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Economics

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Economic system where government controls everything.

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Free Enterprise

2.
Economic System where there is limited technology and ideas are passed down from generation to generation
a)
Command
b)
Traditional
c)
Mixed
d)
Market
3.
Type of Economy that is half command and half market
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Market 
d)
Mixed
4.
Type of economic system where there is no government control.
a)
Mixed
b)
Market
c)
Free Enterprise
d)
Command
5.
Capitalism is most closely related to which type of economic system?
a)
Command
b)
Traditional
c)
Free Enterprise
d)
Mixed
6.
How will scarcity of a capital good impact price?
a)
Price would go up
b)
Price would go down
c)
Price would stay the same
d)
You wouldn't sell any
7.
Which of these jobs is involved in production?
a)
Secretary
b)
Factory worker
c)
Truck driver
d)
Zoo keeper
8.
What is consumption?
a)
How a good is moved
b)
How a good is created
c)
How a good is used
d)
How a good is destroyed
9.
New technology that increases the speed of production would have what impact on the prices of goods?
a)
Prices would lower
b)
Prices would increase
c)
Prices would stay the same
d)
Business would close
10.
Interdependence means
a)
One country depends on another
b)
Two countries depend on another country
c)
Two countries economies rely on each other
d)
Taxes are higher
11.
Type of Economy where Supply and demand determine prices with little gov intervention
a)
Command
b)
Market
c)
Mixed
d)
Traditional
12.

In a ______________ economic system, customs and traditions determine what and how to produce

a)

traditional

b)

market

c)

command

d)

mixed

13.

In a ______________ economic system, the government owns resources and controls production, prices, and wages

a)

traditional

b)

market

c)

command

d)

mixed

14.

What is a consumer?

a)

a person who takes things

b)

a person who purchases goods and services for personal use

c)

a person who takes good away

d)

the economic factors affecting the price, demand, and availability of a commodity

15.

What is a producer?

a)

a person who gives goods away

b)

things people would like to have

c)

the exchanged of goods and services without the use of money

d)

a person, company, or country that makes grows, or supplies goods for sale

16.

What is a free market economy?

a)

An economy based on supply and demand with little or no government control

b)

The international exchange of goods

c)

An economy in which decisions are made by the government

d)

An economy that is communist

17.

What type of economy does the United States have?

a)

traditional

b)

mixed

c)

command

d)

market

18.

Which type of economy involves trading, and doesn't usually use money?

a)

traditional

b)

command

c)

mixed

d)

market

19.

Basic things humans need to survive

a)

want

b)

import

c)

need

20.

Extras that make life more enjoyable

a)

need

b)

want

c)

savings

21.

a good made in another country and brought into the United States

a)

import

b)

export

c)

supply

22.

A good made in the United States and sent to other countries

a)

import

b)

export

c)

supply

23.

not being able to meet all wants at the same time

a)

demand

b)

supply

c)

scarcity

24.

Actions that people do for others

a)

goods

b)

services

c)

supply

25.

What is supply?

a)

the amount of an item you have

b)

how many people want your good/service

c)

the money you have left over after you paid your bills

26.

What is demand?

a)

the amount of an item you have

b)

how many people want your good/service

c)

the money you have left over after you paid your bills

27.

What is profit?

a)

the amount of an item you have

b)

how many people want your good/service

c)

the money you have left over after you paid your bills

28.

Which of these examples is a service?

a)

Mr. Farr sells guitars.

b)

Mr. Swenson gives art supplies to consumers.

c)

Coach provides lessons for different sports.

d)

Ms. Miller writes books.

29.

______________ are people who use natural resources, human resources, and capital resources to make goods or provide services.

a)

Producers

b)

Services

c)

Goods

d)

Resources

30.

________________ are people who use services or buy goods.

a)

Producers

b)

Resources

c)

Pretty

d)

Consumers

31.

_______________ resources are materials that come from nature.

a)

Special

b)

Natural

c)

Human

d)

Capital

32.

______________ resources are people working to produce goods or provide services.

a)

Capital

b)

Human

c)

Natural

d)

Manufactured

33.

________________ resources are the things that people use to make the goods or provide their services.

a)

Natural

b)

Capital

c)

Company

d)

Human

34.

The good or service that you give up when you make an economic choice is called _____________________.

a)

opportunity cost

b)

economic choice

c)

economic interdependence

d)

economic specialization

35.

Being an expert in one job, product, or service is called ___________________.

a)

economic interdependence

b)

economic specialization

c)

opportunity cost

d)

scarcity

36.

The term used when there is not enough of something to go around is __________________.

a)

scarcity

b)

economic choices

c)

resources

d)

opportunity cost

37.

What type of resources are these?

a)

capital

b)

natural

c)

nautical

d)

human

38.

This picture shows examples of _________________ resources.

a)

natural

b)

capital

c)

human

d)

consumer

39.

The buildings, machines, and tools that companies use to make products

a)

capital resources

b)

human resources

c)

natural resources

d)

entrepreneurs

40.
The using up of a resource
a)
scarcity
b)
supply
c)
services
d)
consumption
41.
another word for money
a)
barter
b)
economics
c)
currency
d)
price
42.

What do we call all of the resources required to make a product (good or service)?

a)

economics

b)

consumption

c)

four factors of production

d)

scarcity

43.
Something we pay for that we can touch
a)
goods
b)
services
44.
A general increase in prices
a)
price
b)
inflation
c)
scarcity
d)
demand
45.
The place where goods and services are exchanged
a)
barter
b)
currency
c)
market
d)
resource
46.
The amount of money we pay for a good or service
a)
currency
b)
price
c)
inflation
d)
economics
47.

money paid to the government through income, sales, and purchase of property

a)

taxes

b)

goods

c)

scarcity

d)

human resource

48.
When something given up for something else is called?
a)
Choice
b)
Capitalism
c)
Inflation
d)
Opportunity Cost
49.
What is the definition of economics?
a)
The study of human behavior and attitudes
b)
The study of past events and the impact they have had on people
c)
The study of political and social interactions
d)
The study of the production and distribution of goods and services