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Unit 5: Economic Systems Test Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which TWO activities are characteristics of a traditional economic systems? (SELECT TWO ANSWERS)

a)

Dependency on currency

b)

Subsistence Farming

c)

Cottage Industries

d)

Commercial Farming

2.

What is another name for a Free Market Economy? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Communism

b)

Socialism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Free Enterprise

3.

What is a Free Market Economy?

a)

An economic system in which subsistence farming and bartering are the main economic activity.

b)

An economic system where the government owns and controls the factors of production.

c)

An economic system where people own and control the factors of production and where government has minimal interference.

d)

An economic system where the government owns the major industries and promotes extreme social programs.

4.

Who owns the means of production in a Free Market Economy?

a)

The government

b)

The people

c)

The tribe leaders

d)

The church

5.

What are the goals in a free market economy? (SELECT 3 CORRECT ANSWERS)

a)

Private Ownership

b)

Make Profits

c)

Promote business competition

d)

Government control

e)

Equal ownership of industries

6.

A global economic system where the economic activities depend on goods being shipped worldwide, companies outsourcing and offshoring to cheaper labor regions, and the promotion of products and price competition worldwide.

a)

Globalization

b)

Commercial Agriculture

c)

Cottage Industries

d)

Free Trade Agreements

7.

How do free trade zones promote economic growth?

a)

Free trade zones promote economic growth by limiting foreign investment.

b)

Free trade zones promote economic growth by reducing international trade barriers such as tariffs.

c)

Free trade zones promote economic growth by increasing tariffs on imported goods.

d)

Free trade zones promote economic growth by restricting international trade.

8.

What is one advantage of outsourcing? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Promote innovation in home country.

b)

Cut labor costs.

c)

Increase the employment rate in home country.

d)

Increased access to specialized skills abroad.

9.

The term used when there is not enough of something to go around is __________________.

a)

scarcity

b)

economic choices

c)

resources

d)

opportunity cost

10.

Which is NOT a question all economies have to answer?

a)

When will products be produced?

b)

How will products be produced?

c)

What products will be produced?

d)

Who gets access to the products?

11.
Trading something for something else - no currency involved
a)

Demanding

b)

Bartering

c)

Buying

d)

Selling

12.

​ (a)   is when people make goods at home or in small workshops, usually by hand and ​ (b)   is when goods are mass produced in large factories.

Choose from the below words
Cottage Industry
Commercial Industry
Subsistence Agriculture
Bartering
13.

the farming practice where farmers produce just enough crops or food to feed one's family, most common in a traditional economy.

a)

Commercial Agriculture

b)

Subsistence Agriculture

c)

Cottage Industry

d)

5 Year Plan

14.

the farming practice where farmers mass produce large quantities (surplus) of crops or food for a larger market; most common in developed economies that have large farms and markets, along with advances equipment

a)

Commercial Agriculture

b)

Subsistence Agriculture

c)

Cottage Industry

d)

5 Year Plan

15.

An economic plan where the government sets the economic goals and activities; most common in a command economy

a)

Law of Supply and Demand

b)

Outsourcing

c)

Cottage Industry

d)

5 Year Plan

16.

In this type of economy, activities are based on traditions and customs, dependent on subsistence agriculture and cottage industries, and goods and services are exchanges by bartering (trading).

a)
Traditional 
b)

Free Market

c)

Socialist

d)
Command 
17.

In this type of economy, activities are based on a governments 5-year plan, the government controls all factors of production, and the goal is to create a classless society (everyone is equal).

a)
Traditional 
b)
Market 
c)

Socialist

d)
Command 
18.

In this type of economy, the government controls major industries like healthcare, energy, education, while also providing social services like free healthcare, education, and other welfare services at the expense of higher taxes, and allowing people to own small businesses.

a)

Traditional

b)

Free Market

c)

Socialist

d)

Command

19.

In this type of economy, the producers and consumers are in control of the economic factors based on the law of supply and demand, and the goals of this system include promoting private ownership, encourage business competition and to make a profits.

a)

Traditional

b)

Free Market

c)

Socialist

d)

Command

20.

In a command (communist) economy, people have a choice in the work they do and wages they receive?

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Who owns the mean of production in a command (communist) economy?

a)

The people

b)

The government

c)

The workers

d)

The poor

22.

Currency is _________.

a)

The money used in a country.

b)

The crops produced in a country.

c)

The factories that run the economy of a country.

d)

The trade markets in a country.

23.

The Mexican peso, U.S. dollar, and the Chinese Yuan are all example of --

a)

Currency

b)

Surplus

c)

Profit

d)

Scarcity

24.

Match the alternate names to the economic systems.

a)

Free Market Economy

1.

Capitalism

b)

Socialist Economy

2.

Socialism

c)

Command Economy

3.

Communism

25.

Select the countries that have free market economies?

a)

United States

b)

New Zealand

c)

China

d)

Japan

e)

North Korea

26.

Select the countries that have socialist economies?

a)

Sweden

b)

Iran

c)

Vietnam

d)

Denmark

e)

North Korea

27.

Select the countries that have communist economies?

a)

Sweden

b)

Iran

c)

Vietnam

d)

Denmark

e)

North Korea

28.

How does modern farming equipment and commercial farms affect production?

a)

The production of crops is greater, and it can be done by less people.

b)

Modern farming equipment causes crops to die faster due to pollutants.

c)

The production of crops is lesser, and it demands more people to run the machines.

d)

It has no effect on the production of crops.

29.

The expansion of American fast-food restaurants across the world is an example of​

a)
globalization
b)
offshoring
c)
outsourcing
d)

cottage industries

30.

Why do countries create free trade zones/agreements?

a)

To create less restrictions on trade with the hopes of grow their economies. 

b)

To apply more restrictions on trade, giving countries less control of their economy.

c)

To have more influence and dominance over the other countries if they start a trade war.

d)

To form and alliance against other countries in case of a global nuclear war.

31.

Why do many people from Latin America, such as people from Cuba, Venezuela, and Mexico, immigrate to the United States? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Because of better job opportunities

b)

Because of higher wages (pay)

c)

Because of the strict control of government in the U.S.

d)

Because of the traditional economic activities that dominates the U.S.

32.

The practice of sending jobs to other countries or hiring foreign workers and companies to cut labor costs is an example of --

a)

Outsourcing

b)

Surplus

c)

Cottage Industry

d)

5 Year Plan

33.

Subsistence agriculture is more efficient than commercial agriculture.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

34.

Subsistence agriculture produces just enough food to survive.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

35.

Commercial agriculture is more efficient and produces larger quantities of food than subsistence agriculture.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

36.

Where does a SOCIALIST economy fall on the economic spectrum?

37.

Where does a COMMAND economy fall on the economic spectrum?

38.

Where does a FREE MARKET economy fall on the economic spectrum?