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Economics: Work and Prosperity Test 6

Total questions: 63

Worksheet time: 56mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match each definition with the correct term.

a)

advocates the stockpiling of gold and silver in the state's treasury

1.

mercantilism

b)

advocates massive public spending during recessions

2.

Keynesianism

c)

based upon public and governmental control of the production and distribution of nearly all national resources

3.

Communism

d)

can seep into an economy without the majority of people realizing that their foundational freedoms are being dissolved away

4.

socialism

2.

Match each definition with the correct term.

a)

reducing taxes makes more money available for private investment, thereby increasing productivity

1.

supply-side economics

b)

regards the entire world as one giant community that should be unified politically and economically

2.

globalism

c)

the exclusive power of an independent state to rule and regulate internal affairs without foreign interference

3.

 national sovereignty

3.

What was designed to require nations to buy allowances of

"carbon credits" to decrease CO, and reduce greenhouse emissions?

(a)  

4.

What was established at the end of World War II to provide capital needed to rebuild war-torn Japan and Western Europe?

(a)  

5.

During which phase of the business cycle do industries increase the amount of goods they produce?

(a)  

6.

What is the American system of mandatory social insurance?

(a)  

7.

What German city was divided during the Cold War?

(a)  

8.

What is the official currency of the European Union?

(a)  

9.

What is the highest point of the business cycle?

(a)  

10.

Match each economist with the correct description

a)

Pierre Samuel du Pont

1.

Physiocracy

b)

Milton Friedman

2.

monetarism

c)

 Thomas Robert Malthus

3.

prophet of doom

d)

Carl Menger

4.

Diamond-Water Paradox

11.

Match each economist with the correct description.

a)

 David Ricardo

1.

 comparative advantage

b)

 Adam Smith

2.

invisible hand

c)

Henry Ford

3.

standardized parts

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

4.

New Deal

12.

Match each economist with the correct description

a)

Ronald Reagan

1.

 supply-side economics

b)

Karl Marx

2.

Das Kapital

c)

 Sir Thomas Gresham

3.

"Bad money drives out good."

13.

A prosperous economy depends upon (a)   , the trait of doing quality work in an efficient manner.

14.

(a)   trade agreements respect national sovereignty and allow countries to consider their national and moral interests.

15.

____ ______ is legal tender that is backed by nothing but a government's promise.

(a)  

16.

(a)   is anything that is generally accepted as a means of payment.

17.

 A (a)   contract forces a consumer to buy certain products before he can buy the ones he really wants.

18.

When the price of a good falls, the quantity supplied tends to (a)   .

19.

The principle of ________ _________ states that as one's supply of a good increases, the satisfaction derived from each additional unit tends to decrease.

(a)  

20.

The primary responsibilities of a government should be rewarding good and ______ ____.

(a)  

21.

________-____ inflation is caused when the demand becomes greater than the supply.

(a)  

22.

_______ _____ banking is a system that allows banks to not hold all their deposits in reserve.

(a)  

23.

 When the division of labor is carried past the point of maximum efficiency, the result is (a)   .

24.

If the price of a certain type of cereal doubled and caused consumers to cut in half the amount of that cereal they bought, the demand for that good would be (a)   .

25.

A population increase will cause a change in (a)   .

26.

(a)   deals with the study of specific components within a major economy.

27.

Match each definition with the correct term.

a)

large, complex organizations composed of appointed officials and numerous departments

1.

bureaucracies

b)

mechanism that allows people to exchange goods

2.

market

c)

used to determine how much of a good to buy or sell

3.

market signal

d)

commits resources to a purpose expected to provide future gain

4.

investment

28.

Match each definition with the correct term.

a)

intangible good produced for which people expect to pay

1.

service

b)

separates the work to be performed into individualized tasks

2.

division of labor

c)

allows a country to produce those goods in which it has absolute or comparative advantage

3.

geographic specialization

d)

value of the best alternative that is foregone when a different alternative is taken

4.

opportunity cost

29.

 What are the four factors of production?

(a)  

30.

 What global organization was created to maintain international peace?

(a)  

31.

 Besides time and rate of return, what else determines how much an investment grows?

(a)  

32.

What system controls the money supply of the United States?

(a)  

33.

What is the ability of an entity to produce a good at an opportunity cost that is lower than that of another producer?

(a)  

34.

What usually results when a government fixes a good's price above its equilibrium price?

(a)  

35.

 What type of good is an oven used to bake bread in a bakery?

(a)  

36.

What was the name of the French group whose members were some of the earliest influential advocates of laissez-faire economics?

(a)  

37.

Who is the founder of modern economics and author of The Wealth of Nations?

(a)  

38.

What is a system for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods?

(a)  

39.

What is the result when too much money is in circulation?

(a)  

40.

What is the total amount invested in the production of a good?

(a)  

41.

What is the relationship between a good's price and the amount that people are willing to buy?

(a)  

42.

What type of monopoly is a copyright on a novel?

a)

creative

b)

normal

c)

legal

d)

natural

43.

 What organization holds a policy of "most-favoured nation"?

a)

NAFTA

b)

WTO

c)

GATT

d)

IMF

44.

What is one of the safest ways to invest in a corporation?

a)

 bonds

b)

mutual funds

c)

preferred stock

d)

common stock

45.

What type of market model results in firms that are price takers?

a)

monopoly

b)

oligopoly

c)

 monopolistic competition

d)

perfect competition

46.

What type of market model is dominated by only a few firms?

a)

 monopoly

b)

oligopoly

c)

monopolistic competition

d)

perfect competition

47.

What function of money allows people to compare the worth of one good with that of another good?

a)

standard of worth

b)

store of value

c)

measure of value

d)

medium of exchange

48.

A checking account is what type of account?

a)

savings account

b)

CD

c)

money market account

d)

transaction account

49.

What is the sum cost of all the factors of production used in making goods?

a)

 opportunity cost

b)

average cost

c)

 adjusted cost

d)

total cost

50.

 Which economic system is guided by the choices made by the private sector?

a)

traditional

b)

mixed

c)

free enterprise

d)

command

51.

Which economic system bases production of goods on customs and habits?

a)

 traditional

b)

mixed

c)

free enterprise

d)

command

52.

What is a basic component of capitalism besides limited government, freedom of enterprise, and competition?

a)

capital goods

b)

property rights

c)

 mass production

d)

division of labor

53.

What was originally established to monitor currency exchange?

a)

NAFTA

b)

WTO

c)

GATT

d)

IMF

54.

What agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico encouraged free trade?

a)

NAFTA

b)

WTO

c)

GATT

d)

IMF

55.

What type of market model results when there is only one supplier of a good for which there is no substitute?

a)

monopoly

b)

oligopoly

c)

monopolistic competition

d)

perfect competition

56.

What type of market model provides differentiated products?

a)

monopoly

b)

oligopoly

c)

monopolistic competition

d)

perfect competition

57.

What is the value of all finished goods and services produced within a country during a year's time?

a)

GNP

b)

GDP

c)

CPI

d)

GOP

58.

What type of account guarantees a certain interest rate and has a specified maturity date?

a)

 savings account

b)

CD

c)

money market account

d)

transaction account

59.

 Besides division of labor and automatic conveyance, what composes the "American system" of mass production?

a)

 production efficiency

b)

free enterprise

c)

 standardized parts

d)

abundant resources

60.

 What was one of the first antitrust laws enacted in the United States?

a)

Federal Trade Commission Act

b)

Clayton Act

c)

Gershwin Act

d)

Sherman Act

61.

Which economic system is regulated by the public sector?

a)

traditional

b)

mixed

c)

free enterprise

d)

command

62.

When supply of a good increases, what tends to decrease?

a)

supply curve

b)

equilibrium price

c)

 quantity demanded

d)

demand

63.

Besides its utility, what else determines the value of a good by a consumer?

a)

appeal

b)

productivity

c)

adequacy

d)

scarcity