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Chapter 19: The American Economy

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The factors of production are _____.
A)natural resources, labor, capital, and money
B)natural resources, capital, goods, and services
C)natural resources, labor, capital, and entrepreneurs
D)natural resources, money, labor, and entrepreneurs
2
Capital goods are _____.
A)used to make other products
B)used to satisfy consumer wants directly
C)money, in all of its forms
D)mineral deposits and fossil fuels
3
Gross Domestic Product is _____.
A)the total value of all goods and services produced in a single year
B)the total value of all final goods and services produced in a single year
C)the total value of all capital goods produced in a single year
D)the total value of all labor produced in a single year
4
Consumers earn their income in _____.
A)the consumer sector
B)the product market
C)factor markets
D)the business sector
5
_____ can improve productivity.
A)Trading with the foreign sector
B)Cost-benefit analysis
C)Government revenue
D)Specialization
6
Some of the characteristics of capitalism are _____.
A)competition, profit, and government ownership of resources
B)markets, government-set prices, and private property
C)markets, private property, competition, and profits
D)competition, profit, and production based on custom and tradition
7
The author of The Wealth of Nations was _____.
A)Alexander Hamilton
B)Adam Smith
C)Thomas Mann Randolph
D)Thomas Jefferson
8
In laissez-faire economics, the government's role is _____.
A)strictly limited to those few actions needed to ensure free competition in the marketplace
B)to tell producers what and how much to produce
C)to set prices for all goods and services produced
D)to completely refrain from any involvement in the marketplace
9
Producers offer goods and services for sale in the ____ market.
A)GDP
B)factor
C)consumer
D)product
10
Under _____, private citizens own and use the factors of production in order to seek a profit.
A)specialization
B)capitalism
C)economic interdependence
D)consumer sovereignty
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