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Comparing Economic Systems

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This type of economy means that the government would have little involvement in economic affairs.

a)

Socialism

b)

Communism

c)

Command

d)

Laissez-Faire

2.

In this type of economy, the principles of supply and demand explain the economic decisions made.

a)

Communism

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Factors of Production

3.

"We in government should learn to look at our country with the eyes of the entrepreneur, seeing possibilities where others see only problems. That way, instead of the unemployed, we'd see a resource of potential workers waiting to add their labors, their ingenuity, their creativity, to an expanding marketplace. This could increase incentives to work and invest"

WHICH TYPE OF ECONOMIC SYSTEM WAS PRESIDENT REAGAN DESCRIBING?

a)

Laissez-Faire

b)

Traditional

c)

Command

d)

Market

4.

This country's government permits lumber yards to set their own prices AND decide what they will pay their laborers. The government has promised NOT to intervene.

THIS BEST DESCRIBES WHAT TYPE OF ECONOMY?

a)

Mixed

b)

Market

c)

Command

d)

Laissez-Faire

5.

In this country, the government sets the price for all the produce that is sold in this country. The government also tells them exactly what to pay laborers.

THIS BEST DESCRIBES WHAT ECONOMY?

a)

Mixed

b)

Market

c)

Command

d)

Laissez-Faire

6.

In this country, prices for goods are based solely on SUPPLY and DEMAND. Corporations sell goods at high prices when demand for those goods is high. When demand falls, prices also fall.

THIS BEST DESCRIBES WHAT TYPE OF ECONOMY?

a)

Mixed

b)

Market

c)

Command

d)

Laissez-Faire

7.

Which one of these definitions best describe Opportunity Costs?

a)

The cost of making one decision over another or the choice of sacrificing something desirable.

b)

The cost for the opportunity to buy anything you want.

c)

The opportunity to improve ones social status.

d)

The time it will take to earn the income to purchase a good.

8.
Identify the factor of production. 
a)
land
b)
labor
c)
capital
d)
entrepreneurship
9.
Identify the factor of production. 
a)
land
b)
labor
c)
capital
d)
entrepreneurship
10.

When "wants are greater than the resources available to satisfy them," it is called...

a)

Scarcity

b)

Needs

c)

Opportunity Cost

d)

None of these answers

11.

Adam Smith, the father or capitalism, would most likely agree with which statement?

a)

Revolution is the only solution to economic problems.

b)

Five-year plans are necessary in order to industrialize.

c)

All nations would benefit from an agricultural economy.

d)

Government should follow a (supply/demand) policy.

12.

This political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned(government) and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

a)

Communism

b)

Free enterprise system

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Law of competition