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Supply, Demand, and Economic Choices

Total questions: 83

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy at a certain price is called...

(a)  

2.

What do you call things that incite or motivate someone to make a choice?

(a)  

3.

What is given up when a choice is made; the next highest valued alternative is called...

(a)  

4.

The amount of a good or service that producers are willing and able to sell at a certain price is called...

(a)  

5.

The term for the combination of resources to make goods or provide services is

a)

Consumption

b)

Opportunity Cost

c)

Production

d)

Scarcity

6.

The inability to satisfy all wants at the same time because resources and goods are limited is called...

(a)  

7.

The factors of production that are used in the production of goods & services. Types include capital, human, natural, and entrepreneurship.

a)

Prices

b)

Resources

c)

Incentives

d)

Choices

8.

Study of how people meet their wants and needs.

(a)  

9.

Person or business that makes and sells product(s)

a)

market

b)

consumer

c)

traditional economy

d)

producer

10.

Organized way for producers and consumers to trade goods and services

(a)  

11.

Money a company has left over after subtracting the costs of doing business

a)

opportunity cost

b)

revenue

c)

profit

d)

incentive

12.

Money earned by selling goods and services

a)

profit

b)

revenue

c)

supply

d)

opportunity cost

13.

Act of concentrating on a limited number of goods or activities

(a)  

14.

Economy in which people make economic decisions based on their customs and habits

a)

Traditional economy

b)

Market economy

c)

Command economy

d)

Mixed economy

15.

Economy in which individual consumers and producers make all economic decisions

a)

Traditional economy

b)

Market economy

c)

Command economy

d)

Mixed economy

16.

Economy in which the central government makes all basic economic decisions

a)

Traditional economy

b)

Market economy

c)

Command economy

d)

Mixed economy

17.

Economy that combines elements of traditional, market, and command economic systems.

a)

Traditional economy

b)

Market economy

c)

Command economy

d)

Mixed economy

18.

work done for someone else in exchange for payment

(a)  

19.

When prices go down, quantity demanded increases. When prices go up, quantity demanded decreases.

a)

Law of Demand

b)

Demand

20.

A graph that shows how much of a good or service an individual will buy at each price.

a)

demand curve

b)

demand schedule

21.

A table showing how much of an item an individual is willing to purchase at each price.

a)

substitution effect

b)

income effect

c)

demand curve

d)

demand schedule

22.

The willingness to buy a good or service and the ability to pay for it.

a)

Law of Demand

b)

Demand

23.

Goods that consumers demand more of when their incomes rise.

(a)  

24.

Goods that consumers demand less of when their incomes rise.

(a)  

25.

Goods and services that can be used in place of each other.

(a)  

26.

Goods that are used together, so a rise in demand for one increases the demand for the other.

a)

normal goods

b)

inferior goods

c)

substitutes

d)

complements

27.

The change in the amount that consumers will buy because the purchasing power of their income changes.

a)

income effect

b)

substitution effect

c)

change in demand

d)

normal goods

28.

Term describing demand when the quantity demanded CHANGES LITTLE as price changes.

a)

elastic

b)

inelastic

29.

Individuals and businesses have the right to own real and personal property, as well as the means of production, without government interference

a)

Partnership

b)

Private Property

c)

Entrepreneur

d)

Proprietorship

30.

Someone who takes a risk to produce goods and services in search of a profit

(a)  

31.

Consumers determine, through purchases, what goods and services will be produced

(a)  

32.

Market in which goods & services are bought & sold?

a)

Economic Interdependence

b)

Product Markets

c)

Factors of Production

d)

Factor Markets

33.

Money received by a government from taxes and non-tax sources to enable it to undertake government expenditures?

a)

Economic Activity

b)

Gross-Domestic Product (GDP)

c)

Economic Growth

d)

Government Revenue

34.

Social Science dealing with how people satisfy seemingly unlimited & competing needs & wants with the careful use of scarce resources

a)

Cash Money

b)

Economics

c)

Government Revenue

d)

Gross Domestic Product

35.

the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year.

a)

Revenue

b)

Capital Goods

c)

Government Revenue

d)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

36.

Diagram representing all possible combinations of goods & services an Economy can produce when all productive resources are fully employed

a)

Production Possibilities Curve

b)

Bell Curve

c)

Human Capital

d)

Economic Growth

37.

Alternative that must be given up when one choice is made rather than another choice?

a)

Consumerism

b)

Trade-Offs

c)

Economic Growth

d)

Market Factors

38.

Tools, Equipment & Factories used in the production of goods & services?

a)

Labor

b)

Land

c)

Capital

d)

Market Factors

39.

Increase in a nation's total output of goods & services over time?

a)

Gross Domestic Product

b)

Production Possibilities Curve

c)

Productivity

d)

Economic Growth

40.

Sum of people's skills, abilities, health, & motivation?

a)

Standard of Living

b)

Market Factors

c)

Human Capital

d)

Human Needs

41.

Comparison of the cost of an action to its benefits?

a)

Market Factors

b)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

c)

Trade-Offs

d)

Economic Model

42.

What is one characteristic of a Traditional economy?

a)

Production decisions are made by the government

b)

Families are responsible for producing their own goods

c)

It relies entirely on market forces

d)

It is the same as a command economy

43.

Which of the following describes an eventual decline in the productivity of factor inputs as additional units of variable factors are added to fixed resources?

a)

Law of diminishing marginal utility

b)

Law of diminishing marginal returns

c)

Laffer curve

d)

Law of diminishing total product

44.

As additional units of a product are consumed, during a given period of time, the additional satisfaction decreases.

a)

Income Effect

b)

Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

c)

Substitution Effect

d)

Variable

45.

A shift to the right in the supply curve across all price levels

a)

Increase in Supply

b)

Decrease in Supply

c)

Law of Demand

d)

Elasticity of Supply

46.

Payments that support a business or market

a)

Quotas

b)

Tariffs

c)

Subsidies

d)

Taxes

47.

What is the law of supply?

a)

Price and quantity have a negative relationship

b)

Price and quantity have a positive relationship

c)

Price and quantity are unrelated

d)

Price and quantity move in the opposite direction

48.

Arises when using a good creates spillover costs on other people

a)

Negative consumption externality

b)

Negative production externality

c)

Positive consumption externality

d)

Positive production externality

49.

A student graduates from college and starts a profitable new business She creates jobs for three workers Those jobs are

a)

a negative externality

b)

a sign of market efficiency

c)

a form of nonprice competition

d)

a positive externality of her education

50.

People in your community shoplift at local stores.

a)

positive externality

b)

negative externality

51.

Businesses provide government with...

a)

taxes

b)

sales

c)

private goods & services

d)

interest

52.

In terms of resources, what do households provide for businesses?

a)

loans

b)

savings

c)

labor

d)

private goods

53.

Someone buys a car in exchange for a large amount of money. They have completed an exchange in which part of the circuclar flow model?

a)

Product Market

b)

Factor Market

c)

Firms

d)

Individuals

54.

What might cause the supply curve to shift left?

a)

price of a complementary good decreases

b)

large number of producers enter the market

c)

computer processing improves production

d)

a new law is passed requiring all new motorcycles to have back-up cameras

55.

Which of the following leads to an decrease in supply?

a)

an increase in the cost of raw materials

b)

diminishing marginal returns

c)

a decrease in the cost of raw materials

d)

a change in the law of supply

56.

As opposed to movement along the supply curve, a change (shift) in the entire supply curve is a result of ____.

a)

an increase in price

b)

a change in price and availability

c)

a decrease in price

d)

a change in something other than price

57.

Which of these do the producers of an item hope to achieve when adopting new technology?

a)

a shift of the supply curve for that item to the left

b)

repeal of the subsidy for that item

c)

inelasticity of supply of that item

d)

a shift of the supply curve for that item to the right

58.

What affect do excise taxes on production usually have on the supply curve?

a)

decreases supply, supply curve shifts left

b)

increases supply, supply curve shifts left

c)

decreases supply, supply curve shifts right

d)

increases supply, supply curve shifts right

59.

Which of these best describes the influence of high prices on the behavior of producers?

a)

High prices are an incentive for producers to produce more.

b)

Producers will use fewer raw materials and less labor

c)

High prices are an incentive for producers to produce less.

d)

Prices have no incentive for producers.

60.

Which of the following supply curves demonstrates a decrease in the quantity supplied?

a)
b)
c)
d)
61.

An increase in supply is indicated by which graph?

a)
b)
c)
d)
62.

A hurricane wipes out an orange crop in Florida, sharply affecting the supply of oranges. Which chart demonstrates this concept?

a)
b)
c)
d)
63.

Assume the image is showing the market for apples. Which of the headlines could indicate the pictured shift is occurring in the market?

a)

Pesticides on apples linked to mouth cancer.

b)

Storms destroy apple orchards.

c)

An apple a day really does keep the doctor away.

d)

New genetic strain leads to apple trees that produce twice as many apples.

64.

Which of these best describes the law of demand?

a)

if prices go up, quantity demanded will fall and if prices go down, quantity demanded will go up

b)

if prices go up, quantity demanded will also go up and if prices go down, quantity demanded will also go down

c)

there is no law of demand, each situation is unique and demand and prices cannot be predicted

d)

prices will go up for certain goods when quantity demanded goes up and vice versa

65.

A change in the price of a good causes people to buy more or less of an item. This best describes the concept of

a)

the demand curve

b)

change in quantity demanded

c)

change in demand

d)

elasticity

66.

Elasticity refers to

a)

how producers of goods and services react to price changes

b)

how consumers of goods and services react to price changes

c)

how far a supply of scarce goods can be stretched

d)

how often the price of a good or service changes when quantity demanded changes

67.

Which of these demonstrates elastic demand?

a)

a sharp increase in the price of milk causes a large drop in the quantity demanded for milk

b)

the price of homes steadily increase but the quantity demanded for homes does not change

c)

car dealerships cut prices to clear out previous year models and consumers rush to dealerships to take advantage of the sales

d)

gas prices increase in the summer as more people want to go on road trips but the increases do not deter people from buying less gas

68.

Which of these shows a decrease in the quantity demanded?

a)
b)
c)
d)
69.

Which of these shows an increase in the quantity demanded?

a)
b)
c)
d)
70.

What goes at point 4

a)

Factors of Production

b)

Income

c)

Revenue

d)

wages, intrest, revenue, profit

71.

What goes at point 5

a)

Spending

b)

Income

c)

Factors of Production

d)

Goods and services

72.
When quantity supplied and quantity demanded is equal
a)
surplus
b)
shortage
c)
equilibrium
d)
law of demand
73.
Thousands of people leave a small town due to a factory closing down.  Sales at the local grocery store become slow. What causes this change?
a)
Prices or availability of substitutes
b)
Prices or availability of complementary goods
c)
Change in the weather or season
d)
Change in the number of buyers
74.
Which of the following would not shift the supply curve for iphones?
a)
an increase in the price of iphones
b)
a decrease in the number of sellers of iphone
c)
an increase in the price of plastic, an input into the production of iphones
d)
an improvement in the technology used to produce iphones
75.
A table that lists the quantity of a good that a single person will buy at each price in a market.
a)
demand schedule
b)
market demand schedule
c)
elasticity chart
d)
supply and demand graph
76.
On a demand curve, the x-axis is _____.
a)
the price
b)
the quantity demanded
77.
What do various points on a demand curve represent?
a)
change in demand
b)
change in quantity demanded
c)
change in marginal utility
d)
change in elasticity
78.
When summer comes, people begin purchasing bathing suits in large numbers. What causes this change?
a)
Change in income
b)
Prices or availability of substitutes
c)
Change in the weather or season
d)
Change in the number of buyers
79.
Inferior goods are those that we do not have much demand for if we can afford better alternatives.
Which of these is an example of an inferior good?
a)
Bike
b)
Uber
c)
Taxi
d)
Public Bus
80.
The quantity demanded of chocolate milk increases 10% when the price decreases 30%. This means we have......
a)
Inelastic Demand
b)
Elastic Demand
81.
Demand can most likely be changed by
a)
consumer taste
b)
productivity
c)
the number of products
d)
the number of competition
82.
Which factor causes the demand curve to shift in the following situation: Bobby graduated from college and got a good job, so he decided to buy a new Lexus.
a)
income
b)
population
c)
consumer tastes & advertising
d)
prices of related goods
83.
Define inelastic demand.
a)
A measure of how consumers react to a change in price
b)
Demand that is not very sensitive to a change in price
c)
Demand that is very sensitive to a change in price
d)
A measure of the way quantity supplied reacts to a change in price