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Economics Unit 1 Week 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank: _______ is the study of how society manages its scarce resources.

a)

Economics

b)

Biology

c)

Chemistry

d)

Physics

2.

Fill in the blank: _______ is a condition in which there are not enough resources available to produce everything that individuals demand.

a)

Scarcity

b)

Abundance

c)

Surplus

d)

Plenty

3.

Fill in the blank: _______ is the value of goods and services that are given up to obtain another good or service.

a)

opportunity cost

b)

sunk cost

c)

fixed cost

d)

variable cost

4.

Fill in the blank: _______ are resources needed to produce goods and services, including land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship.

a)

factors of production

b)

economic indicators

c)

market forces

d)

supply chains

5.

Fill in the blank: _______ are supplies of something valuable.

a)

resources

b)

wastes

c)

liabilities

d)

debts

6.

Fill in the blank: _______ is a process created to manage the production, consumption, and distribution of goods and services.

a)

economic system

b)

political system

c)

social system

d)

legal system

7.

Fill in the blank: _______ is a visual representation that shows the relationship between the factor market and the product market.

a)

circular flow model

b)

supply and demand graph

c)

production possibilities frontier

d)

market equilibrium chart

8.

Fill in the blank: Use your own definition of the word _______.

a)

choice

b)

definition

c)

example

d)

sentence

9.

Fill in the blank: _______ is something that induces a person to act.

a)

Incentives

b)

Obstacles

c)

Challenges

d)

Barriers

10.

Fill in the blank: _______ is the company that makes a product.

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

distributors

d)

retailers

11.

Which of these is an available resource?

a)

b)

c)

d)

12.

Machines are resources used by organizations.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Why do all societies need to make decisions about how resources are used?

a)

People are greedy.

b)

There are not enough resources for everyone who wants them.

c)

Resources are too expensive for most people.

d)

There is a huge gap between the rich and poor.

14.

Scarcity means:

a)

Too much of something you want

b)

The exact amount of something you want

c)

Not enough of something you want

15.

Who is affected by the condition of scarcity?

a)

The rich

b)

Large economies

c)

All societies

d)

Producers (i.e., businesses)

16.

Which is NOT a question all societies must answer due to scarce resources?

a)

When will products be produced?

b)

How will products be produced?

c)

What products will be produced?

d)

Who will get access to the resources and the products they produce?

17.

Our resources are __________.

a)

limited

b)

unlimited

18.

This is how it is decided who will receive goods and services when there are not enough for everyone.

a)

good

b)

scarcity

c)

allocation

d)

services

19.

To not have enough of something

a)

Shortage

b)

Plentifulness

c)

Accountability

d)

Pollution

20.

Which of the following does not have scarcity?

a)

Time

b)

Space

c)

Resources

d)

None of the above