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Economic Basics

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best characterizes opportunity cost?

a)

The amount of a good that businesses are able to produce

b)

The amount of money left over after expenses have been paid

c)

The value of a product that you give up in a tradeoff with another product

d)

The number of people who are ready to buy a product at a certain price

2.

How are natural resources, labor, capital, and entrepreneurs related?

a)

Their demand is limited.

b)

Their supply is unlimited.

c)

Their supply is limited.

d)

Their demand is unlimited.

3.

Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?

a)

land and natural resources

b)

labor

c)

capital

d)

scarcity

4.

Suppose a farmer uses skills and tools to grow strawberries on a farm, and she sells them at a market. A drought destroys the farmland which results in fewer crops. Consumers have to buy strawberries at a higher price. This situation would cause

a)

contraction

b)

expansion

c)

profit

d)

opportunity cost

5.

system of producing, selling, and buying goods and services

a)

scarcity

b)

economy

c)

profit

d)

opportunity cost

6.

The money an individual or business has left after paying expenses is called

a)

capital

b)

scarcity

c)

profit

d)

factors of production

7.

Nations that rely on trade with one another for supplies of scarce resources experience

a)

expansion

b)

scarcity

c)

economic interdependence

d)

supply and demand

8.

When a factor of production is increased, the result can be a(n) _____ of the business.

a)

contraction

b)

expansion

c)

downfall

d)

profit

9.

The price of a good or service is usually determined by the laws of supply and demand.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Based on this graph, what happens to the demand for a product when the price increases?

a)

The demand stays the same.

b)

The demand decreases.

c)

The demand increases.

d)

There is no demand.

11.

Your club is selling chocolate for a fundraiser. What is the term given to the amount of money that your customers pay minus the cost that your club actually paid for the chocolate.

a)

supply

b)

opportunity cost

c)

profit

d)

factor of production

12.

Which factor of production is being described: The oceans, mines, forests, etc. that provide raw materials needed to product goods.

a)

Capital

b)

Labor

c)

Land

d)

Entrepreneurs

13.

Which factor of production is being described: The person who organizes, manages, and assumes the risk of business.

a)

Capital

b)

Labor

c)

Land

d)

Entrepreneurs

14.

Which factor of production is being described: The goods, used to make other goods and services.

a)

Labor

b)

Capital

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Land

15.

Which factor of production is being described: The human time, effort, skills, and talent needed to produce goods and services.

a)

Capital

b)

Land

c)

Entrepreneurs

d)

Labor