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Economics

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does a baby sitter provide ?

a)

good

b)

service

2.

What does a farmer provide?

a)

good

b)

service

3.

What does a coach provide?

a)

good

b)

service

4.

What does a car salesman provide?

a)

good

b)

service

5.

If you go to the mall to buy the new Fortnite game what are you?

a)

good

b)

service

c)

consumer

d)

producer

6.

If you made cookies and sell them at school what are you ?

a)

good

b)

service

c)

producer

d)

consumer

7.

What do we call when people want to buy a product?

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

producer

d)

consumer

8.

What do we call all the products already in the store?

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

producer

d)

consumer

9.

A new restaurant opens up in town and everyone

wants to try it.There are only fifteen tables available. What

happens to the demand for reservations?

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

10.

It is winter in the Austin, which means very cold

temperatures and snow.The demand for ice

cream will probably

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

11.

Target has a large supply of winter coats in March. What will happen to the price of the coats?

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

12.

Many kids want a hover board for Christmas, but the

supply is running low as Christmas nears. Since many people want one, the price of hover boards will

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

stay the same

13.

Tina’s Bakery made too many cookies, so they

want to get rid of some of their cookie supply.

Tina’s Bakery should__________ the price of

cookie to sell them faster.

a)

increase

b)

decrease

14.

A product that is made for people to buy and use

a)

a good

b)

a service

15.

Which is an example of a good?

a)

mowing the lawn

b)

shoes

c)

teaching

16.

Which of these is an example of a service?

a)

Pencil

b)

Soccer ball

c)

Car

d)

Collecting Trash

17.

A skateboard is a good

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Rowan gave Wyatt a movie in exchange for a football. This is an example of ________.

a)

goods

b)

buying

c)

bartering

d)

money

19.

Why do countries trade with each other?

a)

to make new friends

b)

to show off what they have

c)

to get goods they want or need, but do not produce or grow

20.

_____ are things you buy or trade.

a)

books

b)

goods

c)

economics

21.

When you pay $40 for a new toy, are you bartering?

a)

Yes

b)

No

22.

_____ is another word for trading.

a)

bartering

b)

good

c)

service

d)

charities

23.

When Colton trades his Goldfish for Emily's Cheez-its, they are bartering.

a)

True

b)

False

24.
Economics is...
a)
studying goods, services, and how people can get them.
b)
studying trees, bushes, and other plants.
c)
studying animals and wildlife.
d)
studying food, and how food is made.
25.
Which of these is a good?
a)
Librarian
b)
Teacher
c)
Computer
d)
Mechanic
26.
Which of these provides a service?
a)
Pumpkins
b)
Mailman
c)
Turtles
d)
Cars
27.
The people who grow or create goods are called...
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
banker
d)
traders
28.
The people who buy goods and services are called...
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
banker
d)
traders
29.
Which of the following is a need?
a)
Crayons
b)
Video Games
c)
Basketballs
d)
Houses
30.
If video games are not a need, what are they?
a)
a wish
b)
a dream
c)
a want
d)
a necessity
31.
All people have the same wants and needs.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
How do most people obtain goods or services today in America?
a)
Money
b)
Trading
c)
Bartering
33.
What is a commodity?
a)
a product
b)
a bathroom facility
34.
Which of the following is not a good?
a)
Clothes
b)
Food
c)
Dog Walker
d)
Toys
35.
Which of the following is not a service?
a)
Dry Cleaner
b)
Car Wash
c)
Clothes
d)
Babysitter
36.
A _____________ is a person who starts a business.
a)
Teacher
b)
Entrepreneur
c)
Actor
d)
Student
37.
A shortage of a resource is considered...
a)
Scarcity
b)
Surplus
c)
Profits
d)
Income
38.
Increase means:
a)
More
b)
Less
39.

things purchased by consumers

a)

goods

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

supply

40.

A person who provides a good or service

a)

producer

b)

need

c)

want

d)

consumer

41.

Basic things humans need to survive

a)

need

b)

want

c)

import

d)

demand

42.

Extras that make life more enjoyable

a)

want

b)

need

c)

producer

d)

savings

43.

how much of a good or service consumers want

a)

demand

b)

spending

c)

producer

d)

scarcity

44.

The amount available

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

import

d)

natural resource

45.

money paid to the government through income, sales, and purchase of property

a)

taxes

b)

goods

c)

scarcity

d)

human resource

46.

goods naturally found on the earth

a)

natural resources

b)

supply

c)

demand

d)

services

47.

services provided by people

a)

human resource

b)

import

c)

scarcity

d)

consumer

48.

a good made in another country and brought into the United States

a)

import

b)

scarcity

c)

supply

d)

spending

49.

A good made in the United States and sent to other countries

a)

export

b)

consumer

c)

savings

d)

taxes

50.

not having enough

a)

scarcity

b)

supply

c)

human resouce

d)

taxes

51.

What is opportunity cost?

a)

the value of the next best option that is not selected when a choice is made.

b)

there is not enough of it.

c)

things people make to earn money.

d)

actions people do to earn money.

52.

Andrea has planned a trip to the beach for her family on Labor Day. Her daughter has been invited to the mountains by a friend. Her daughter decides to go to the beach. What is her opportunity cost?

a)

a trip to the beach

b)

a trip to the mountains

53.

Lydia brought a salad for lunch today. Michelle is ordering pizza and asks Lydia is she would like to order. Lydia decides to eat her salad, what is her opportunity cost?

a)

salad

b)

pizza

54.
What is opportunity cost?
a)
your choice
b)
what you give up to make a choice
55.
What is scarcity? 
a)
Having too many resources 
b)
Not  having enough resources 
56.

A farmer decides to plant corn on all of her land. Which of the answers below is her opportunity cost ?

a)

the ability to plant wheat

b)

the ability to go to college

c)

the ability of her workers

d)

the stability of the economy

57.

Which of the lists includes only NEEDS?

a)

Cell phone, Xbox, Headphones

b)

Water, Cell Phone, Shelter

c)

a House, Water, Food

d)

Food, Books, Computers

58.

What is an IMPORT?

a)

bringing in goods from another country

b)

sending goods to another country

c)

buying new goods

d)

creating new goods

59.

What is an EXPORT?

a)

bringing in goods from another country

b)

sending goods to another country

c)

buying new goods

d)

producing new goods

60.

What is Specialization?

a)

producing ONE kind of good or providing ONE kind of service

b)

a system of trade

c)

the value of the next best option (what you give up)

d)

having unlimited wants and needs with limited resources

61.

Which list has HUMAN resources for Domino's Pizza Delivery?

a)

Chef, Delivery Boy, Cashier

b)

Pizza Cutter, Cheese, Janitor

c)

Delivery Car, Land, Tomatoes

d)

Pizza Sauce, Delivery Boy, Manager

62.

Which list has CAPITAL resources for Domino's pizza delivery?

a)

Tomatoes, Cheese, Wheat

b)

Pop Machine, Water, Meats

c)

Chef, Pizza Cutter, Pop Machine

d)

Ovens, Delivery Car, Building

63.

Which list has NATURAL resources for Domino's pizza delivery?

a)

Land, Water, Tomatoes

b)

Ovens, Buildings, Manager

c)

Pop Machine, Delivery Boy

d)

Manager, Delivery Car, Consumers

64.
a person who starts and runs their own business
a)
investor
b)
producer
c)
entrepreneur 
d)
inventor
65.
Goods-or-Services:
doctors
lawyers
barbers
electricians
Wi-Fi
a)
Goods
b)
Services
66.
Goods-or-Services:
food
cars
clothes 
cellphone
pencils
a)
Goods
b)
Services
67.

The newest video has come out and each store only gets a few of them in stock.

a)

High demand and low supply

b)

Low demand and high supply

68.

Which of these is a want?

a)

food

b)

water

c)

shelter

d)

smartphone

69.

Need or Want

a)

Need

b)

Want

70.

water

a)

want

b)

need

71.

Check everything that is a NEED.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
72.
a)
Need
b)
Want
73.

Which is a want?

a)

A place to live (shelter)

b)

Oxygen

c)

Car

d)

Food

74.

A want is something we would like to have but could easily live without it.

a)

True

b)

False

75.
What is a need?
a)
Nothing
b)
Something you have to have to live
c)
Something you would like to have
d)
Ice cream
76.

Which is a need?

a)

lemonade

b)

Coffee

c)

Water

d)

Gatorade

77.

Are headphones a fundamental need or a want?

a)

Need

b)

Want

78.

Which is a need?

a)

iPhone

b)

Medication

c)

Backpack

d)

Sunglasses