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Economic Activity

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main economic problem?

a)

to many resources

b)

not enough needs

c)

scarcity

d)

All of the Above

2.

What does scarcity mean?

a)

People are scared.

b)

There is not enough of something.

c)

Too much of something.

d)

None of the above.

3.

What is unlimited and endless in economics?

a)

resources

b)

raw materials and labor

c)

needs and wants

d)

goods and services

4.

What is limited in economics?

a)

needs

b)

resources

c)

wants

d)

All of the above.

5.

Because of the scarcity, what do we have to make?

a)

choices

b)

money

c)

products

d)

Noneoftheabove.

6.

Every time we make an economic choice, what two things occur?

a)

A profit and a loss.

b)

A benefit and profit.

c)

A benefit and a cost.

d)

None of the above.

7.

How is the value of each purchase or choice we make decided?

a)

By looking at the benefit.

b)

By looking at the missed opportunity.

c)

By looking only at the monetary cost.

d)

None of the above

8.

What does opportunity cost mean?

a)

It is what a person gives up when they make a choice.

b)

It is the idea that scarcity is an economic problem.

c)

It is that choices have benefits.

d)

None of the above.

9.

We have a limited amount resources but there is an endless amount of needs and wants

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Because of the economic problem, people and governments don’t have to make many decisions in how best to deal with the scarcity.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Every economic choice we make has a value.

a)

True

b)

False