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LA Economics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Countries specialize in what they ____________.

a)

do the worst at

b)

do the best at

c)

enjoy the most

d)

dislike the most

2.

Which political barrier puts a tax on imported goods?

a)

Tariffs

b)

Quotas

c)

Embargoes

d)

Natural Barriers

3.

What could be a reason that Columbia might put a tariff on coffee (an added tax on imported coffee)?

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4.

When the United States imposed an embargo against Cuba, it put ______________ on Cuba's communist government to change.

a)

support

b)

positivity

c)

a time limit

d)

pressure

5.

What has to be done for one country to trade with another country if they have different forms of currency?

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6.
What is a tariff?
a)
A tax on imports
b)
A limit on imports
c)
A halt to trade
d)
A tax on exports
7.
What is an embargo?
a)
A tax on imports
b)
A limit on imports
c)
A halt to trade
d)
A tax on exports
8.
What is a quota?
a)
A tax on imports
b)
A limit on imports
c)
A halt to trade
d)
A tax on exports
9.
What is GDP?
a)
the total value of all goods and services produced in a year in one country
b)
the total value of goods produced by a person in a year.
c)
the total value of goods consumed by a person in one year.
d)
the total value of all goods and services consumed in a year in one country
10.

Why do countries need an exchange rate?

a)

to promote tourism

b)

to determine GDP

c)

to see who has the most money

d)

to trade with each other

11.

Read the following two statements:

1. Nation A produces cars more efficiently than it can grow food crops.

2. Nation A produces cars and buys food from Nation B.

What principle of economics is illustrated by these two statements?

a)

Laws of Supply and Demand

b)

Scarcity

c)

The Factors of Production

d)

Specialization

12.

Describes how a group of people decide what to make, how to make it, and for whom to make it.

a)

Government

b)

Economics

c)

Command

d)

Legend

13.

Goods such as factories, machines, and tools that workers use to make other goods.

a)

Entrepreneurship

b)

Human Capital/Labor

c)

Capital Goods/Physical Capital

d)

Natural Resources

14.

The knowledge and skills (education) that allow workers to produce goods and services and earn a salary.

a)

Entrepreneurship

b)

Human Capital/Labor

c)

Capital Goods/Physical Capital

d)

Natural Resources

15.

Someone who uses resources to make a good or service.

a)

Goods

b)

Services

c)

Consumer

d)

Producer

16.

Someone who buys or trades a good or service.

a)

Goods

b)

Services

c)

Consumer

d)

Producer

17.

The total value of all goods and services produced in a country every year.

a)

Imports

b)

Exports

c)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

d)

Literacy Rate

18.

Goods and services traded with or sold to other countries.

a)

Imports

b)

Exports

c)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

d)

Literacy Rate

19.

Goods brought into one country from another through trade or sale.

a)

Imports

b)

Exports

c)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

d)

Literacy Rate

20.

An economic exchange in which all sides agree to participate because they expect to benefit.

a)

Voluntary Trade

b)

Scarcity

c)

Specialization

d)

Standard of Living