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Adam Smith and the Free Market

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote "The Wealth of Nations"?

a)

John Adams

b)

John Smith

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Jackson Adams

2.

What is the economic driver in a free market economy?

a)

competition

b)

self interest

c)

hatred

d)

government

3.

What is the regulator in a free market economy?

a)

competition

b)

self interest

c)

hatred

d)

government

4.

A reward that motivates one to act a certain way

a)

minimum wage

b)

self interest

c)

incentive

d)

money

5.

Consumer tastes are a factor that affect price.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Wealth of Nations introduced this theory that we should each do what we are best at and trade for other things we want and need

a)

The Invisible Hand

b)

Laissez Faire

c)

Division of Labor

d)

Equilibrium

7.

Should be flexible, realistic, and competitive

a)

equilibrium price

b)

effective price

c)

selling price

d)

adjusted price

8.

Money charged to parents for babysitting is a type of price.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The point where supply equals quantity demanded.

a)

Free Market

b)

Equilibrium

c)

Laissez Faire

d)

Effective Price

10.

Which of the following is NOT one of the economic questions an economy answers?

a)

What should be produced?

b)

Who should produce it?

c)

Who should receive it?

d)

How should it be produced?

11.

Lowest legal amount an employer can pay an employee.

a)

equilibrium price

b)

minimum wage

c)

poverty rate

d)

effective wage

12.

The idea that the government should stay out of economic decisions and let suppliers act in their own self interest.

a)

laissez faire

b)

the invisible hand

c)

free market

d)

the wealth of nations

13.

Adam Smith was known as

a)

The Father of Nations

b)

The Invisible Hand

c)

The Father of Economics

d)

The Father of Capitalism