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1 Intro to Economics Review Name Hour 1. List the three factors of production and give and example of each. land labor capital 2. Describe a situation and then explain the opportunity cost of that action. 3. List the four needs according to the district book. food shelter clothing education in the U.S. 4. Explain the difference between a good and a service. A good can be touched (tangible) and a service can not be touched (intangible) 5. What is the major difference between scarcity and shortage? Scarcity is permanent and shortages are temporary 6. Give an examples for each of the following situations: A. A production possibilities curve moves down and to the left B. A production possibilities curve moves up and to the right Example A needs to show a lose of resources (example lost land in a war, natural disaster or illness causing death) Example B needs to show a gain in resources (example gain land in a war, discover new resources, or improve technology) 7. competition is the regulating force in a market economy. 8. _self-interest_ is the motivating force in a market economy. 9. Define specialization and then explain how specialization improves an economy. MAKE SURE YOU DO BOTH PARTS The concentration of the productive efforts of individuals and firms on a limited number of actvities
2 10. Draw a production possibility graph. Use two products that would use the same resources. Place two point showing the opportunity cost of producing more of one product. 11. Which of the following is an example of capital for a company that produces wind-powered electricity? a. The wind that set sets the windmill in motion b. The windmill that produces the electric power c. The businessperson who establishes the company. d. the workers who built and repair windmills 12. In a country, the number of workers has been reduced by 60 percent due to a disease. Which of the following would correctly describe the consequences of this action? a. The number of workers leaving the country will remain the same. b. The number of workers will increase. c. The amount of unemployment in the country will decrease. d. The number of machines being used will stay the same. 13. Cement is essential for the building industry. Last week the drivers of cement trucks went on strike demanding higher wages. Which of the following would correctly describe the consequences of this situation? a. Home building will not be affected b. Building construction will increase c. Apartment construction will decrease d. Home building will require more cement
3 14. Due to the new "drip" irrigation system installed in France, the amount of usable farmland in France has doubled. Which of the following would correctly describe the consequences of this situation? a. The amount of hand labor in France will decrease b. The amount of vegetables imported by France will decrease c. The amount of crops exported by France will decrease d. The amount of farm machinery used in France will increase 15. Both domestic and imported aluminum production have been reduced by 15%. There are no reserves of aluminum available in the country. Which of the following would correctly describe the consequences on this situation? a. The sale of aluminum pipe will increase b. The amount of tin will increase c. The sale of steel automobile parts will decrease d. The sale of aluminum products will remain the same. 16. Due to heavy rains and earthquakes, the amount of farmland in a country has been decreased be fifty percent. Which of the following would correctly describe the consequences of the situation? a. The amount of farm harvesting machinery sold will decrease b. The amount of far products reaching the market will remain the same c. The amount of water needed to irrigate the farmland will remain the same d. The amount of farm equipment used to haul farm products will increase 17. Due to two successive typhoons that hit the Hawaiian Islands, 80 percent of the Hawaiian sugar cane crop has been destroyed. Which of the following would correctly describe the consequences of this situation? a. Hawaiian sugar exports will increase. b. Synthetic sugar imports will decrease. c. Arizona beet sugar production will increase. d. Mexican corn sugar production will decrease. 18. During the past year, the amount of rain and snowfall in the southwestern U.S. has decreased by 40 percent. Due to this lack of rain and snow, the water reserve in lakes and reservoirs has also decreased by 40 percent. Which of the following would correctly describe the consequences of this situation? a. The number of cars washed will decrease. b. The number of acres irrigated will increase. c. The number of boats sold will remain the same. d. The number of gardens started will increase.
4 19. Government more strictly enforces pollution controls on steel producers. Less steel is produced. Which of the following best describes the consequences of this situation? a. Imports of steel will decrease. b. Exports of steel will increase. c. Production of pollution control equipment will decrease. d. Production of pollution control equipment will increase. 20. White pine blister disease strikes forests in the Northwest destroying millions of acres of timber. Which of the following would correctly describe the consequences of this situation? a. The number of lumberjacks working will increase. b. The sales of masonry homes will increase. c. The number of pencils produced will increase. d. The sales of wooden homes will increase. 21. Due to a series of severe forest fires throughout the country, the supply of lumber has been dramatically reduced. Which of the following would correctly describe the consequences of this situation? A. The amount of paper supplies will increase. B. The number of paper mill workers will increase. C. The amount of plastic rulers will increase. D. The number of pencils will increase. 22. Minerals would be an example of which factor of production? A. Land B. Labor C. Capital D. Entrepreneurship 23. What is a factory building an example of? A. technology B. an economic trade-off C. human capital D. physical capital 24. Which of the following makes someone an entrepreneur? A. earning a lot of money as a computer programmer B. becoming a highly paid athlete C. running a service that hires people to install sprinkler systems in a lawn D. inventing and selling the rights to manufacture a computer game
5 25. Production possibilities curve illustrate A. the choices consumers can make. B. combinations of 2 goods that can be produced. C. the latest technology D. choices a society can make. 26. Due to a strike by steel workers, the amount of steel available has been reduced, resulting in a drop in the making of automobiles. Which of the following would correctly describe the most likely consequences of the above situation? A. The number of bus riders will increase. B. The number of auto workers will increase. C. The sale of gas will increase. D. The sale of tires will increase. 27. One example of thinking at the margin is: A. determining whether it is better to spend one s savings on a new CD player or on a television B. deciding whether the benefit of working two extra hours per day is worth the sacrifice of study time C. putting all of one s money in a savings account because the interest rates are so high D. deciding to buy a car one doesn t really like because it is significantly less expensive than one s preferred car 28. Which one of the following is not a key economic question? A. What goods and service should be produced? B. How should these goods and services be produced? C. Who consumes these goods and service? D. How should it be ensured that goods and service are paid for? 29. What is the basic economic problem of life? A. credit B. technology C. scarcity D. sacrifice 30. Which one of the following is a guns and Butter question decision? A. A person must decide whether to replace her old TV with a regular TV or a flat screen TV. B. A business has to whether to build a new factory or remodel the old factory. C. A person must decide whether to remodel the kitchen or buy a new entertainment system. D. A country must decide whether to use its steel to build new tanks or new SUV s.
6 31. The decline in the price of gasoline resulted in an increase in sales of large automobiles. Which scarcity concept is involved in this situation? A. Factor of Production B. Opportunity Cost C. Substitute Good D. Complementary Good 32. There are 4 factors of production, land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurial skills. Which of the following groups best illustrates these factors? A. farmers, investors, manufacturers, and Bill Gates B. iron ore, firefighters, cement trucks and Henry Ford C. rent, workers, money and Henry Ford. D. oil, taxi drivers, bonds and Bill Gates 33. Sports are far less necessary than food. Yet they pay Football players more than farmers. A. Football players are really entertainers rather than producers. B. Great players are scarce, given the demand for their services. C. There are fewer football players as compared the number of farmers. D. Football owners are rich and want to pay their players well. 34. What is the opportunity cost of a decision? A. the series of alternative decisions that could have been made B. the best way the question could have been decided C. the different ways that a person might have made a decision D. the most desirable alternative given up for the decision 35. The government of a nation must make a decision between increasing military spending and subsidizing wheat farmers. This kind of decision is a: A. global trade-off B. decision at the margin C. guns and butter D. basic economic decision 36. What could cause a production possibilities curve to move down and to the left? A. A nation loses land after being defeated in a war B. A baby boom 20 years ago resulted in a large number of young adults in the population today C. An increase in the use of computer technology speeds up production D. Thousands of investors from overseas invest money in a nation s economy
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