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ECONOMICS QUIZ - Economies

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The type of government that has total control over the people and the police use power by force is called what?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Limited

d)

Authoritarian

2.
In this type of economy, the people decide the supply, demand, and price.  
a)
Market 
b)
Traditional
c)
Command 
d)
Mixed
3.
This type of economy is passed down through family traditions. They learn from their parents. 
a)
Traditional 
b)
Market 
c)
Mixed 
d)
Command 
4.

Which type of economy has central ownership, the government, and lack of individual choice?

a)

Market

b)

Mixed

c)

Command

d)

Traditional

5.
Which type of economy is usually paired with a Communist government?
a)
Mixed
b)
Market
c)
Command
d)
Traditional
6.

Who invented communism?

a)

Plato

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Paul Samuelson

d)

Adam Smith

7.

Capitalism is in what type of economy?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Authortarian

8.
Which of the following are markets involved in the circular flow model?
a)
Factor Market and Resource Market
b)
Labor Market and Product Market
c)
Factor Market and Product Market
d)
Resource Market and Labor Market
9.
Which two groups of people are represented in the circular flow model?
a)
Buyers and Sellers
b)
Producers and Consumers
c)
Government and Private Individuals
d)
Households and Businesses
10.

This means that the government should not interfere in the marketplace.

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

11.

When customers and business owners exchange products and money, because it will help them both in some way.

a)

voluntary exchange

b)

volunteering to help someone for free

c)

opportunity cost

d)

reading quizzes

12.

The amount of money a business makes after its expenses are paid

a)

profit

b)

supply

c)

demand

d)

scarcity

13.

Focusing on a narrow range of products/services that can be produced most efficiently and cost-effectively.

a)

subsistence

b)

specialization

c)

scarcity

d)

bartering

14.

Competition and profit motive are important characteristics of a:

a)

command economy

b)

traditional economy

c)

market economy

d)

socialist economy

15.

A economist who introduced the steady increase of the supply of money within growing economies.

a)

David Ricardo

b)

John Maynard Keynes

c)

Milton Friedman

d)

Beatrice Webb

16.

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.

a)

Globalization

b)

Economy

c)

GDP

d)

Economic Independence

17.

Privatization refers to ....

a)

Transfer of assets from people to government

b)

Transfer of assets from public to private organizations

c)

Transfer of assets from corporate to public

d)

Transfer of assets from corporate to government

18.

Buyers choose what items are produced based on their spending habits

a)

Consumer Sovereignty

b)

Factors of Production

c)

Efficiency

d)

Cost / Benefit Analysis

19.
The driving force behind people going into business is
a)
profit margin
b)
profit motive
c)
opportunity cost
d)
taxes
20.
The concept that people have the right and privilege to control their possessions as they wish.
a)
legal equality
b)
open opportunity
c)
private property
d)
profit incentive