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Economics - 3rd Grade

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

buying goods or services from sellers in other countries

(a)  

2.

how much of a good or service is available

(a)  

3.

when people exchange goods or services and both people benefit

(a)  

4.

what you give up when you make a choice

(a)  

5.

how much people want a good or service

(a)  

6.

shortage; not having enough; a lack of goods or services; demand is high, but supply is low

(a)  

7.

selling goods or services to people in other countries

(a)  

8.

the things people make, sell and buy

(a)  

9.

a person who makes and sells goods or services

(a)  

10.

work people do for other people

(a)  

11.

a person who buys goods or services

(a)  

12.

depending on each other;  producers and consumers depend on each other

(a)  

13.

extra goods or services; too much; supply is high and demand is low

(a)  

14.

Which statement below is NOT true about goods?

a)

Goods are made by producers.

b)

Mowing someone’s lawn is an example of a good.

c)

Toys, food, and clothes are examples of goods.

d)

People exchange goods by bartering or buying.

15.

Which is an example of a service?

a)

buying groceries at Kroger

b)

paying for ice cream at Brusters

c)

paying someone to paint your house

d)

buying a toy at Wal-Mart

16.

Which is an example of a producer?

a)

a mother buying baby food

b)

a man paying for a haircut

c)

a child buying lunch from the cafeteria

d)

a farmer selling vegetables at a market

17.

the form of money that people in a country use

(a)  

18.

Ashley sold lemonade for $3.00 a cup and had a few customers. 

                            What will probably happen if she lowers the price to $2.00?

a)

More people would buy her lemonade.

b)

Fewer people would buy her lemonade.

c)

Ashley would sell less lemonade.

d)

People would stop buying her lemonade.

19.

Many consumers want to buy the newest iPhone, so there is a high demand.   However, the supply is very low.  What will most likely happen to the price?

a)

The price will increase.

b)

The price will decrease.

c)

The price will stay the same.

d)

The phones will be free.

20.

money earned by a producer (after expenses are paid)

(a)  

21.

The ice cream man drives a truck through the neighborhood selling ice cream. Which of the following BEST describes his truck?

a)

land resource

b)

capital resource

c)

human resource

d)

natural resource

22.

What do capital resources provide to businesses?

a)

man-made tools, equipment and supplies

b)

land and other raw materials from the earth

c)

labor and skills from workers

d)

customers

23.

What do natural resources provide to businesses?

a)

man-made tools, equipment and supplies

b)

land and other raw materials from the earth

c)

labor and skills from workers

d)

customers

24.

What do human resources provide to businesses?

a)

man-made tools, equipment and supplies

b)

land and other raw materials from the earth

c)

labor and skills from workers

d)

customers

25.

What kind of productive resource is the sun?

a)

natural resource

b)

human resource

c)

capital resource

d)

an entrepreneur

26.

What kind of productive resource is the a computer?

a)

natural resource

b)

human resource

c)

capital resource

d)

an entrepreneur

27.

What kind of productive resource is the a worker?

a)

natural resource

b)

human resource

c)

capital resource

d)

an entrepreneur

28.

Taylor wants to open her own car flower shop. She has plenty of flowers and workers, but she does not have a building. What type of resource is the building?

a)

natural resource

b)

human resource

c)

captial resource

d)

an entrepreneur

29.

Who would a business consider a human resource?

a)

Someone who takes the risk to start the business

b)

Someone who comes to their store to shop

c)

Someone who buys their goods or services

d)

Someone who works for the business

30.

John decided to start a pet walking business. Which of the following BEST describes John?

a)

John is a consumer

b)

John is an entrepreneur

c)

John is a natural resource

d)

John is a capital resource

31.

(a)   resources come from nature

32.

(a)   resources are the labor (work), skills, and knowledge people provide

33.

(a)   resources are man made things like tools, trucks, machines, equipment and technology

34.

a person who takes the risk to start a new business

they could lose all of their money taking this risk

(a)