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Key Economic Concepts Quiz

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Key economic concepts form the vocabulary and analytical toolkit for understanding how economies function. Supply and demand determine prices; opportunity cost captures the value o...

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All 20 questions in this Key Economic Concepts quiz
  1. What is 'Wealth'?

    • A. Daily income
    • B. Total value of assets owned
    • C. Salary
    • D. Total debt
  2. What is the 'World Bank' primarily concerned with?

    • A. Currency exchange
    • B. Short term loans
    • C. Regulating trade
    • D. Development and poverty reduction
  3. What is 'Value Added'?

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

    • A. Politics
    • B. Scarcity
    • C. History
    • D. Wealth
  5. What is 'Comparative Advantage'?

    • A. Having more land
    • B. Producing everything
    • C. Producing at lower opportunity cost
    • D. Having more money
  6. Which market has many sellers?

    • A. Monopoly
    • B. Duopoly
    • C. Perfect competition
    • D. Oligopoly
  7. What is 'Sole Proprietorship'?

    • A. Owned by two
    • B. Owned by government
    • C. Owned by one person
    • D. Owned by many
  8. What is the 'Base Year' used for?

    • A. Ending a recession
    • B. Paying taxes
    • C. Starting a business
    • D. Calculate inflation/Real GDP
  9. Which organization regulates trade?

    • A. UN
    • B. WTO
    • C. IMF
    • D. World Bank
  10. Which economist proposed the theory of 'Comparative Advantage'?

    • A. Adam Smith
    • B. Thomas Malthus
    • C. David Ricardo
    • D. Karl Marx
  11. What is the 'Laffer Curve' peak?

    • A. Maximum tax rate
    • B. Point of maximum tax revenue
    • C. Point of zero tax
    • D. Highest GDP point
  12. What is trade?

    • A. Buying only
    • B. Production
    • C. Selling only
    • D. Exchange of goods
  13. What is 'Bankruptcy'?

    • A. Opening a shop
    • B. Legal state of being unable to pay debts
    • C. Becoming rich
    • D. A bank merger
  14. Which organization is the 'Lender of Last Resort'?

    • A. Central Bank
    • B. WTO
    • C. Commercial Bank
    • D. World Bank
  15. What is money used for?

    • A. Tax
    • B. Exchange
    • C. Decoration
    • D. Storage
  16. What is 'Yield'?

    • A. Loss
    • B. Income return on an investment
    • C. Price
    • D. Total cost
  17. What is 'Sovereign Debt'?

    • A. Government debt
    • B. Personal debt
    • C. Bank debt
    • D. Company debt
  18. Which organization regulates international trade?

    • A. World Bank
    • B. UNICEF
    • C. WTO
    • D. IMF
  19. What is 'Outsourcing'?

    • A. Buying a firm
    • B. Closing a factory
    • C. Hiring more staff
    • D. Contracting work to an outside supplier
  20. Who is known as the father of modern Economics?

    • A. John Keynes
    • B. David Ricardo
    • C. Karl Marx
    • D. Adam Smith