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Economics - Scarcity

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The study of how people choose to use scarce resources to satisfy their wants.

a)

Needs assessment

b)

Capitalism

c)

Economics

d)

Socialism

2.

_______ exists when there is not enough resources to satisfy human wants

a)

Scarcity

b)

Communism

c)

Social Darwinism

d)

Population control

3.

Desires that can be satisfied by consuming a good or service.

a)

needs

b)

wants

c)

satisfaction

d)

respect

4.

Things, such as food, clothing or shelter, that are necessary for survival..

a)

needs

b)

wants

c)

satisfaction

d)

respect

5.

Which is not one of the 3 main economic questions?

a)

What will be produced?

b)

Where will it be produced?

c)

How will it be produced?

d)

For whom will it produced?

6.

Benefits offered to encourage people to act in certain ways.

a)

incentives

b)

utility

c)

economize

d)

inspiration

7.

Benefit gained from using a good or service

a)

incentives

b)

utility

c)

economize

d)

inspiration

8.

Make decisions based on the combination of cost and benefits

a)

incentives

b)

utility

c)

economize

d)

inspiration

9.

What are the 2 main factors in making choices

a)

Motivation of choice

b)

no free lunch

c)

both A and B

d)

none of the above

10.

The alternative that you give up when you make an economic choice

a)

Trade off

b)

opportunity cost

c)

cost

d)

marginal cost

11.

What you give up by choosing one option over another.

a)

opportunity cost

b)

opportunity benefit

c)

marbury vs madison

d)

marginal cost

12.

Examining the costs and the expected benefits of a choice as an aid to decision making.

a)

marginal cost

b)

marginal benefit

c)

cost-benefit analysis

d)

trade off

13.

Simplified representations of complex economic activities, systems or problems

a)

PPC

b)

Economics tool box

c)

scarcity

d)

Economic Models

14.

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

a)

Production Possibilities Curve (PPC)

b)

Economics tool box

c)

scarcity

d)

Economic model

15.

Condition in which economic resources are being used to produce the maximum amount of goods and services

a)

underutilization

b)

efficiency

c)

opportunity costs

d)

scarcity

16.

Numerical data or information.

a)

efficiency

b)

underutilization

c)

scarcity

d)

statistics

17.

Who is known as the "Father of Economics"?

a)

karl marx

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Joseph Stalin