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Economics Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a need?

a)

Something you want

b)

A brand new TV

c)

Something you must have to survive

d)

Expensive shoes

2.

What is a want?

a)

Food

b)

Something you must have to survive

c)

Water

d)

Something you do not need

3.

Which is a way to save money:

a)

Put money into a savings account

b)

Buy your favorite game

c)

Use a credit card

4.

What is a consumer?

a)

The things you buy at the store.

b)

Someone who produces goods.

c)

Someone who buys goods.

d)

The amount of goods at the store.

5.

What is the first thing that you should spend your money on?

a)

Needs

b)

Wants

c)

A new bike

d)

Lots of candy

6.

What are the 3 ways money is used?

a)

Spending, Saving, Giving

b)

Spending, Wasting, Not saving

c)

Saving, Budgeting, Earning

7.

What is a budget?

a)

Goods at the store

b)

A game

c)

A money plan

d)

Something to spend your money on

8.

What is a service?

a)

Something you must have to survive

b)

Things you can buy at the store.

c)

Something you do not need.

d)

A job people do for others.

9.

What is supply?

a)

How many people want to buy goods or services.

b)

The amount of goods being sold.

c)

An expensive item.

d)

A job people do for others.

10.

What is demand?

a)

How much goods and services you can buy.

b)

The amount of goods at the store.

c)

How many people want to buy something.

11.

If the demand is high but the supply is low, will the price go up or down?

a)

Up

b)

Down

12.

If the demand is low but the supply is high, will the price go up or down?

a)

Up

b)

Down

13.

During the holiday season the most popular toy increases in price because a lot of kids want to buy it. What is the supply and demand for the popular toy?

a)

High demand, low supply

b)

Low demand, high supply

c)

High demand, high supply

d)

Low demand, low supply

14.

When the newest iPhone came out, the older version went on sale. What is the demand for the older iPhone.

a)

High demand

b)

Low demand

15.

Which of the following people started their own business?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Sam Walton

c)

George Washington

16.

Which of the following people started their own car business?

a)

Sam Walton

b)

Henry Ford

c)

George Washington

d)

Helen Keller

17.

What is an example of donating money?

a)

Saving money in a budget

b)

Giving to a charity

c)

Spending money on your favorite toy

d)

Saving for a bike

18.

What is are ways that you can earn money? (multiple answers)

a)

Having a job

b)

Giving to a charity

c)

Selling something

d)

Buying candy

19.

What business did Sam Walton start?

a)

Six Flags

b)

Walmart

c)

Starbucks

d)

Target

20.

Scarcity is...

a)

Short supply of goods

b)

Large demand

c)

Large supply of goods

d)

Small demand