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F4-CW #2-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A _____________ economy is completely controlled by the government

a)

Traditional

b)

Planned/Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Free Market

2.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 basic economic questions:

a)

Who consumes it?

b)

How do we produce it?

c)

Where is it produced?

d)

What do we produce?

3.

The government makes all the economic decisions in this economy

a)

command

b)

market

c)

traditional

d)

mixed

4.

Capitalist economy is also called

a)

command economy

b)

market economy

c)

traditional economy

d)

mixed economy

5.
Who or what answers the basic economic questions in a mixed economy?
a)
Individuals and Businesses
b)
Government
c)
Custom
d)
Individuals, Businesses, and Government
6.

What type of economy do most countries in the Caribbean have?

a)

Market economy

b)

Command economy

c)

Traditional economy

d)

Mixed economy

7.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic questions of economics when looking at economic systems? 
a)
What goods and services will be produced?
b)
What is the price of the goods? 
c)
Who is responsible for producing goods and services?
d)
How will goods and services be distributed to customers?
8.

Producers and consumers determine how to use resources and what to make without government interference.

a)

Free Market Economy

b)

Traditional Economy

c)

Command Economy

d)

Mixed Economy

9.

People use the resources they have to make only what they need to survive.

a)

Market Economy

b)

Traditional Economy

c)

Command Economy

d)

Mixed Economy

10.

In a __________________ economy, individuals and families produce by themselves and make economic decisions based on survival, e.g. early man

a)

Mixed

b)

Market

c)

Subsistence

d)

Command

11.

There are four types of economic systems. Which is NOT one?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Macroeconomic

12.

With which term is a command economic system MOST closely associated?

a)

Entrepreneurship

b)

Economic Freedom

c)

Perfect competition

d)

Governmental regulation

13.

Competition and maximizing profits are important characteristics of a:

a)

command economy

b)

traditional economy

c)

Free market economy

d)

socialist economy

14.
The four types of economic systems are: 
a)
Traditional, Command, Mixed, & Market
b)
Traditional, Command, Combined, & Market
c)
Communism, Capitalism, Free Market, and Macroeconomics
d)
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Individual, and Traditional.
15.
If my government is selling me bread for $5 a loaf, and I have no choice but to buy that type of bread, I live in a _____ economy. 
a)
Traditional 
b)
Market 
c)
Command 
d)
Mixed
16.
Who or what answers the basic economic questions in a free market economy?
a)
Individuals and Businesses
b)
Government
c)
Custom
d)
Individuals, Businesses, and Government
17.
The government has little to no role in the production of goods in this type of economy. 
a)
Traditional 
b)
Mixed
c)
Command 
d)
Market
18.
Economics seeks the answer to the basic question of how to deal with ______. 
a)
money
b)
hunger
c)
demand
d)
scarcity
19.

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic questions that all economic systems must answer:

a)

What to produce

b)

How to produce

c)

How much to produce

d)

For whom to produce

20.

Which of the following BEST describes a free market economy?

a)

The government provides services, such as telephones and television.

b)

A person can start any legal business and charge any price.

c)

The government provides food and housing to all workers.

d)

Businesses are owned by the government.