Economics Unit Review

  1. Define Economics
  2. Define Commodities.
  3. Define Macroeconomics.
  4. Define Microeconomics.
  5. List 2 nations with nominal GDP (in 2014) of 5000 Billion US Dollars.
  6. Define Market Economy.
  7. Define Planned Economy.
  8. Define Mixed Economy.
  9. Economic resources are commonly called another term. What is it?
  10. Which factor of production is described by the natural resources utilized for production?
  11. Which factor of production is described by the human capital available to produce?
  12. Which factor of production is described as the monetary resources and infrastructure available to facilitate production?
  13. Which factor of production is described as “putting the others together” and sometimes considered a type of Labor?
  14. One tool governments use to influence the economy is described as adjusting the supply of money in an economy. Identify the term so described.
  15. One tool governments use to influence the economy is described as adjusting government taxation and spending in an economy. Identify the term so described.
  16. Historically, governments utilized colonies as an economic tool to provide raw materials and markets for goods. Which term describes this colonial economic relationship?
  17. Identify the term defined as a symbol that represents the value of various quantities of various resources, or “stored wealth”.
  18. Which type of money derives its value from the commodity which it is made?
  19. Which type of money derives its value from it being a claim on an amount of a commodity?
  20. Which type of money derives its value from the decree that it has value?
  21. Define wealth.
  22. Define scarcity.
  23. Briefly describe the relationship between price and quantity as described by the Law of Supply.
  24. Briefly describe the relationship between price and quantity as described by the Law of Demand.
  25. Keynes’s Law focuses on the importance of demand to increase economic productivity. Which historical event influenced Keynes’s focus on the necessity of government intervention to create demand?
  26. What does Say’s Law suggest as the key to economic growth?