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Economy Quiz 1 Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 2hrs 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Making the decision to go to soccer practice, which sacrifices time to do your homework is an example of:

a)

Scarcity

b)

Marginal Benefit

c)

Tradeoff

d)

Market

2.

Fill in the blank: We have ______ wants and needs but what we can get is ______.

a)

Unlimited; unlimted

b)

Limited; unlimited

c)

Unlimited; limited

d)

Limited; limited

3.
Benefits offered to encourage people to act in certain ways.
a)
Incentive 
b)
Utility 
c)
economize
d)
Trade-off
4.

Labor refers to...

a)

people with all their efforts and abilities

b)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

c)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services.

d)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

5.

In economic terminology land includes...

a)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

b)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services

c)

people with all their efforts and abilities

d)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

6.

Capital refers to...

a)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

b)

people with all their efforts and abilities

c)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services

d)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

7.

Entrepreneurs are...

a)

people with all their efforts and abilities

b)

individuals who start a new business or bring a product to market.

c)

The "gifts of nature" or natural resources not created by human effort.

d)

the tools, equipment, and factories used in production of goods and services

8.

A bulldozer is an example of...

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Capital

9.

Forests are examples of...

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Capital

10.

Baristas are examples of...

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Capital

11.

Apple trees are examples of...

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Capital

12.

Waiters/waitresses are examples of...

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Capital

13.

Brick pizza ovens are examples of...

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Capital

14.

Which type of statement is this?

"Wearing seat belts gives you less risk of being injured."

a)

normative

b)

positive

15.

Which type of statement is this?

"The rich make too much money"

a)

positive

b)

normative

16.

Which type of statement is this?

"The Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots have won 6 Super Bowls each."

a)

positive

b)

normative

17.

Which type of statement is this?

Minimum Wage should be $50/hour.

a)

normative

b)

positive

18.

In my country, business is based on competition. Success comes from doing something better and cheaper than your competitors.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

19.

In my country my job is the same one that my family has done over the past 200 years.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

20.

In my country, central planners decide when we should expand old factories and build new ones.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

21.

In my country, I know that all my needs will be met, but not my wants.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

22.

In my country, the government controls the economy. It assigns jobs, sets production goals, and decides wages.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

23.

In my country, the government has some involvement in the economy.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

24.

In my country we have no need for money. By custom, some of us hunt, others farm, and we are all taken care of.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

25.

In my country producers decide what and how much to make based on what people want to buy.

a)

Traidtional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

26.

In my country, consumers don't have a lot of choice in what they can buy.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

27.

In my country, consumers are very powerful in economic decision-making.

a)

Traiditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

28.

,In my country, the government tells me where to work.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

29.

The United States is an example of a country that has a _____ economy

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

30.

China is an example of a country that has a _____ economy

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

31.

New Zealand is an example of a country that has a _____ economy

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

32.

Cuba is an example of a country that has a _____ economy

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

33.

Japan is an example of a country that has a _____ economy

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

34.

Russia is an example of a country that has a _____ economy

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

35.

All of the following are questions to answer to determine what type of economy a country has, EXCEPT:

a)

What?

b)

How Much?

c)

Where?

d)

For Whom?

36.

All are differences between a command economy and a market economy, EXCEPT:

a)

Command - Total government control;

Market - Economic freedom

b)

Command - no competition;

Market - total competition

c)

Command - equal distribution;

Market - nothing is equal

d)

Command - society with social classes;

Market - society without social classes

37.

In a communist society...

a)

the government controls the means of production

b)

the individual owns the means of production

c)

wealth is distributed evenly amongst society

d)

there is no wealth or private property

38.
This economic system aims to make the best products for the lowest amount of money, which often times leads to bad treatment of workers.
a)
Socialism
b)
Communism
c)
Mixed Market Economy 
d)
Capitalism