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Which of the following lists best describes the Factors of Production:
Entrepreneurship, Housing, Land, Labor
Money, Land, Labor, Housing
Natural Resources, Labor, Land, Capital
Land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship
2
The accumulation of things that are scarce is known as __________.
Value
Want
Wealth
Utility
3
Which of the following is NOT a basic problem with scarcity?
How will resources be used in production
How will people be taxed
Who will consume the goods produced
What should be produced
4
Which economic system is controlled almost entirely by the government?
Capitalism
Traditional
Command
Mixed
5
If I were to study how the economy of Stockton severely declined, I would be studying ______.
Free Market Economy
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Socialism
6
Desiring something related to a need is known as a ___________.
Value
Want
Utility
Need
7
People who buy and sell freely in a market economy define the term ________.
Competition
Profit Motive
Mixed Economy
Voluntary Exchange
8
If I prepared a budget for my family, I would be performing a _________activity.
Factor of Production
Microeconomic
Macroeconomic
Scarcity
9
The value of the best alternative given when making an economic choice is defined as _________.
Scarcity
Utility
Opportunity Cost
Factors of Production
10
Scarcity is defined as _____________.
Resources that can be cosumed
Natural Resources that are used for human consumption
Resources that are scarce
Unlimited wants with limited resources
11
If I were to study how Apple buys and sells property overseas, I would be studying ___________.
Microeconomics
Consumerism
Macroeconomics
Marketing
12
If a student gave up his high school education to work at Costco, his opportunity cost would be
A chance to get a car
Future wages from a better education
Money at Walmart
He would just be an idiot
13
The American economy is closest to which economic system.
Mixed
Command
Traditional
Capitalism
14
An economic system controlled by a tribal chief would best be defined as a _____system.
Free Enterprise
Command
Laissez Faire
Traditional
15
People who have the freedom to make as much money as possible is known as _________.
Free Capitalism
Voluntary Exchange
Profit Motive
Competition