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IGCSE Economics Glossary Terms - E

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The total amount received including additional payments.

a)

Earnings

b)

Wages

c)

Investments

d)

Money

2.

Changes in the real GDP of an economy over time through periods of boom, recession, slump and recovery.

a)

Economic cycle

b)

Business cycle

c)

Trade cycle

d)

Currency cycle

3.

An improvement in the living standards and quality of life of the population of a country as it transitions from being reliant on the primary sector for employment and output towards the secondary and tertiary sectors.

a)

Export development

b)

Economic growth rate

c)

Economic development

d)

Enterprise development

4.

Goods which are scarce relative to the demand for them.

a)

Economic goods

b)

Enterprise goods

c)

Excess goods

d)

Scarce goods

5.

The change in the value of the goods and services produced within a country over time.

a)

Enterprise growth

b)

Economic growth

c)

Employment growth

d)

Expansionary growth

6.

The percentage increase in the value of goods and services produced in an economy over time (usually a year).

a)

Enterprise growth rate

b)

External growth rate

c)

Economic growth rate

d)

Efficiency growth rate

7.

Land, labour, capital and enterprise.

a)

Enterprise resources

b)

Efficient resources

c)

Export resources

d)

Economic resources

8.

Where an increase in the level of production results in a fall in the average costs of production.

a)

External economies

b)

Expansionary economies

c)

Economies of scale

d)

Diseconomies of scale

9.

Consumers' desire to buy a good, backed up by the ability to pay.

a)

Effective demand

b)

Efficient demand

c)

Economic demand

d)

Export demand

10.

How effective the firm is in using factors of production to generate its output

a)

Effectiveness

b)

Efficiency

c)

Excess

d)

Expansionary

11.

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ - a complete ban on the import of a certain product or all products from a particular country

(a)  

12.

The movement of people out of a country to reside permanently elsewhere.

a)

Immigration

b)

Emigration

c)

Moving out

d)

Export

13.

The state of having paid work.

a)

Economy

b)

Export

c)

Employment

d)

Earnings

14.

Brings all the other factors together to produce a good or service.

a)

Land

b)

Labour

c)

Capital

d)

Enterprise

15.

_ _ _ _ _ opportunities - the policies and and practices in employment that prevent discrimination against someone on the grounds of race, age, gender, religion, disability or any other individual or group characteristic unrelated to ability, performance and qualification.

(a)  

16.

The price at which the quantity that buyers want to buy is equal to the quantity that sellers are prepared to sell.

a)

Equilibrium price

b)

Economic price

c)

Equal price

d)

Expansion price

17.

Demand is greater than supply at a given price.

a)

Excess Demand

b)

Surplus

c)

Shortage

d)

Excess Supply

18.

Supply is greater than demand at a given price.

a)

Excess Demand

b)

Surplus

c)

Excess Supply

d)

Shortage

19.

A tax levied on goods that are manufactured in a country.

a)

Excise duty

b)

Tax duty

c)

Exercise duty

d)

Export duty

20.

An increase in government spending and/ or a reduction in income tax rates in order to increase aggregate demand in the economy.

a)

Expansionary monetary policy

b)

Contractionary fiscal policy

c)

Expansionary fiscal policy

d)

Contractionary monetary policy

21.

The increase in the money supply by the government, leading to a rise in aggregate demand.

a)

Expansionary monetary policy

b)

Expansionary fiscal policy

c)

Contractionary monetary policy

d)

Contractionary fiscal policy

22.

A financial grant given to exporters by the government that does not need to be repaid.

a)

Export tax

b)

Export duty

c)

Export subsidy

d)

Export benefit

23.

Locally-made goods and services sold abroad.

(a)  

24.

An increase in quantity demanded as a result of a fall in price.

a)

Extension in supply

b)

Expansion of quantity

c)

Equal demand

d)

Extension in demand

25.

An increase in the quantity supplied in response to an increase in price.

a)

Extension in supply

b)

External supply

c)

Export supply

d)

Economic supply

26.

The benefits to a third party from the production or consumption of a good.

a)

Export benefits

b)

External benefits

c)

Expansion benefits

d)

Employment benefits

27.

The costs to a third party from the production or consumption of a good.

a)

External costs

b)

Export costs

c)

Economic costs

d)

Enterprise costs

28.

Arise from factors outside the control of a firm and fall on all firms in the industry regardless of size.

a)

Export economies

b)

Excess economies

c)

External economies

d)

Efficient economies