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S3 Economics

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________ uses tax revenue from individuals and businesses to provide public goods and services.

a)

Individuals

b)

Government

c)

Businesses

d)

Private Financial Institutions

2.

What do economists mean by the term "scarcity"?

a)

Having too few or too little of resources

b)

Having too many resources

c)

Having just enough resources

d)

Having the correct amount of resources

3.

Which choice best describes the economic problem of scarcity in the world?

a)

People have limited wants there is an unlimited amount of resources.

b)

People have unlimited wants but there is a limited amount of resources

c)

People have no wants so resources don't matter

4.

These productive resources are raw materials that come from nature or the earth that people use to make goods.

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Human Resources

c)

Capital Resources

5.

Which of the following are examples of goods?

a)

Apples, Computers, Clothing

b)

Firemen, Police Officers, Soldiers

c)

Health, Love, Friendship

6.

Which of the following are examples of services?

a)

Apples, Computers, Clothing

b)

Firemen, Police Officers, Soldiers

c)

Health, Love, Friendship

7.

things purchased by consumers

a)

goods

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

supply

8.

A person who purchases a good or service

a)

consumer

b)

taxes

c)

supply

d)

good

9.

Basic things humans need to survive

a)

need

b)

want

c)

import

d)

demand

10.

how much of a good or service consumers want

a)

demand

b)

spending

c)

producer

d)

scarcity

11.

The amount available

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

import

d)

natural resource

12.

services provided by people

a)

human resource

b)

import

c)

scarcity

d)

consumer

13.

not having enough

a)

scarcity

b)

supply

c)

human resouce

d)

taxes

14.
When something given up for something else is called?
a)
Choice
b)
Capitalism
c)
Inflation
d)
Opportunity Cost
15.

______________ resources are people working to produce goods or provide services.

a)

Capital

b)

Human

c)

Natural

d)

Manufactured

16.

The good or service that you give up when you make an economic choice is called _____________________.

a)

opportunity cost

b)

economic choice

c)

economic interdependence

d)

economic specialization

17.

The choice between two goods or services is known as ___________________.

a)

scarcity

b)

opportunity cost

c)

economic choice

d)

economic specialization

18.

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

a)

scarcity

b)

economic choices

c)

resources

d)

opportunity cost

19.

What type of resources are these?

a)

capital

b)

natural

c)

nautical

d)

human

20.

Extras that make life more enjoyable

a)

need

b)

want

c)

savings

21.

not being able to meet all wants at the same time

a)

demand

b)

supply

c)

scarcity

22.

What is supply?

a)

the amount of an item you have

b)

how many people want your good/service

c)

the money you have left over after you paid your bills

23.

What is demand?

a)

the amount of an item you have

b)

how many people want your good/service

c)

the money you have left over after you paid your bills

24.
Quantity means
a)
best item
b)
the amount
25.
The making, buying and selling of goods and services
a)
economics
b)
inflation
c)
market
d)
barter
26.
If a resource is scarce
a)
there is a shortage and unlimited wants in a world of limited resources
b)
to be extremely rare and expensive