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Important Basic Economic Terms

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One who purchases goods and services.

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Wants

d)

Needs

2.

One who makes goods or provides a service.

a)

Consumer

b)

Needs

c)

Economy

d)

Producer

3.

Not having enough of something.

a)

Needs

b)

Economy

c)

Demand

d)

Scarcity

4.

______ is any physical environmental item that people perceive to be useful.

a)

human resource

b)

natural resource

c)

capital resource

d)

distribution

5.

_____ is equipment or goods (machinery, tools, factories, stores, vehicles, etc.) that are used to produce other goods and services.

a)

human resource

b)

natural resource

c)

capital resource

d)

production

6.

_____ is workers and their abilities, talents, training, skills, and knowledge used to produce goods or services

a)

human resource

b)

capital resource

c)

natural resource

d)

production

7.

What is the process of making goods and services?

a)

production

b)

distribution

c)

consumption

8.

What is it called to move goods and services directly to or near consumers?

a)

production

b)

consumption

c)

distribution

9.

What is the study of how people use resources to produce, distribute, and consume goods and services?

a)

tariff

b)

economics

c)

trade

d)

import

10.

What is the amount of a product or service that is available for consumers to buy?

a)

demand

b)

supply

c)

scarcity

d)

profit

11.

Capital

a)

Human-made or manufactured objects that help produce goods and services. For example a secretary uses a computer; a bricklayer uses a trowel; a farmer uses a plough.

b)

The organised exchange of goods, services or resources between buyers and sellers.

c)

The amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a particular price and point in time.

d)

The cost of a good or service we forgo (give up) when we choose another.

12.
Consumer
a)
Individuals and businesses involved in the production of goods and services.
b)
A good or service that is desired but which is not necessary for survival.
c)
The human skills, as well as the physical and mental effort, used to produce goods and services. Examples include nurses, engineers, truck drivers, musicians and teachers.
d)
A person or a group that is the final user of goods and services produced within an economy.
13.
Economy
a)
The amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a particular price and point in time.
b)
The ability to combine land, labour and capital resources to create, plan and produce goods and services.
c)
Human-made or manufactured objects that help produce goods and services. For example a secretary uses a computer; a bricklayer uses a trowel; a farmer uses a plough.
d)
All activities undertaken for the purpose of producing, distributing and consuming goods and services in a region or country
14.
Goods
a)
Human-made or manufactured objects that help produce goods and services. For example a secretary uses a computer; a bricklayer uses a trowel; a farmer uses a plough.
b)
The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a particular price and point in time.
c)
A good or service that is necessary to maintain survival. Food, water, shelter, warmth (clothing)
d)
Tangible items (physical items than can be touched) that satisfy needs and wants. They can be seen and touched e.g. cars, computers.
15.

Land/Natural Resources

a)

Raw materials supplied from the earth, sea or air. Examples include forests, minerals, water, oil, gas, grain and fish.

b)

Tangible items (physical items than can be touched) that satisfy needs and wants. They can be seen and touched e.g. cars, computers.

c)

The amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a particular price and point in time.

d)

Individuals and businesses involved in the production of goods and services.

16.
Producer
a)
The human skills, as well as the physical and mental effort, used to produce goods and services. Examples include nurses, engineers, truck drivers, musicians and teachers.
b)
A good or service that is desired but which is not necessary for survival.
c)
Individuals and businesses involved in the production of goods and services.
d)
The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a particular price and point in time.
17.
Services
a)
When you have to make a decision about selecting between two or more different things
b)
The cost of a good or service we forgo (give up) when we choose another.
c)
All activities undertaken for the purpose of producing, distributing and consuming goods and services in a region or country
d)
Intangible products (these cannot be touched but we know they exist) provided by people that satisfy society's needs and wants. For example: accountants, cleaners, teachers, bus drivers and doctors.