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WorksheetsIG Economics Review
Total questions: 135
Worksheet time: 2hrs 45mins
Which type of economy has central ownership, the government, and lack of individual choice?
Market
Mixed
Command
Traditional
The amount of money a business makes after its expenses are paid
profit
supply
demand
scarcity
Focusing on a narrow range of products/services that can be produced most efficiently and cost-effectively.
subsistence
specialization
scarcity
bartering
Competition and profit motive are important characteristics of a:
command economy
traditional economy
market economy
socialist economy
The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.
Globalization
Economy
GDP
Economic Independence
Privatization refers to ....
Transfer of assets from people to government
Transfer of assets from public to private organizations
Transfer of assets from corporate to public
Transfer of assets from corporate to government
In a ______________ economic system, the government owns resources and controls production, prices, and wages
traditional
market
command
mixed
What is a free market economy?
An economy based on supply and demand with little or no government control
The international exchange of goods
An economy in which decisions are made by the government
An economy that is communist
____________ economic activities add value to raw materials by processing them or changing their form. Ex: wood being made into tables/furniture
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
What is Gross Domestic Product?
Goods, services, and intermediate products bought by people in other countries.
the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year
The amount of output the average worker can produce in an hour.
Country: Barksdalia
Per Capita GDP: $45,000
Life Expectancy: 85
Literacy Rate: 95%
Developed
Developing
What do economists mean by the term "scarcity"?
Having too few or too little of resources
Having too many resources
Having just enough resources
Having the correct amount of resources
Which choice best describes the economic problem of scarcity in the world?
People have limited wants there is an unlimited amount of resources.
People have unlimited wants but there is a limited amount of resources
People have no wants so resources don't matter
These productive resources are raw materials that come from nature or the earth that people use to make goods.
Natural Resources
Human Resources
Capital Resources
Which of the following is not one of the three basic questions economists try to solve?
What should be produced?
How should it be produced?
Who gets what is produced?
When should it be produced?
What is the total amount of payment received from a consumer for a good or service?
Costs
Profits
Deductions
Revenue
What is the general increase in prices over time?
Inflation
Deflation
Stagflation
Hyperinflation
What do you call the tools and equipment needed to create a good or service?
Capital Resources
Human Resources
Land Resources
Entrepreneurial Ability
What do you call a country with a strong economy and easy access to education, healthcare, and vital goods and services?
Least Developed Country
Less Developed Country
More Developed Country
Third World County
The majority of the least developed countries can be found on which continent?
Africa
Asia
Europe
South America
Which of the following are benefits of NAFTA? (Choose all that apply)
Increased Trade
Improved the US Economy
Decreased the Negative Environmental Impact of many companies
Decreased the cost of imports
Companies moved to other countries to produce goods
Which of the following are ways that countries attempt to limit trade? (choose all that apply)
Tariffs
Deficit
Quotas
Investment
Embargo
Which of the following will increase your profit for selling hot chocolate?
Use expensive materials
Lower the price
Give each buyer more hot chocolate
Use cheaper materials
Market failure arises whenever firms
make a loss
replace machines with workers
create externalities
reduce expenditure on research and development
Market failure results in a misallocation of resources. In some cases, this can be corrected by the government
restricting the manufacture of goods that generate positive externalities
Providing public goods
subsidising all loss-making firms
placing a tax on merit goods
From an economic standpoint, government intervention is justified
When the private sector is larger than public sector.
Because the government will encourage the production of private goods.
Because the government can increase the level of market power of private businesses.
When the market mechanism fails to achieve the optimal mix of output.
A product is likely to have a price elasticity of demand that exceeds 1 when:
Its price falls
It is a necessity
It has close substitutes
Consumers are not very responsive to changes in price
What does it mean?
Ed > 1
Perfectly inelastic demand
Inelastic demand
Unitarily elastic demand
Elastic demand
Perfectly elastic demand
Which of the following has more elastic demand?
Which of the following has more elastic demand?
Which of the following has more inelastic demand?
When a country sends or sells its goods to another country it ___________ them.
imports
exports
donates
Bringing in goods or services from another is country
exports
imports
donates
A new tax is added to pharmaceutical imports from the United Kingdom.
tariff
quota
embargo
Germany places a block on all imports from Sri Lanka
tariff
quota
embargo
France imposes a limit on Avocado imports from Mexico.
tariff
quota
embargo
What is the GDP of the U.S.?
5 Trillion Dollars
12 Trillion Dollars
1 Trillion Dollars
18 Trillion Dollars
Human Development Index is...
the average number of years a person is expected to live.
a tool for ranking countries based on their level of economic development.
how much humans develop over time.
Countries with high infant mortality rates and low life expectancy are in which level of economic development?
More Developed
Newly Industrialized
Less Developed
The average annual income of a worker in a country.
Per Capital GDP
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
Labor Force by Occupation
Number of babies that die before 1st birthday (per 1000 births) in 1 year.
Maternal Mortality Rate
Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy
According to the International Monetary Fund, GDP per Capita is highest in the following countries.
This would mean most people in the country ___________________.
Have a high standard of living
Have a low standard of living
Live in rural areas
Live in the capital cities
A farmer would fall under which economic activity?
Quaternary
Tertiary
Secondary
Primary
Which of the following are used to calculate HDI? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
Literacy rate
GNI per capita
Poverty rate
Life expectancy
Average years of schooling
Which of the following is the dominant economic sector in developed countries?
primary
secondary
tertiary
quaternary
quintary
Which pairing of economic sectors is correct? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
Fishing/primary
Automobile manufacturing/secondary
Apple executive/tertiary
Soft drink bottling plant/tertiary
Accountant/tertiary
As less developed countries start developing economically, fewer citizens work in the ______________ economic sector because _____________ ?
Tertiary; the need for services is greater in poor countries
Secondary: developed countries send their manufacturing industries overseas.
Primary: a country’s resources are being used up as it develops
Primary: technology makes these jobs more efficient so fewer workers are needed
Secondary: as a country’s wealth increased, fewer factories are needed.
One's level of wealth, comfort, and material goods is called..
economic development
human development
standard of living
social change
The number of adults who are able to read and write in a country is the....
proportion of labor
GNI
literacy rate
per capita rate
Which of the following factors influence worker productivity. economic growth, and the future standard of living for a nation? (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
access to healthcare
education
new technology
food security
"Development" as measured by the UN means...
An increase in the value of the output of a country’s goods and services
The improvement in a country’s wealth and the living conditions of its people
The division of a nation’s jobs into different sectors
The quality and price of goods imported into a country
The value of a product compared to the needed labor
What is the best definition of poverty?
Not having the latest iphone
Not being able to afford new clothing
not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter
Being homeless, not having food and wearing old clothes.
Under normal circumstances countries develop gradually over time. Suggest circumstances where a country might actually become less developed. Select 2 options.
Corruption
War
Recession
Natural disaster
Poor harvest
A country described as an MEDC is...
More developed
less developed
newly industrialised
Money efficient
Which is the LEDC
Norway
Germany
Brazil
Central African Republic
What is debt?
Paying back more than you borrowed
When you owe someone something, such as money.
When someone has something you want
Interest, paid back on a loan
What is the extra money you pay back, the fee for having a loan.
Debt
trade
tariff
Interest
Analyze the Population Pyramid: What type of country would this population pyramid represent?
This would represent a developing country with a high death rate and a high birth rate
This would represent a developed country as it has a high birth rate and a high death rate.
This would represent a stationary country as nothing is changing.
None of these are correct
This country Cambodia has a Poverty line of $1.25 USD a day, but in the USA the Poverty Line is $35 a day, would someone living in Poverty in the USA be living in Poverty if they moved to Cambodia
Yes, because Poverty is not relative to each person
No, because Poverty is not relative to each person.
Yes, because Poverty is subjective based on where you live.
No, because Poverty is subjective based on where you live.
Blank measures how many deaths there are per 1,000 people in a country
(a)
Which energy source is consumed most in the U.S.?
Coal
Natural Gas
Petroleum
Nuclear
What is owning all the businesses in a particular field?
Vertical Integration
Horizontal Integration
Trust
Antitrust
John D. Rockefeller practiced horizontal integration by buying
wildcatters
oil refining business
steel businesses
pipelines and tankers
Owning every step in the manufacturing process is
trust
monopoly
vertical integration
horizontal integration
what is a trade union?
(a) It is an organisation
(b) A group of workers
(c) Trade unions are independent organisations that represent workers to their employers
(d) To register a trade union, you must apply to the Registrar of labour Relations
A student records her income and spending for past month, she uses the function of money
Medium of exchange
Standard of deferred payments
Unit of account
Store of value
A medium of exchange is_______
something that is generally acceptable in exchange for goods and services
a legally recognized asset that is generally accepted in exchange for goods and services.
something that circulates and provides a standardized means of evaluating the relative price of goods and services.
The ability of money to command purchasing power in the future
Easily transferred from one person to another, to make the exchange of money for goods/services easier
Durability
Divisibility
Portability
Scarcity
Money has what if it doesn't deteriorate when it is being handled?
Scarcity
Divisibility
Durability
Portability
Money has what if it can be broken down into smaller units so it can be used as needed?
Divisibility
Portability
Scarcity
Durability
What are the functions of money?
Unit of account
Store of Value
Medium of Exchange
Store of Bank Notes
Measure of Value
What is an exchange rate?
The rate at which goods are exchanged between two countries
The price of one nation's currency in terms of another's
How many US dollars you can exchange for RMB at Travelex
The price of goods in terms of a foreign currency
According to the table, what is the USD equivalent of 1 Australian?
0.97 USD
1.32 USD
1.28 USD
1.03 USD
How is an exchange rate determined in the money market?
The forces of supply and demand
Government/the Federal Reserve Bank
Whatever sellers of goods are willing to take
Investors decide the value of the currency they wish to invest
Why do changing exchange rates help one country and hurt the other?
One side loses purchasing power and the other gains it
Takes money away from one side and gives it to the other
Causes war between the two countries
One country's government introduces tariffs to protect local industries
What type of exchange rate system do most countries operate under?
Flexible
Floating
Fictitious
Fixed
What is the difference between a fixed rate exchange system and a floating rate system?
Government sets rate vs market sets rate
Doesn't exist vs does exist
Never changing vs always changing
Currency never appreciates vs can appreciate
If the US $ were to appreciate in relation to the Euro, what effect would this have?
European consumers would have more purchasing power in US
US consumers can buy more European goods and services for fewer $$
US consumers can buy more English goods and services for fewer $$
European tourists to the US will spend more $$
If the Mexican Peso depreciates in relation to the Chinese Yuan, how is Mexico affected?
Mexico has less purchasing power in Chinese currency
Mexico benefits from increased purchasing power
Mexico would have more Chinese investors
They would be invaded by China
The currency exchange rate of the South African rand for the Botswana pula fell by 5.7% between August 2014 and August 2015. What would be the immediate effect of this?
Botswana’s level of protection would fall.
Botswana’s tourists travelling to South Africa would find it less expensive
South Africa’s imports would be cheaper.
South Africa’s tourists travelling to Botswana would receive more pula per rand
What is likely to cause a rise in a country’s foreign exchange rate?
a fall in its exports of goods and services
a fall in its imports of goods and services
a fall in its inflow of income
a rise in its outflow of transfers
In 2009 the exchange rate of the Singapore dollar changed from 1.49 = 1 US dollar to 1.43 Singapore dollars = 1 US dollar.
How would this affect the import prices and export prices for Singapore?
decrease/decrease
decrease/increase
increase/decrease
increase/increase
If the exchange rate is £1 = $1.25, what is $2250 equivalent to in £ pounds?
£1800
£2813
£2250
None of the answers
£1700
You are a UK business that exports to the US market. If the £1 goes from being equal to $1.25 to $1.50, what will happen to your exports to the US?
Exports to US will become more expensive and decrease
Exports to US will become cheaper and increase
Exports to US will stay the same
None of the answers
Exports to US will become cheaper and decrease
When a price ceiling is imposed in a market:
A surplus results
Sellers of the product are made better off
A shortage results
Quantity supplied is greater than the quantity demanded
At the price, neither a surplus or a shortage exists
equilibrium
consumer surplus
producer's surplus
dead weight
