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Key Economic Terms

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Cost is

a)

what is given up

b)

the demand for a good / service

c)

the want for a good / service

d)

the result of an action / choice

2.

Which of the following is NOT an example of "cost"?

a)

effort

b)

time

c)

results

d)

money

3.

Things don't have costs ______ do.

a)

people

b)

places

c)

choices

d)

thoughts

4.

T/F: One cost of watching a movie is time.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

_____ consequences are results that were not expected.

a)

unbiased

b)

unfair

c)

unintended

d)

unrealistic

6.

Another world for "consequence" is _______

a)

cost

b)

market

c)

property

d)

result

7.

T/F: A consequence can be positive.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Supply is the _____ of a good or service.

a)

amount

b)

want

c)

result

d)

cost

9.

Demand is the ____ of a good or service

a)

want

b)

cost

c)

result

d)

amount

10.

How things are distributed (given out) is called:

a)

consequence

b)

resource allocation

c)

tragedy of the commons

d)

market

11.

T/F: Resource Allocation is always fair.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Property rights are ...

a)

unintended

b)

automatic

c)

clearly defined

d)

not useful

13.

An interaction of buyers and sellers is also called a ...

a)

market

b)

benefit

c)

resource

d)

cost

14.

Which key economic term best describes the situation below: Fifteen people are stuck in a room together for 10 days. On day 10, Alice finds a Snickers bar and has to figure out what to do her new item. She decides to keep ½ for herself and split the other ½ between the other 14 people.

a)

consequence

b)

property rights

c)

resource allocation

d)

market

15.

Mary is training for a marathon and ends up injuring her ankle. In economic terms, this injury is considered a

a)

market

b)

consequence

c)

demand

d)

cost

16.

Silvie decided to wear her brand new shoes to school today. What was a cost of that decision?

a)

getting a blister

b)

people complimenting her

c)

wearing flip-flops

d)

her feet got cold in math class

17.

My parents are selling their house. Which key economic term is this is an example of?

a)

consequence

b)

cost

c)

property rights

d)

resource allocation