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Incentives and Benefits

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is this a positive or negative incentive?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

2.

Is this a positive or negative incentive?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

3.

Find all the positive incentives.

a)

Sale

b)

Discount

c)

Reward

d)

Fine

e)

Penalty

4.

Find all the negative incentives.

a)

Sale

b)

Late fee

c)

Reward

d)

Fine

e)

Punishment

5.

What is a reward or penalty used to encourage people to behave in certain ways?

a)

Specialization

b)

Consumer sovereignty

c)

Incentive

d)

Competition

6.

What is a positive incentive?

a)

Rewards incentives that make people better off.

b)

Penalties that make people worse off.

7.

What is a negative incentive?

a)

Rewards incentives that make people better off.

b)

Penalties that make people worse off.

8.

Is this a positive or negative incentive?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

9.

A positive incentive is...

a)

...good, helpful, or useful.

b)

...bad or harmful.

10.

A negative incentive is...

a)

...good, helpful, or useful.

b)

...bad or harmful.

11.

Is this a positive or negative incentive?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

12.

Is this a positive or negative incentive?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

13.

Is this a positive or negative incentive?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

14.

What does incentive mean?

a)

Something that makes you want to do something

b)

A job you do for someone

15.

What does an incentive make you do?

a)

It makes you laugh.

b)

It makes you act or respond in a certain way.

c)

It makes you want to spend money.

d)

It makes you cry.

16.

Which of these is an example of an incentive?

a)

A mechanic changes the oil on your car.

b)

Your mom gives you a brownie in your lunchbox.

c)

You find a penny on the ground.

d)

Your teacher says if you finish your work early, you can have extra recess.

17.

Which of these options is a positive incentive that made fur traders want to trap and sell furs?

a)

Fur traders could get a high price for furs.

b)

Fur trapping was a dangerous job.

18.

Which of these is a positive incentive that made settlers want to move to Colorado?

a)

Avalanches

b)

The Homestead Act

c)

The Civil War

d)

Forest fires

19.

Which of these is NOT a positive incentive that would make someone want to move to a new place?

a)

Better jobs

b)

A healthy climate

c)

The promise of owning land

d)

High crime rate

20.

A hotel offering customers a free ski lift ticket is an example of a...

a)

positive incentive.

b)

negative incentive.

21.

A grocery store charging fees for plastic bags is an example of a...

a)

positive incentive.

b)

negative incentive.