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Unit 4: Choices and Cost- Chapter 1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an economy?

a)

An economy is how people make, buy, and sell the things they want and need.

b)

A system where only governments control resources.

c)

A place where only money is exchanged for goods.

d)

A network of banks and financial institutions.

2.

What is an import?

a)

An import is something bought from another country.

b)

An import is a local product sold domestically.

c)

An import is a service provided within the same country.

d)

An import is a type of tax imposed on goods.

3.

What is an export?

a)

An export is when goods or services are sent to another place to be sold.

b)

An export is when goods or services are received from another place.

c)

An export is a type of local trade within a country.

d)

An export is a service provided only within a city.

4.

What is a free enterprise system?

a)

In a free enterprise system, the government sets up rules for economic activity. Producers and consumers are free to buy and sell and to start and run their own businesses.

b)

In a free enterprise system, the government controls all economic activities and decisions.

c)

In a free enterprise system, only the government can own businesses and properties.

d)

In a free enterprise system, businesses are owned by the community and profits are shared equally among all citizens.

5.

What are capital resources?

a)

Capital resources are the things that help produce a good or deliver a service.

b)

Capital resources are natural resources found in the environment.

c)

Capital resources are human skills and labor used in production.

d)

Capital resources are financial assets like stocks and bonds.

6.

Who is a producer?

a)

A producer is someone who makes goods or provides services.

b)

A producer is someone who consumes goods and services.

c)

A producer is someone who only buys goods.

d)

A producer is someone who only sells goods.

7.

Who is a consumer?

a)

A consumer is someone who buys or uses goods or services.

b)

A consumer is someone who sells goods or services.

c)

A consumer is someone who produces goods or services.

d)

A consumer is someone who manages a business.

8.

What is scarcity?

a)

Scarcity is when there is not enough of something for everyone who wants it.

b)

Scarcity is when there is an abundance of resources.

c)

Scarcity is when resources are evenly distributed among everyone.

d)

Scarcity is when everyone has more than they need.

9.

What are nonrenewable resources?

a)

Nonrenewable resources are resources that cannot be replaced.

b)

Nonrenewable resources are resources that can be replaced quickly.

c)

Nonrenewable resources are resources that are always available.

d)

Nonrenewable resources are resources that are man-made.

10.

What is an opportunity cost?

a)

An opportunity cost is the benefit that someone does not gain when they choose one activity over another.

b)

An opportunity cost is the financial cost of an investment.

c)

An opportunity cost is the time spent on an activity.

d)

An opportunity cost is the physical effort required for a task.

11.

What does it mean to be disciplined?

a)

To be disciplined means to work in a controlled and orderly way.

b)

To be disciplined means to act without any rules or guidelines.

c)

To be disciplined means to ignore responsibilities and tasks.

d)

To be disciplined means to follow a chaotic and unstructured lifestyle.

12.

What is a good habit?

a)

A good habit is doing your homework.

b)

A good habit is watching TV all day.

c)

A good habit is eating junk food.

d)

A good habit is procrastinating.

13.

Teachers, Farmers, and Builders are all examples of what type of resource?

a)

Natural

b)

Human

c)

Capital

14.

Water, Wood, Oil and rocks are all examples of what type of resource?

a)

Natural

b)

Capital

c)

Human

15.

Materials found in nature that are used to make goods or provide services.

a)

capital resources

b)

goods

c)

natural resources

d)

services

16.

Tools, Money, Buildings, and Vehicles are all examples of what type of resource?

a)

Human

b)

Natural

c)

Capital

17.

What would be an example of a capital resource

a)

water

b)

trees

c)

business owner

d)

school building

18.

The buildings, machines, and tools that companies use to make products

a)

capital resources

b)

human resources

c)

natural resources

d)

entrepreneurs

19.

A doctor is a ____________ resource.

a)

natural

b)

human

c)

capital

20.

Something consumers pay to have done for them.

a)

services

b)

natural resources

c)

goods

d)

capital resources

21.

Which of these is an example of a shortage?

a)

Farmers produce more corn that consumers want or need.

b)

Grocery stores have enough bottled water to meet demand.

c)

Overfishing makes it difficult to catch a popular type of fish.

d)

A builder has the right amount of lumber to construct a house.

22.

Which Term? - To sell goods to another country.

a)

Import

b)

Exit

c)

Export

d)

Compromise

23.

The exchange of goods and services for money or other goods and services

a)

Trade

b)

Economy

c)

Tradition

d)

Migration

24.

Import or Export:

US sells medical equipment to China

a)

Import

b)

Export

25.
Goods or services that a country buys from other nations.
a)
Duty
b)
Tariff
c)
Export
d)
Import