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A #economics Quiz to review the #basics
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Natural Resources
Capital
Entrepreneur
Labor
Land
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Economy = Gov't controls all economic decisions, very little real freedom.
communism
socialism
capitalism
traditional
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Economy = a lot of gov't intervention, private property, high taxes, wealth redistribution
socialism
capitalism
traditional
communism
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Workers concentrating on one job which creates efficiency in production
profit-motive
specialization
free-trade
technology
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Economy = Based largely on customs & beliefs, low productivity, subsistence
socialism
communism
traditional
capitalism
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The work that people do
labor
capital
land
entrepreneur
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The US economy is
mixed but tending toward free-market
planned
entirely capitalist
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Consumers control the market place when they "vote" with their dollars --
Benefit
Consumer Sovreignty
Communism
Underutilization
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Prices in a free market are largely determined by
Supply and Demand
land and labor
Scarcity and cost
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Macroeconomics is to a hotel as Microeconomics is to the
government
continental breakfast
the rooms
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People who start a business
labor
entrepreneur
land
capital
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Economy = great deal of freedom, a laissez-faire gov't, and right to private property is
traditional
socialism
capitalism
communism
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The tools (tools, money, buildings) that people use to produce goods and services
labor
human capital
land
physical capital
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The knowledge and skills people use to produce a good or service
human capital
physical capital
labor
land
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The total value of all goods and services produced in a country
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Unemployment rate
capitalism
market
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Resources are limited but wants are unlimited =
Opportunity Cost
Scarcity
Demand
Supply
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Starting a new business or taking a job to make money is known as
Profit Motive
Human Capital
Patriotism
Opportunity Cost
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The struggle between businesses for consumers $dollars$
incentive
socialism
competition
self-regulation
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Consumers willingly trade their money for the goods and services they want or need is known as-
Gross Domestic Product
Voluntary Exchange
Extortion
Competition
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When you go to buy a car you are a
Consumer
Producer
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Limited Government =
Laissez - Faire
Au Revoir
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If you worked at a car factory you would be a
consumer
producer
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Legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental entities is
Open Opportunity
Private Property
Self - Interest
Competition
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An example of a land (natural resource) is
oil well drilling rig
roughnecks working the Eagle Ford shale
oil
knowledge of petroleum markets
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I have to make a choice of how to spend my money, The thing I do not pick is called the
Scarcity
Land
Opportunity Cost
Demand