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Economics: Business Wants & Needs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Things we wish for are called...

a)

wants

b)

needs

c)

toys

d)

goals

2.

Things a person must have for survival, such as food, shelter, and clothing are called...

a)

wants

b)

needs

c)

essentials

d)

goals

3.

Goods are...

a)

jobs that people or machines do for other people.

b)

actual things that can be physically weighed or measured.

4.

True or False: Ideas are goods.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What are jobs that people or machines do for other people?

a)

Goods

b)

Services

c)

Products

d)

Activities

6.

The amount of money left over after a business has paid for the cost of producing goods and services is called what?

a)

Revenue

b)

Expenses

c)

Profit

d)

Bank

7.

What do you call a contest between businesses to win customers?

a)

Game

b)

Advertising

c)

Marketing

d)

Competition

8.

A person who selects, purchases, or uses goods or services is called a...

a)

Buyer

b)

Consumer

c)

Purchaser

d)

Business

9.

The amount of money a business brings in from sales of a product or service is called what?

a)

Expenses

b)

Profit

c)

Revenue

d)

Bank

10.

The amount of money a business has to spend on production costs, bills, employees, etc. is called what?

a)

Expenses

b)

Profit

c)

Revenue

d)

Bank

11.

A plan that describes the markets, customers, expenses, and finances involved in starting a business is a...

a)

business proposal

b)

business plan

c)

business projection

d)

business idea

12.

___________________ allows businesses to get information about the wants and needs of customers, competition, and the costs of creating a product or services to begin selling it.

a)

Census information

b)

Sales tracking

c)

Market research

d)

Ad clicks

13.

When people want or need to buy a product or service.

a)

Supply

b)

Demand

c)

Need

d)

Want

14.

The materials and supplies that businesses use to make a product or provide a service (can include fuel, money, people, etc.) are called ____________________.

a)

Supplies

b)

Materials

c)

Stuff

d)

Economics resources

15.

True or False: To finance something is to pay for something.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The system businesses use to get their products and services to customers is called...

a)

wholesale

b)

selling

c)

delivery

d)

distribution

17.

Which of the following explains why businesses must satisfy needs first, then wants?

a)

The government requires it.

b)

Limited resources.

c)

Consumers.

d)

Unlimited resources.

18.

True or False: Your wants never change.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False: Businesses help the economy by providing people jobs.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

In economics, ________ is the amount of a resource that a person or business is willing and able to provide to the marketplace or to an individual.

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

need

d)

want