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Economic Systems and Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What three things do we, as a social order, need to figure out?

a)

What will we produce?

b)

How many of us are there?

c)

How will we produce it?

d)

Who gets it?

e)

How much does it cost?

2.

What are two type of economies discussed in the video?

a)

communist economies

b)

planned economies

c)

socialist economies

d)

market economies

3.

What are the factors of production (the major inputs required to produce stuff)?

a)

capital

b)

labor

c)

land

d)

businesses

4.

Who controls the factors of production in a planned economy?

a)

government

b)

classes

c)

individuals

d)

oligarchs

5.

In a _______ economy, the government completely controls everything about the economy

a)

command

b)

controlled

c)

efficient

d)

invasive

6.

Who owns the factors of production in a free market, or capitalist, economy?

a)

individuals

b)

government

c)

classes

d)

oligarchs

7.

The concept of the "invisible hand" only applies to a very small part of the free market.

a)

False

b)

True

8.

The free market can't produce everything we need as a society, so the government still has a role to play (like providing police officers and bridges.)

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The United States has a _____ economy.

a)

mixed

b)

free

c)

command

d)

unregulated

10.

The "circular flow model" involves the _____ market and the _____ resource market.

a)

product

b)

resource

c)

free

d)

command