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Types of Economies & Econ Sectors

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What three questions need to be answered to determine an economic system?

a)

What to produce, how to produce it, and who gets it

b)

Where to produce, when to produce it, and why it is produced

c)

Who to produce for, how much to produce, and when to produce it

d)

Why to produce, where to produce, and who gets it

2.

In a command economy, who controls the factors of production?

a)

The government

b)

Private individuals

c)

Foreign corporations

d)

Non-profit organizations

3.

What is the concept of the invisible hand in a free market economy?

a)

Individuals and businesses meet society's needs when they seek their own self-interest

b)

Government controls all economic activities

c)

Consumers have no choice in the products they buy

d)

Businesses prioritize social welfare over profits

4.

What is the role of the government in a free market economy?

a)

Maintain the rule of law, provide public goods and services, and regulate markets

b)

Control all aspects of production and distribution

c)

Ensure equal distribution of wealth

d)

Minimize government intervention in the economy

5.

Which countries have mixed economies?

a)

Almost all countries

b)

North Korea and Cuba

c)

United States and China

d)

Denmark and Canada

6.

In which economic system is the economy COMPLETELY controlled by the government?

a)

capitalism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

anarchism

7.

In which economic system do private individuals control the economy?

a)

capitalism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

anarchism

8.

Minimum wage laws and product-labeling laws would likely be found in which form of capitalism?

a)

laissez-faire capitalism

b)

mixed economy

c)

anarcho-capitalism

d)

feudalism

9.

An organized way of providing for the wants and needs of a society.

a)

Mixed Economy

b)

Socialism

c)

Economic System

d)

Capitalism

10.

Economic system in which private citizens own and use the factors of production to generate profits.

a)

Traditional Economy

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Market Economy

11.

In my country, the government makes all the economic decisions.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

12.

,In my country, the government tells me where to work.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

13.

In my country we have no need for money. By custom, some of us hunt, others farm, and we are all taken care of.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

14.

In my country there is a private sector and a public sector.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

15.

In my country, there is little economic growth because we do not use any new technologies.

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Mixed

16.
What type of economy does the US have?
a)
Command
b)
Free Market
c)
Mixed
d)
Traditional
17.
What community would use a traditional economic system?
a)
Large countries
b)
North Korea
c)
Tribes
18.
Which economic system allows the people to control the four factors of production without government interference
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Free Market
19.
What system is typically found in communist countries?
a)
Traditional
b)
Command
c)
Free Market
20.
Competition is good in a free market economy
a)
True
b)
False
21.

What are the three basic questions that all societies need to answer?

a)

Who, When, Where

b)

What, How, For Whom

c)

Which, How, Whose

d)

Why, How, What

22.
Individuals and businesses own the means of production 
a)
traditional economic system
b)
communist command economic system 
c)
socialist command economic system 
d)
market economy 
23.
North Korea
a)
traditional economic system
b)
Communist Command economic system 
c)
socialist command economic system 
d)
market economy 
24.
Government regulates but does not control economy 
a)
traditional economic system 
b)
communist command economic system 
c)
socialist command economic system
d)
market economy 
25.

which sector of the economy removes or harvest products directly from the earth in order to extract raw materials or food?

a)

secondary

b)

primary

c)

tertiary

d)

linear

26.

3 types of tertiary jobs

a)

banker,teachers,doctor

b)

doctor,teacher,steel making

c)

fishing,hunting,astronaut

27.

agriculture would be an example of

a)

secondary sector

b)

tertiary sector

c)

primary sector

28.

insurance is an example of

a)

primary sector

b)

agriculture

c)

tertiary sector

29.

How many economic sectors are there?

a)

0

b)

4

c)

3

30.

This image represents which economic sector?

a)

Tertiary Sector

b)

Secondary Sector

c)

Primary Sector

d)

Quaternary Sector

31.

This image represents which economic sector?

a)

Primary Sector

b)

Quinary Sector

c)

Secondary Sector

d)

Tertiary Sector

32.

A CEO of a large Transnational Corporation (TNC) operates in which industry sector?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Quaternary

d)

Quinary

33.
Fishing, Mining, Farming, and Forestry are examples of what economic activity?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Teritiary
d)
Quaternary 
34.
Which economic activity would lawyers, doctors, salespeople, and customer service representatives fall under?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
35.
Which economic activity would intellectual occupations which are advanced and specialized such as thinking, research and developing new ideas fall under?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Tertiary
d)
Quaternary
36.
The ___ level of economic activity is represented in this photograph. 
a)
Tertiary
b)
Primary
c)
Quaternary
d)
Secondary
37.

worker in a factory

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quaternary

e)

quinary

38.

salesperson at a cell phone store

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quaternary

e)

quinary

39.

stockbroker (advises investors on stocks)

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quaternary

e)

quinary

40.

coal miner

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

quaternary

e)

quinary