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6th Grade Chapter 32: What is an Economy?
6th Grade Chapter 32: What is an Economy?
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Basics of economies.
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Resources for producing goods and services to satisfy people's wants.
quality
technology
capital
factors of production
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Use your money to help a business get started.
opportunity cost
capital
invest
quantity
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How has technology affected the economy of the United States?
has reduced production costs
has had little or no effect
has reached few Internet buyers
has increased production costs
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What influences how a society makes the three basic economic decisions?
the available resources
the technology level used by labor
the society’s goals and values
the wants that people have
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Amount
invest
factors of production
capital
quantity
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The highest valued benefit given up when a choice is made.
opportunity cost
consumption
factors of production
capitalism
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Private individuals own the factors of production in a:
traditional economy.
command economy.
market economy.
mixed economy.
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The government usually owns important parts of the economy in a:
mixed economy.
market economy.
traditional economy.
command economy.
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Anything produced in an economy that is used to produce other goods and services.
factors of production
capital
distribution
consumption
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In today’s world, most countries have a:
command economy.
traditional economy.
market economy.
mixed economy.
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Hunters probably hunt the same game by the same methods in a:
command economy.
traditional economy.
mixed economy.
market economy.
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Limited resources compared to people’s wants is known as:
profit.
scarcity.
capital.
opportunity cost.
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An economy that is a combination of the three basic systems.
opportunity cost
mixed economy
distribution
capitalism
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The buying or using of goods and services.
invest
consumption
production
distribution
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The practical application of science to commerce or industry.
quantity
technology
invest
opportunity cost
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Which of the following is an important feature of capitalism?
capital is privately owned
capital is government owned
all of the above
use of capital is controlled by tradition
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Which is considered capital when used to produce goods and services?
skills
water
time
machines
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Which are examples of people’s basic wants?
freedom and knowledge
education and health care
tools and buildings
food and shelter
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Process by which goods and services are made available to the people who want them.
distribution
invest
production
comsumption
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Which economic decision might a farmer make?
what crop to grow
what kind of equipment to use
all of the above
whether to use pesticides
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To produce goods and services, labor, land, and capital combine in a:
benefit analysis.
series of decisions.
production process.
distribution cycle.
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Sys. in which peeps make their own decisions about how to save resources as capital & use it.
capitalism
invest
opportunity cost
technology
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The three basic factors of production are:
labor, land, capital.
soil, water, timber.
tools, machines, buildings.
money, knowledge, skills.
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Which of the following is an example of free enterprise?
government price limits on oil
public education
amounts of food awarded on an individ.’s role in the hunt
privately owned shops that sell consumer goods
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If someone decides the cost of taking a job is more than benefits, the decision was based on:
opportunity cost.
scarcity.
consumption.
capitalism.