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Economics Vocabulary

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________ are resources used to make goods and services, including natural resources, human resources, and capital goods.

a)

Productive Resources

b)

Consumer Goods

c)

Financial Assets

d)

Personal Belongings

2.

________ are resources supplied by nature, such as ores, trees, and land.

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Manufactured Goods

c)

Synthetic Materials

d)

Man-made Resources

3.

________ are the talents and skills of individuals that contribute to production.

a)

Human Resources

b)

Natural Resources

c)

Capital Resources

d)

Technological Resources

4.

________ are human-made materials needed for production, including buildings, machinery, and tools.

a)

Capital Goods

b)

Natural Resources

c)

Consumer Goods

d)

Labor

5.

________ is a person who organizes and manages a business, taking on risks.

a)

Entrepreneur

b)

Employee

c)

Customer

d)

Manager

6.

________ is the maker of goods using productive resources.

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Retailer

d)

Distributor

7.

________ is an individual who buys and/or uses goods and services.

a)

Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Retailer

d)

Supplier

8.

_______ is the limited availability of resources that many individuals desire.

a)

Scarcity

b)

Abundance

c)

Sufficiency

d)

Plenty

9.

________ is the value of the next best alternative that is forgone when making a decision.

a)

Opportunity Cost

b)

Sunk Cost

c)

Fixed Cost

d)

Marginal Cost

10.

________ is the amount of an item produced for sale.

a)

Supply

b)

Demand

c)

Price

d)

Revenue

11.

________ is the number of consumers willing and able to buy an item.

a)

Demand

b)

Supply

c)

Price

d)

Revenue

12.

________ are payments received by households, businesses, and governments over a period.

a)

Income

b)

Expenses

c)

Assets

d)

Liabilities

13.

________ is total revenue minus total costs of production for a business.

a)

Profit

b)

Revenue

c)

Loss

d)

Expense

14.

________ are goods and services purchased from other countries.

a)

Imports

b)

Exports

c)

Tariffs

d)

Quotas

15.

________ are goods and services sold to other countries.

a)

Exports

b)

Imports

c)

Tariffs

d)

Quotas

16.

________ is the process of making large amounts of goods.

a)

Manufacturing

b)

Recycling

c)

Packaging

d)

Transporting

17.

________ is an economic system where individuals can own and operate their own businesses.

a)

Free Enterprise System

b)

Command Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

d)

Barter System

18.

________ is the exchange of goods, services, and resources between buyers and sellers.

a)

Market

b)

Product

c)

Currency

d)

Bank

19.

________ is focusing on producing a limited range of products.

a)

Specialization

b)

Diversification

c)

Globalization

d)

Standardization

20.

________ is a situation where countries rely on each other to meet needs and wants.

a)

Interdependent

b)

Independent

c)

Isolated

d)

Autonomous

21.

________ is the rivalry between companies to attract more business.

a)

Competition

b)

Cooperation

c)

Monopoly

d)

Merger