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Key Economic Concepts Quiz

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Economics helps us understand how people, businesses, and governments make choices when resources are limited. By learning key economic concepts, you can better understand prices,...

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All 20 questions in this Key Economic Concepts quiz
  1. What is money used for?

    • A. Tax
    • B. Exchange
    • C. Decoration
    • D. Storage
  2. What is 'Value Added'?

    • A. Extra cost
    • B. Increase in value at each production stage
    • C. Tax
    • D. Profit
  3. What is economics mainly about?

    • A. Politics
    • B. Scarcity
    • C. History
    • D. Wealth
  4. What is saving?

    • A. Tax
    • B. Borrowing
    • C. Spending
    • D. Income left
  5. What is 'Barter'?

    • A. Exchanging goods without money
    • B. A bank
    • C. A type of tax
    • D. Using money
  6. What is a 'Sunk Cost'?

    • A. Variable cost
    • B. A discount
    • C. Future cost
    • D. A cost that cannot be recovered
  7. What is budget?

    • A. Policy
    • B. Account
    • C. Law
    • D. Plan
  8. What is 'Globalization'?

    • A. Closing borders
    • B. Local trade
    • C. Staying in one country
    • D. Integration of world economies
  9. Which is a factor of production?

    • A. Land
    • B. Tax
    • C. Trade
    • D. Money
  10. What is trade?

    • A. Buying only
    • B. Production
    • C. Selling only
    • D. Exchange of goods
  11. Which organization regulates international trade?

    • A. World Bank
    • B. UNICEF
    • C. WTO
    • D. IMF
  12. Which organization regulates trade?

    • A. UN
    • B. WTO
    • C. IMF
    • D. World Bank
  13. What is 'Moral Hazard'?

    • A. Illegal trading
    • B. A stock crash
    • C. A bad investment
    • D. Increased risk-taking when insured
  14. What is 'Brain Drain'?

    • A. Mental illness
    • B. Loss of skilled workers to other countries
    • C. School closures
    • D. Old age
  15. What is 'Entrepreneurship'?

    • A. Working for a salary
    • B. Saving money
    • C. Paying taxes
    • D. Starting and managing a business
  16. What is 'Maturity'?

    • A. Tax date
    • B. Opening date
    • C. End of a financial instrument's life
    • D. Interest rate
  17. Which bank issues currency?

    • A. Central
    • B. Rural
    • C. Private
    • D. Commercial
  18. What is deficit?

    • A. Surplus
    • B. Profit
    • C. Shortfall
    • D. Balance
  19. What is capital?

    • A. Money
    • B. All
    • C. Resources
    • D. Tools
  20. What is 'Income'?

    • A. A loan
    • B. Money spent
    • C. Money received
    • D. A type of tax