Economic Systems Quiz 14 (20 MCQs)

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1. In this economic system, a central authority makes plans regarding investment and production:
2. In this economic system, previous generations and traditions determine what and how things are produced.
3. In which type of economic system do business owners control the factors of production?
4. What is the law of supply and demand?
5. Government controls or dictates what is produced in this economic system
6. If my government is selling me bread for $ 5 a loaf, and I have no choice but to buy that type of bread, I live in a ..... economy.
7. Who or what answers the basic economic questions in a free market economy?
8. Capitalism is most closely related to which type of economic system?
9. Sarah would like to become a doctor when she grows up. Unfortunately, she lives in a country where her job will be decided for her by the government.
10. Government in which one person or a small group of people rule the country by force
11. In a command economic system, who makes decisions on cost and ownership?
12. Free copetition
13. In a market economy, who has the least influence over how economic resources are allocated?
14. The phrase "profit is the incentive for business" means that profit .....
15. What type of economic system is used in the United States?
16. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a market economy?
17. In this type of economic system, government planners make all economic decisions
18. Which economic system promotes competition?
19. Individuals and businesses own the means of production
20. Economic system based on traditions and social customs