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Economics Quiz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for the idea that resources limit the supply of what people want and need?

a)

Supply & Demand

b)

Goods

c)

Scarcity

d)

Services

2.

Which term describes a cause-and-effect relationship of price?

a)

Consumer

b)

Supply & Demand

c)

Producer

d)

Mixed Economy

3.

What are products that can be bought to use or keep called?

a)

Services

b)

Goods

c)

Scarcity

d)

Planned Economy

4.

What term is used for jobs that you pay someone to do for you?

a)

Goods

b)

Services

c)

Consumer

d)

Producer

5.

Who is someone that buys goods or services?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Mixed Economy

d)

Scarcity

6.

Who is someone that makes goods or provides services?

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Goods

d)

Services

7.

What type of economy is where the government makes all decisions about how to solve scarcity?

a)

Mixed Economy

b)

Planned Economy

c)

Supply & Demand

d)

Scarcity

8.

What type of economy combines private ownership and government control?

a)

Planned Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Consumer

d)

Producer

9.

Housing construction is limited in a lumber shortage. This is an example of what economic concept?

a)

scarcity

b)

invisible hand

c)

communism

d)

capitalism

10.

What is an example of a service?

a)

Hot dog

b)

Auto repair

c)

factory

d)

Lumber shortage

11.

Which of the following is an example of a good?

a)

Auto repair

b)

Apples

c)

Housing construction

d)

Services

12.

Which of the following is an example of a planned economy?

a)

Canada

b)

Cuba

c)

United States

d)

Germany

13.

What would blueberries be considered?

a)

good

b)

service

c)

producer

d)

Consumer

14.

What is an example of a producer?

a)

Farmer

b)

Consumer

c)

Goods

d)

Services

15.

Which term is associated with people, businesses, and countries buying goods or services?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Goods

d)

Services

16.

What is a doctor considered?

a)

good

b)

service

c)

producer

d)

consumer

17.

What does competition in economics refer to?

a)

Companies working together to set prices

b)

Companies working against each other to offer better products

c)

A single company controlling the market

d)

Government setting prices for products

18.

What is a monopoly?

a)

When multiple companies share control over a market

b)

When a single company has total control over a market

c)

When the government controls the market

d)

When consumers control the market

19.

What is the concept of the "Invisible Hand"?

a)

Government intervention in the economy

b)

Adam Smith’s concept of individual actions driving the economy

c)

A company’s control over the market

d)

A hidden market force controlled by monopolies

20.

What is considered a resource in economics?

a)

Only money

b)

Only land

c)

Materials, physical or mental effort, and money

d)

Only labor

21.

What is an example of land as a resource?

a)

Factory workers

b)

Rivers

c)

Cash

d)

Investments

22.

What does labor refer to in economics?

a)

Money used to produce goods

b)

Materials found in the environment

c)

Physical or mental effort needed to produce goods

d)

Investments in the stock market

23.

What is an example of labor?

a)

Rivers

b)

Factory workers

c)

Cash

d)

Investments

24.

What does capital refer to in economics?

a)

Materials found in the environment

b)

Physical effort needed to produce goods

c)

Money or investments to produce goods

d)

Government regulations

25.

What is an example of capital?

a)

Rivers

b)

Factory workers

c)

Cash or investments

d)

Government policies

26.

If it begins to rain at Disney World, demand for umbrellas will (a)   ? (increase or decrease?)

27.

If it begins to rain all summer, demand for sunscreen will (a)   ? (increase or decrease?)

28.

What will decrease if a store purchases too many red hoodies and they cannot sell?

(a)  

29.

What is a monopoly?

a)
A monopoly is a situation where consumers have all the power.
b)
A monopoly is a market structure with a single seller dominating the market.
30.

What was an example of a monopoly in Canada's history?

a)
Royal Bank of Canada
b)
Bell Canada
c)
Hudson's Bay Company
d)

Canadian Armed Forces

31.

The game monopoly is...

a)

fun for the winners, frustrating for the losers

b)

fun for the losers, frustrating for the winners

32.

What is a market economy?

a)
A market economy is an economic system driven by supply and demand, where prices are determined in a free market.
b)
A market economy is characterized by fixed prices set by a central authority.
c)
A market economy is controlled by the government to ensure equal distribution of resources.
33.

What is an example of a market economy?

a)

Canada

b)
Cuba
c)
North Korea
d)
United States
34.

Canada has this type of economy

(a)  

35.

Cuba is an example of this type of economy

(a)  

36.

Which type of economy is most associated with public ownership?

a)

mixed

b)

market

c)

planned

d)

all

37.

Which type of economy identifies with the principles of individualism?

a)
Planned economy
b)
Market economy
38.

Significant government involvement is associated with...

a)

planned economies

b)

mixed economies

c)

market economies

d)

anarchy

39.

Free, public universities would be MOST supported by which type of economy?

(a)  

40.

Select all planned economies:

a)

Cuba

b)

North Korea

c)

Soviet Union (USSR)

d)

New Zealand

41.

What is a current example of a crown corporation?

a)

CBC Radio

b)

Canadian Tire

c)

Tim Hortons

d)

Air Canada