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Free Enterprise, Supply and Demand, and Price

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One of the characteristics of a capitalist free enterprise economy is _______ .

a)

voluntary exchange

b)

consumerism

c)

the minimum wage

d)

central planning

2.

The struggle among sellers to attract consumers is known as

a)

consumer sovereignty

b)

voluntary exchange

c)

profit motive

d)

competition

3.

Which of the following is a market economy in which people freely carry on economic affairs but are subject to some government regulation?

a)

traditional economy

b)

modified free enterprise economy

c)

socialist economy

d)

command economy

4.

_______ protect consumers against harm from products on the market.

a)

Franchises

b)

Private property rights

c)

Government regulations

d)

Profit motives

5.

Which of the following is largely responsible for the growth of a free enterprise system?

a)

government

b)

Gross Domestic Product

c)

market efficiency

d)

profit motive

6.

Consumers in a free enterprise economy ultimately determine _______ to produce.

a)

when

b)

what

c)

how

d)

where

7.

Markets in the free enterprise system are seldom regulated by _______.

a)

businesses

b)

consumers

c)

the government

d)

entrepreneurs

8.

What are the characteristics of demand?

a)

the desire and ability to buy a product

b)

the ability and willingness to buy a product

c)

the willingness and desire to buy a product

d)

the desire, ability, and willingness to buy a product

9.

Rule stating that more will be demanded at lower prices and less at higher prices

a)

Law of Supply

b)

Law of Demand

c)

substitution effect

d)

income effect

10.

Changes in quantity demanded and changes in price have a(n) _________ relationship.

a)

indirect

b)

direct

c)

inverse

d)

positive

11.

Products related in such a way that an increase in the price of one reduces the demand for the other

a)

complements

b)

mutual

c)

replacement

d)

substitution

12.

What is the income effect?

a)

a change in quantity demanded caused by a change in consumer income

b)

a change in demand caused by substitution

c)

a proportional change in quantity demanded based on income

d)

an increase in purchase of complements based on an increase in income

13.

Which would an economist consider a likely substitute for coffee?

a)

water

b)

tea

c)

chicken

d)

donuts

14.

The principle that more will be offered for sale at higher prices than at lower prices is called the

a)

revenue

b)

Law of Supply

c)

profit

d)

Law of Demand

15.

A government payment to encourage or protect a certain economic activity is known as a(n)

a)

tax

b)

stimulus

c)

subsidy

d)

socialism

16.

Which term denotes the change in total cost when one additional unit of output is added?

a)

change in supply

b)

production costs

c)

supply schedule

d)

marginal cost

17.

A ___________ is a situation where quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded at a

given price.

a)

competition

b)

surplus

c)

sale

d)

shortage

18.

A ________ is a situation where quantity supplied is less than quantity demanded at a given

price

a)

limit

b)

surplus

c)

sale

d)

shortage

19.

A ________ is the monetary value of a product decided by supply and demand.

a)

price

b)

sale

c)

competition

d)

capital

20.

Which product most likely has a demand that is inelastic?

a)

a meal at a restaurant

b)

a vital medicine

c)

green beans

d)

a vacation