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Economics 1st Semester Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Market Economic systems are regulated by --

a)

supply and demand

b)

checks & balances

c)

Sonny & Cher

2.

An economy that allows private businesses but the government still has rules and regulations that people have to follow.

a)

Free Market

b)

Command

c)

Mixed

d)

Traditional

3.
The United States is an example of 
a)
a developed nation
b)
an undeveloped nation
4.

A big business that uses mass manufacturing in factories.

a)

Commercial industries

b)

Cottage industries

5.

A business or manufacturing activity carried on in a person's home.

a)

Commercial Industries

b)

Cottage Industries

6.

When you extract raw material from the earth: mining, logging, farming, hunting and gathering, fishing.

a)

Primary economic activity

b)

Secondary economic activity

c)

Tertiary economic activity

d)

Quaternary economic activity

7.

A farm is...

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

c)

Suburban

d)

Subrural

8.

A city is...

a)

Rural

b)

Urban

c)

Suburban

d)

Subrural

9.

When people move from a rural area to an urban area it is called

a)

suburb

b)

farmland

c)

urbanization

d)

city

10.

Which of the following are examples of 'infrastructure'?

a)

computers, televisions, phones

b)

buildings, roads, power supplies

c)

internet, social media, having the most likes on a post

11.

Commercial Industry

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

Commercial agriculture

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.
Which economy is dictated by supply and demand and the buyers and sellers?
a)
Market
b)
Socilaism 
c)
Mixed 
d)
Command 
14.

When an item is rare, what will the demand be like?

a)

high demand

b)

low demand

c)

not wanted at all

15.

Commercial Agriculture

a)

Growing lots of food to sell.

b)

Growing only enough food for you and your family to survive. Usually found out in the country or in villages.

c)

To move

d)

Travel through the land

16.

The part of the economy that transforms the raw materials into goods for sale: factory workers or people who make things out of raw materials (a weaver would make clothing out of cotton)

a)

Primary economic activity

b)

Secondary economic activity

c)

Tertiary economic activity

d)

Quaternary economic activity

17.

An economic activity generates research and new knowledge in universities and research centers.

a)

Primary economic activity

b)

Secondary economic activity

c)

Tertiary economic activity

d)

Quaternary economic activity

18.

What is an economic system where only the government makes the economic decisions?

a)

traditional economy

b)

free enterprise

c)

mixed economy

d)

command economy

19.
The amount of a good or service that is wanted is called:
a)
supply
b)
demand
c)
equilibrium
d)
inflation
20.
The amount of a good or service provided is called:
a)
supply
b)
demand
c)
equilibrium
d)
inflation
21.

The limited availability of resources is known as...

a)

Scarcity

b)

Voluntary Exchange

c)

Profit

d)

Opportunity Cost

22.

What part of the economic spectrum would you find North Korea?

a)

On the left

b)

On the right

c)

In the middle

d)

It is traditional so it is not on the spectrum

23.

The part of the economy that transforms the raw materials into goods for sale: factory workers or people who make things out of raw materials (a weaver would make clothing out of cotton)

a)

Primary economic activity

b)

Secondary economic activity

c)

Tertiary economic activity

d)

Quaternary economic activity

24.

How much money a country makes in a year (the higher it is, the higher the standard of living will be)

a)

GPA

b)

GDP per captia

c)

GDP

25.

A Developed country has

a)

A high literacy rate

b)

A high birth rate

c)

A high infant morality

26.

A Developed country has

a)

A high birth rate

b)

A high GDP

c)

A high infant morality

27.

Theocracy

a)

A form of government where representatives are elected

b)

a government ruled by a king or queen. Many empires were influenced by this monarchy because the king would be supported by many.

c)

a government in which the people have the power to make political decisions

d)

rules by a religious leader or priest.

28.
What is another word for farming?
a)
photosynthesis
b)
angle
c)
angel
d)
agriculture
29.

The part of the economy that provides services to others. For example, a store keeper, a nurse, a construction worker, a taxi driver- anyone who is providing a service.

a)

Primary economic activity

b)

Secondary economic activity

c)

Tertiary economic activity

d)

Quaternary economic activity

30.

A developing country will have a...

a)

high life expectancy

b)

low life expectancy

31.

What is a Republic?

a)

A form of government where representatives are elected

b)

a government ruled by a king or queen. Many empires were influenced by this monarchy because the king would be supported by many

c)

a government in which the people have the power to make political decisions

d)

rules by a religious leader or priest.

32.

Which of the following most likely caused the change in these photographs?

a)

The preservation of local cottage industries

b)

The expansion of international trade

c)

The adoption of command economy

d)

The extraction of nonrenewable resources from local reserves

33.

Which of the following countries has a command economy?

a)

The United States

b)

North Korea

c)

England

d)

Germany