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SW Asia Economics

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tariffs, quotas, and embargoes are examples of

a)

GDP

b)

trade barriers

c)

economy

d)

goods and services

2.
As you move along the economic continuum from market to command, what happens to the amount of government involvement in the economy??
a)
It decreases
b)
It increases
c)
It stays the same
3.
As you move along the economic continuum from market to command, what happens to the amount of economic freedom in the system?
a)
It decreases
b)
It increases
c)
It stays the same
4.

Tools used in the production of goods and services

a)

Captial goods

b)

Human Captial

c)

Natural Resources

d)

Education

5.

Something that comes from the Earth or nature that is useful to humans.

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Capital Goods

c)

Human Capital

d)

Embargoes

6.

Voluntary exchange of goods and services among people and countries

a)

Embargo

b)

Trade Barriers

c)

Tariffs

d)

Trade

7.

An economy that depends on agriculture and bartering, where decisions are often made based on long-held customs, beliefs, or habits

a)

Command Economy

b)

Traditional Economy

c)

Market Economy

d)

Mixed Economy

8.

An eonomy where decisions are made at an individual, rather than a government level

a)

Command Economy

b)

Traditional Economy

c)

Market Economy

d)

Mixed Economy

9.

When a country focuses on producing the goods and service they can make and trading for what they are unable to produce.

a)

Trade barrier

b)

Specialization

c)

Exchange Rate

d)

Trade

10.

An economy where government planning groups make the basic economic decisions

a)

Traditional economy

b)

Command economy

c)

Market economy

d)

Mixed economy

11.

Economies of all countries today have characteristics of both command market economies

a)

Traditional economy

b)

Market economy

c)

Command economy

d)

Mixed economy

12.

The price of one nation's currenct in tems of another nation's currency.

a)

Exchange rate

b)

Exchange

c)

Trade

d)

Embargo

13.

A government order stopping trade with another nation's currency.

a)

Trade barrier

b)

Embargo

c)

Trade

d)

Tariff

14.

A tax on imports

a)

Embargo

b)

Excange Rate

c)

Trade

d)

Tariff

15.

The education, training, skills, and health of the workers in a business or coutnry

a)

Human Capital

b)

Natural Resources

c)

Capital Goods

d)

Capital Resources

16.

A specific limit placed on the number of imports that may enter a country

a)

Embargo

b)

Tariff

c)

Quota

d)

Trade

17.

The total value of the final goods and services produced within a country in one year.

a)

Per capita GDP

b)

GDP (gross domestic product)

c)

Economy

d)

Mixed Economy

18.

The ability to organize, manage, and take on the risks of a business or enterprise.

a)

Trade

b)

Entrepreneurship

c)

Human Capital

d)

Specialization

19.

What type of economic systems do most countries in the world have?

a)

Mixed moving to Market

b)

Market moving to Mixed

c)

Command moving to Mixed

d)

Command moving to Market

20.

When countries invest in human capital their GDP

a)

goes up

b)

goes down

c)

is neutral

21.

When countries invest in education and training

a)

human capital goes down

b)

human capital goes up

c)

capital goods go up

d)

capital goods go down

22.

3 examples of Captial goods:

a)

trucks, computers, humans

b)

computers, computer classes, humans

c)

trucks, humans, trees

d)

trucks, computers, factories

23.

Which country has the highest standard of living?

a)

Israel

b)

Turkey

c)

Saudi Arabia

24.

Which country has the highest literacy rate?

a)

Israel

b)

Turkey

c)

Saudi Arabia

25.

Which country has the highest GDP per capita?

a)

Israel

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Turkey

26.

On the economic continuu, a pure command falls ______________

a)

on the far left

b)

on the far right

c)

right in the middle

27.
In which economic system would you most likely have inherited the tools you work with from your mother?
a)
Command
b)
Market
c)
Traditional
28.
No one wants pink calculators so your business fails. Which economic system do you belong to?
a)
Command
b)
Market
c)
Traditional
29.
You work in a factory that makes pink calculators because that�s what the government tells you to make. You are part of a _________________ economic system.
a)
Command
b)
Market
c)
Traditional
30.
You don�t make pink calculators because that�s not what your father did. He was a farmer, so you farm. Which economic system do you belong to?
a)
Command
b)
Market
c)
Traditional
31.
Bridges
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
32.
Computers
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
33.
Health insurance
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
34.
Literacy classes
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
35.
New social media format
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
36.
Pencils
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
37.
Roads
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
38.
Sunshine
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
39.
Trees
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
40.
Water
a)
Capital goods
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Human capital
d)
Natural resources
41.

In Southwest Asia (the Middle East) and anywhere else in the world, no country has every productive resource available in endless supply? True or False

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Most countries in Southwest Asia have what kind of economy?

a)

traditional

b)

command

c)

pure

d)

mixed

43.

A command economy is based on what?

a)

cultures and values

b)

dictated by government controls and regulations

c)

control of the citizens

d)

king and queen demands

44.

Mixed economies fall somewhere in between pure command and pure market on the continuum? True or False

a)

True

b)

False

45.

A market economic system is based on what?

a)

dicatorship by the government,

b)

long-standing customs and values

c)

what customers want to buy and producers want to sell

d)

both what the citizens want and government regulated

46.

What are the 3 questions countries need to ask in when setting up their economic system up?

a)

what to produce, where to produce, how to produce

b)

what to produce, who is going to produce it, how to produce

c)

what kind of producing, where to produce, how to produce

d)

what to produce, how to produce, for whom to produce

47.

Natural resources play a key role in?

a)

any country's economy

b)

ways to live

c)

control farming

d)

investments and standard of living

48.

What are the traditional, command, and market economic questions?

a)

(1) what to produce ,(2) how to produce, and (3) for me to produce.

b)

(1) citizens to produce ,(2) how to destroy, and (3) for whom to produce.

c)

(1) when to produce ,(2) where to produce, and (3) for whom to produce.

d)

(1) what to produce ,(2) how to produce, and (3) for whom to produce.

49.

What are Turkey's cheif exports?

a)

purple cows, foodstuffs, fortnite, metal manufactures, transport equipment

b)

apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment

c)

candy, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment

d)

apparel, french food, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment