fabrication Trade Agreement

c)

North American Free Trade Agreement

d)

Northern Arizona Freedom Train Association

14.

When something is in short supply, it is referred to as what?

a)

Parity

b)

Recession

c)

Rationing

d)

Scarcity

15.

GDP stands for...

a)

General domestic product

b)

Gross domestic product

c)

Gross domestic potential

d)

General domestic potential

16.

Exports and imports are a huge factor in the economy of the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Global interdependence means countries depend on one another to provide goods and services they need in exchange for money or a trade of resources.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The United States is a global leader in exporting mobile phones.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Embargoes are fees and taxes on exports and imports.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Macroeconomics is the study of individual and small business economic decisions.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

The fourth sector in the chain of production is the quaternary sector.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The secondary sector inthe chain of production is where raw materials, fish, and animals come from.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Marginal business costs are the costs that stay the same every month.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Services are tangible items such as food, clothing, shoes, and anything you can touch and buy.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Real GDP is an inflation-adjusted figure.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

When one country sells goods or services to another country, it's an...

a)

Import

b)

Export

27.

The rate at which the prices for goods and services rise:

a)

Inflation

b)

Interest

28.

An economic system in which a large part (if not all) is controlled by a central power (such as the government):

a)

Command

b)

Market

29.

A fee or tax on exported and imported goods and services:

a)

Embargo

b)

Tariff

30.

A system of economics based on the private ownership of business and the products made and sold:

a)

Capitalism

b)

Socialism

31.

The study of how all the different economies of the world work together:

a)

Global interdependence

b)

Global economics

32.

All of the things necessary to produce goods or services:

a)

Factors of production

b)

Chain of production

33.

The development and movement of goods and services through an economic system:

a)

Factors of production

b)

Chain of production

34.

An economic system where capitalism and competition characterize how goods and services are sold:

a)

Command

b)

Market

35.

When one country buys goods or services from another country, it's called an...

a)

Import

b)

Export