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Economics Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of how people, businesses, and governments make choices about using resources like money, time, and materials?

a)

Economy

b)

Economics

c)

Business

d)

Manufacturing

2.

Who is a person that studies economics and tries to understand how economies work?

a)

Consumer

b)

Economist

c)

Producer

d)

Manufacturer

3.

What do you call someone who buys or uses goods and services?

a)

Producer

b)

Manufacturer

c)

Consumer

d)

Economist

4.

What is an organization that provides goods or services to make money?

a)

Business

b)

Consumer

c)

Service

d)

Need

5.

What is something that is essential for survival, like food, water, and shelter?

a)

Want

b)

Need

c)

Good

d)

Service

6.

What is an action or activity that one person does for another, like teaching or fixing a car?

a)

Good

b)

Service

c)

Need

d)

Want

7.

What is the name of a person who tries to understand how people make decisions about resources?

a)

Producer

b)

Economist

c)

Consumer

d)

Manufacturer

8.

What is the term for a person or company that provides goods and services?

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Business

d)

Economist

9.

What is the term for an organization that aims to make money by providing goods or services?

a)

Manufacturer

b)

Business

c)

Economy

d)

Service

10.

What is scarcity?

a)

The amount of a good or service available

b)

When there isn’t enough of something to meet people’s wants or needs

c)

How much people want a good or service

d)

A person who starts a business

11.

What is demand?

a)

The amount of a good or service available

b)

How much people want or need a good or service and are willing to pay for it

c)

A person who starts a business

d)

Man-made items used to produce goods

12.

Who is an entrepreneur?

a)

A person who starts a business and takes risks to make a profit

b)

A person who works in a factory

c)

A person who lends money

d)

A person who buys goods

13.

What are natural resources?

a)

Man-made items used to produce goods

b)

Things found in nature that people use to produce goods

c)

The people who work to produce goods

d)

Money borrowed from a bank

14.

What are capital resources?

a)

The people who work to produce goods

b)

Things found in nature

c)

Man-made items that are used to produce goods or provide services

d)

Money owed to someone else

15.

Which of the following is NOT a factor of production?

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Debt

d)

Capital

16.

What is the term for the amount of a good or service that producers are willing to sell at a given price?

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

c)

Scarcity

d)

Capital

17.

What do you call the cost of the next best alternative that is given up when making a choice?

a)

Opportunity cost

b)

Fixed cost

c)

Variable cost

d)

Marginal cost

18.

What is the term for a market structure where a single seller controls the entire market for a good or service?

a)

Monopoly

b)

Oligopoly

c)

Perfect competition

d)

Monopolistic competition

19.

What is the correct term for money that is owed to another person, or organisation?

a)

Credit

b)

Finance

c)

Tax

d)

Debt

20.

What do you call an agreement where a person can purchase goods or services now and pay for them later?

a)

Scarcity

b)

Debt

c)

Credit

d)

Capital resources