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WorksheetsEconomics - Scarcity
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
The study of how people choose to use scarce resources to satisfy their wants.
Needs assessment
Capitalism
Economics
Socialism
_______ exists when there is not enough resources to satisfy human wants
Scarcity
Communism
Social Darwinism
Population control
Desires that can be satisfied by consuming a good or service.
needs
wants
satisfaction
respect
Things, such as food, clothing or shelter, that are necessary for survival..
needs
wants
satisfaction
respect
Which is not one of the 3 main economic questions?
What will be produced?
Where will it be produced?
How will it be produced?
For whom will it produced?
Benefits offered to encourage people to act in certain ways.
incentives
utility
economize
inspiration
Benefit gained from using a good or service
incentives
utility
economize
inspiration
Make decisions based on the combination of cost and benefits
incentives
utility
economize
inspiration
What are the 2 main factors in making choices
Motivation of choice
no free lunch
both A and B
none of the above
The alternative that you give up when you make an economic choice
Trade off
opportunity cost
cost
marginal cost
What you give up by choosing one option over another.
opportunity cost
opportunity benefit
marbury vs madison
marginal cost
Examining the costs and the expected benefits of a choice as an aid to decision making.
marginal cost
marginal benefit
cost-benefit analysis
trade off
Simplified representations of complex economic activities, systems or problems
PPC
Economics tool box
scarcity
Economic Models
A graph used to illustrate the impact of scarcity on an economy by showing the maximum number of goods or services that can be produced using limited resources
Production Possibilities Curve (PPC)
Economics tool box
scarcity
Economic model
Condition in which economic resources are being used to produce the maximum amount of goods and services
underutilization
efficiency
opportunity costs
scarcity
Numerical data or information.
efficiency
underutilization
scarcity
statistics
Who is known as the "Father of Economics"?
karl marx
Adam Smith
Albert Einstein
Joseph Stalin
