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ECONOMICS QUIZ - Economies

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The driving force behind people going into business is
a)
profit margin
b)
profit motive
c)
opportunity cost
d)
taxes
2.

The type of government that has total control over the people and the police use power by force is called what?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Limited

d)

Authoritarian

3.
Which of the following are markets involved in the circular flow model?
a)
Factor Market and Resource Market
b)
Labor Market and Product Market
c)
Factor Market and Product Market
d)
Resource Market and Labor Market
4.

Which type of economy has central ownership, the government, and lack of individual choice?

a)

Market

b)

Mixed

c)

Command

d)

Traditional

5.

This means that the government should not interfere in the marketplace.

a)

Laissez Faire

b)

Capitalism

c)

Communism

d)

Socialism

6.

The amount of money a business makes after its expenses are paid

a)

profit

b)

supply

c)

demand

d)

scarcity

7.
Which type of economy is usually paired with a Communist government?
a)
Mixed
b)
Market
c)
Command
d)
Traditional
8.
The concept that people have the right and privilege to control their possessions as they wish.
a)
legal equality
b)
open opportunity
c)
private property
d)
profit incentive
9.

Who invented communism?

a)

Plato

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Paul Samuelson

d)

Adam Smith

10.
In this type of economy, the people decide the supply, demand, and price.  
a)
Market 
b)
Traditional
c)
Command 
d)
Mixed
11.
Which two groups of people are represented in the circular flow model?
a)
Buyers and Sellers
b)
Producers and Consumers
c)
Government and Private Individuals
d)
Households and Businesses
12.
This type of economy is passed down through family traditions. They learn from their parents. 
a)
Traditional 
b)
Market 
c)
Mixed 
d)
Command 
13.

A economist who introduced the steady increase of the supply of money within growing economies.

a)

David Ricardo

b)

John Maynard Keynes

c)

Milton Friedman

d)

Beatrice Webb

14.

When customers and business owners exchange products and money, because it will help them both in some way.

a)

voluntary exchange

b)

volunteering to help someone for free

c)

opportunity cost

d)

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15.

Capitalism is in what type of economy?

a)

Traditional

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Authortarian

16.

The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow fairly freely across borders.

a)

Globalization

b)

Economy

c)

GDP

d)

Economic Independence

17.

Focusing on a narrow range of products/services that can be produced most efficiently and cost-effectively.

a)

subsistence

b)

specialization

c)

scarcity

d)

bartering

18.

Competition and profit motive are important characteristics of a:

a)

command economy

b)

traditional economy

c)

market economy

d)

socialist economy

19.

Buyers choose what items are produced based on their spending habits

a)

Consumer Sovereignty

b)

Factors of Production

c)

Efficiency

d)

Cost / Benefit Analysis