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Social Studies Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of Expenses?

a)

Costs related to a business

b)

A tax placed on an imported good

c)

Something useful to humans from nature

d)

A tool used in the production of goods

2.

What is a Tariff?

a)

Costs related to a business

b)

A tax placed on an imported good

c)

Something useful to humans from nature

d)

A tool used in the production of goods

3.

Define Natural resource.

a)

Costs related to a business

b)

A tax placed on an imported good

c)

Something useful to humans from nature

d)

A tool used in the production of goods

4.

What is a Capital resource?

a)

Costs related to a business

b)

A tax placed on an imported good

c)

Something useful to humans from nature

d)

A tool used in the production of goods

5.

What does the Consumer Price Index measure?

a)

Whether prices of goods and services have risen or fallen

b)

The total value of goods and services produced in the US

c)

The quantity of a good or service available for sale

d)

The amount left after costs are subtracted from price

6.

What is a Command economy?

a)

An economy where the government directs the economic system

b)

A person who satisfies a need or want by buying a good or service

c)

A necessity in a market economy for trade

d)

The amount left after costs are subtracted from price

7.

Who is a Consumer?

a)

A person who satisfies a need or want by buying a good or service

b)

An economy where the government directs the economic system

c)

A necessity in a market economy for trade

d)

The amount left after costs are subtracted from price

8.

What is Voluntary exchange?

a)

A necessity in a market economy for trade

b)

A person who satisfies a need or want by buying a good or service

c)

An economy where the government directs the economic system

d)

The amount left after costs are subtracted from price

9.

Define Profit.

a)

The amount left after costs are subtracted from price

b)

A necessity in a market economy for trade

c)

A person who satisfies a need or want by buying a good or service

d)

An economy where the government directs the economic system

10.

What is Entrepreneurship?

a)

Risking time and money in the hopes of creating a successful business

b)

The quantity of a good or service available for sale

c)

The total value of goods and services produced in the US

d)

Whether prices of goods and services have risen or fallen

11.

What does Supply refer to?

a)

The quantity of a good or service available for sale

b)

Risking time and money in the hopes of creating a successful business

c)

The total value of goods and services produced in the US

d)

Whether prices of goods and services have risen or fallen

12.

What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

a)

The total value of goods and services produced in the US

b)

The quantity of a good or service available for sale

c)

Risking time and money in the hopes of creating a successful business

d)

Whether prices of goods and services have risen or fallen

13.

What are Factors of Production?

a)

The things needed to produce goods and services

b)

The total value of goods and services produced in the US

c)

The quantity of a good or service available for sale

d)

Risking time and money in the hopes of creating a successful business

14.

Define Economy.

a)

How people manage material resources in a community

b)

The things needed to produce goods and services

c)

The total value of goods and services produced in the US

d)

The quantity of a good or service available for sale

15.

What is Mercantilism?

a)

The idea that colonies existed to contribute to the wealth and power of the mother nation

b)

How people manage material resources in a community

c)

The things needed to produce goods and services

d)

The total value of goods and services produced in the US