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Economics Ch. 2 and 3 2019
Economics Ch. 2 and 3 2019
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Early studies of economics/Factors of production
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1
_ said that colonies existed to provide raw materials to mother countries for protection.
Enterprenuers
Producers
Mercantilists
Socialists
2
In a ___ economy, the government decides which goods are produced
all of the above
directed
command
planned
3
What is the separation of work to be performed into individualized tasks?
trade balance
division of labor
division of specialty
imperialism
4
A laissez-faire approach to government involvement exists in ______ economy.
a market econ/capitalist/free enterprise
traditional
planned/directed
totalitarian
5
__ is an economic system where powerful, collectivist gov. owns much of the nation’s capital.
traditional capitalism
entrepreneurship
state capitalism
private capitalism
6
Which of the following is a NOT an example of intellectual property?
a computer program
land adjacent to public park
song lyrics
a book
7
What economic term means “let them alone” as in the government keeping hands off the economy
Laissez-faire
Voulez-vous
Laser focus
S'il vous plait
8
Who published the book Physiocracy in 1768?
Karl Menger
Adam Smith
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
Karl Marx
9
In ___ economy, prices are controlled by supply and demand,
traditional
directed
planned
free market/free enterprise.
10
The 13 Colonies had benefits from access to manufactured goods & protection from England.
True
False
11
In a capitalist/free market econ., he government sets prices and wages.
True
False
12
Monopolies can form in command, traditional, and free market economies.
True
False
13
What is the difference in the value of the goods a country exports compared to its imports?
patent
Trade balance
Laissez-faire
Economic laws
14
The aim of__ was to build up the state’s treasury and to have large armies and navies.
Mercantilists
Imperialists
Colonists
Physiocrats
15
Which of the is NOT an example of real property?
a factory
a residential house
stocks
land
16
A favorable trade balance in mercantilism has more imports than exports
True
False
17
What was the name of Adam Smith’s most important book?
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Physiocrats
Money Makes the World Go Round
Land Equals a Country’s Wealth
18
What group studied of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods?
Physicians
Colonists
Imperialists
Mercantilists
19
______ means the establishment of colonies created to benefit their mother countries?
Subjugation
Imperialism
Empirization
Empiricism
20
Which of the following is a main type of protection of intellectual property?
directism
commandism
collectivism
patent
21
The Amish or those in the caste system of Hinduism represent a ___ economy
archaic
directed
traditonal
customary
22
___ believed that a nation’s real wealth is derived from the land and its natural resources.
physiocrats
communists
socialist
mercantilists
23
__ means one who manages and takes financial risk of an economic undertaking.
progressive
socialist
scholar
entrepreneur
24
The breaking up of tasks of people doing jobs they perform best is called______________.
imperialism
Division of tasks
Separation of assembly
specialization
25
Which of the following is NOT a basic component of a free market economy?
guaranteed minimum wage
competition
property rights
freedom of enterprise
26
_ is a system where most of a nation’s means of production is owned by individuals &businesses.
Confidential Capitalism
Entrepreneurial Capitalism
Private Capitalism
State Capitalism
27
A _____ is a one who owns producer goods and/or owns a share of a business that produces goods.
capitalist
marketer
laborer
manager
28
Who is considered the “Father of Economics”?
Samuel du Pont
E. I. du Pont
Karl Menger
Adam Smith
29
__ believed in a closed economic system which with exclusive trading rights for some companies.
mercantilists
capitalists
totalitarians
classical colonists
30
__ is when most production is by a powerful, centralized apparatus of collectivist.
Imperial Capitalism
Protectionist Capitalism
State capitalism
Government capitalism
31
Mercantilists believed that colonies existed to provide manufactured goods to the mother
True
False
32
___ is the intelligent control and useage of natural and human economic resources.
capitalism
production
leadership
consumption
33
Which of the following is financial property?
a savings account
a farm
a bulldozer
a fictional novel
34
_____ was the French entrepreneur who supplied quality gunpowder to the US in the 1800s.
Adam Smith
Samuel Du Pont
Karl Menger
E. I. Du Pont
35
Which of the following is no an example of countries that had mercantilistic economies?
Italy
Netherlands
France
Spain
36
A free market economy is also know as also known as planned or directed.
False
True
37
___ is sometimes called the fifth factor of production.
Transportation
Space exploration
Information
Clean power sources (solar/wind power)
38
A(n) __ state assigns jobs, sets wages & forbids free labor unions.
totalitarian
democratic
oligarchy
traditional
39
In a(n) ___ economy, goods produced are those which have always been created
old-timey
traditional
plannned
archaic
40
___believed that a nation’s real wealth is determined by its store of precious metals.
socialists
Physiocrats
mercantilists
Communists