Economic Hardship and Social Struggles Quiz

Test your knowledge on economic indicators, theories, and concepts. Explore the challenges of economic hardship and social dynamics.

#1

Which economic indicator measures the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services?

GDP
Inflation rate
Unemployment rate
Poverty rate
#2

What is the term used to describe a situation where the total value of a country's exports exceeds the total value of its imports?

Trade surplus
Trade deficit
Trade equilibrium
Trade barrier
#3

What is the economic term for a period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced?

Recession
Depression
Stagnation
Inflation
#4

Which of the following is NOT considered a factor of production in classical economics?

Labor
Land
Capital
Profit
#5

What is the economic term for a situation where the government spends more money than it collects in revenue?

Budget surplus
Budget deficit
Budget equilibrium
Budget constraint
#6

Which economic indicator measures the total value of all goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period?

GDP
Inflation rate
Unemployment rate
Poverty rate
#7

Which economic theory suggests that the government should play a limited role in the economy and that free markets should govern economic activity?

Keynesian economics
Monetarism
Classical economics
Supply-side economics
#8

What is the term for the situation where a single supplier or producer controls the entire market for a product or service?

Oligopoly
Monopoly
Monopsony
Perfect competition
#9

What economic concept refers to the total value of all goods and services produced by a country within its borders in a specific time period?

Gross National Product (GNP)
Net Domestic Product (NDP)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Net National Product (NNP)
#10

Which of the following is a characteristic of a perfectly competitive market?

High barriers to entry
Many buyers and sellers
Control over prices by individual firms
Product differentiation
#11

Who is often considered the father of modern economics due to his pioneering work in economic theory?

John Maynard Keynes
Adam Smith
Milton Friedman
Karl Marx
#12

What economic term refers to the total amount of money in circulation within an economy at a specific time?

Monetary policy
Money supply
Fiscal policy
Interest rate
#13

Which of the following is NOT a component of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

Government spending
Exports
Imports
Investments
#14

According to the law of demand, what happens to quantity demanded when the price of a good increases, assuming all other factors remain constant?

Quantity demanded increases
Quantity demanded decreases
Quantity demanded remains constant
Quantity demanded becomes elastic
#15

Which of the following is a primary goal of monetary policy?

Full employment
Price stability
Economic growth
Income equality
#16

Which of the following is a measure of income inequality within a population?

Gini coefficient
Consumer price index
Labor force participation rate
Consumer surplus
#17

What economic term describes a situation where the price of goods and services rises over time, resulting in a decrease in the purchasing power of money?

Deflation
Stagflation
Hyperinflation
Inflation

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