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European Economics

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the four types of economies?

a)

Tribal, Governmental, Market, and MIxture

b)

Traditional, Command, Market, and Mixed

c)

Store, Tsar, Mixture, and Tribal

d)

Traditions, Commanders, Markets, and Mixtures

2.

In what economy are all resources shared?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

3.

In what economy are all the resources owned or regulated by the government?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

4.

In what economy are resources owned by individuals?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

5.

In what economy are the resources balanced between government and individual ownership?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

6.

What are the three economic questions every country must answer?

a)

What to do, How to do it, and Who to do it for?

b)

Where to go, How to get there, and Who to send there?

c)

What to produce, How to produce it, and Whom to produce for?

d)

Who to vote for, How to vote for them, and Why they should vote?

7.

In a command economy who answers the three main economic questions?

a)

individuals

b)

the government

c)

the group

d)

both the government and the individuals

8.

In a market economy who answers the three main economic questions?

a)

individual

b)

the government

c)

both the government and the individual

d)

the group

9.

In a mixed economy who answers the three main economic questions?

a)

the individual

b)

the government

c)

both the individual and the government

d)

the group

10.

In a traditional economy who answers the three main economic questions?

a)

the individual

b)

the government

c)

both the individual and the government

d)

the group

11.

What type of economy can you predict in a country that has an absolute monarchy government system?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

12.

What type of economy can you predict in a country that has a parliamentary democracy government system?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

13.

What type of economy can you predict in a country that has a communist government system?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

14.

What type of economy can you predict in a country that has a presidential democracy government system?

a)

Mixed

b)

Market

c)

Command

d)

Traditional

15.

Why is the UK closest to the pure market end on the economic continuum?

a)

because the government obtained control of more companies

b)

because the government relinquished control of some of its companies to private ownership

c)

because the government co-owns many of the nations leading companies with private citizens

d)

because individuals relinquished ownership of their businesses to the government

16.

Why is Germany further away from the pure market end of the economic continuum than the UK?

a)

because Germany is still under communist rule

b)

because Germany is still rebuilding after Hitler's reign

c)

because Germany is building back the economy from the reunification of East and West Germany

d)

because the Germans are not paying all of their taxes

17.

Why is Russia the furthest from the pure market and the closest to pure command on the economic continuum?

a)

because the Russians are still a communist country

b)

because the country is still trying to adjust from when it was once a Tsardom

c)

because there are still many government restrictions and regulations in place from when the government was under communist rule

d)

because the Tsar is still in power

18.

What do we call the system in a country that determines how money is made and used?

a)

money system

b)

currency system

c)

economic system

d)

economic continuum

19.

What type of economic system do most countries in the world have?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

20.

Which country in Europe is closest to the pure market side of the economic continuum?

a)

Germany

b)

the UK

c)

Russia

d)

Brazil

21.

What is the economic system whereby individuals are deciding what to make, how to make it, and who to make it for?

a)

Traditional

b)

Market

c)

Mixed

d)

Command

22.

Which is an encouragement for countries to trade?

a)

Tariff

b)

Specialization

c)

Embargo

d)

Quota

23.

What is bartering?

a)

Haggling someone to give you a cheaper price.

b)

Trading one good for another good.

c)

Trading a good for money.

d)

Stopping all trade.

24.

What is the purpose of a tariff?

a)

To encourage trade among countries.

b)

To encourage free trade in Europe.

c)

To encourage local people to buy domestic brands.

d)

To create a financial strain on a country.

25.

What is a tariff?

a)

a tax imposed by one country on goods and services imported by another country in order to protect domestic industries

b)

a tax imposed by one country on another country because they violated a rule or law

c)

a tax imposed by a country on another country's imports because their products are better

d)

a tax used to make another country mad

26.

Why might a government impose a quota on a country they are trading with?

a)

because the products are of poor quality

b)

because the government of the importing country is corrupt

c)

because the market is being flooded with too much quantity of the product/good

d)

because the markets do not want to sell the product

27.

What is a quota?

a)

a government decision to stop trade

b)

a government decision to charge more tax on the traded product

c)

a government-imposed trade restriction that limits the number of goods that a country can import

d)

a government-imposed trade tax that makes the prices of products go higher than what the consumer wants

28.

Why might a country place an embargo on another country?

a)

because the two countries are allies

b)

because the two countries have negotiated free trade with one another

c)

because the two countries have passed laws in legislature ensuring a compromise on trade

d)

because the country has violated trade agreements or the government has threatened the government of the other country

29.

What is an embargo?

a)

an official open-door policy to free trade

b)

an official ban to trade between two countries

c)

an official agreement between two countries to never disagree

d)

an official ban on trade taxes

30.

Why is money wanted by an individual or a country?

a)

to encourage an economic system and to meet their needs

b)

to develop domination

c)

so that all people love one another

31.

What is scarcity?

a)

no trade

b)

no products

c)

not enough products to meet the demand

d)

not enough demand for the produced products

32.

What is a way countries can combat scarcity?

a)

specialization

b)

tariffs

c)

quotas

d)

farmers

33.

What does trade create for all countries that participate?

a)

problems

b)

wealth

c)

answers to the three economic questions

d)

population growth

34.

What are three barriers to trade?

a)

legislature, specialization, and taxes

b)

tariffs, quotas, and specialization

c)

tariffs, quotas, and taxes

d)

tariffs, quotas, and embargos

35.

A country's economy...

a)

is permanent.

b)

it fluctuates over time.