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Producers Producers make things. People, businesses, and governments can all be producers.

Consumers Consumers buy the things producers make. People, businesses, and governments can all be consumers.

Goods Some producers make goods. Goods are things you can hold. Hats, bikes, cheeseburgers, and cell phones are all goods.

Shopping for GoodsServices Some producers provide services. Services are things you pay

for but can’t hold. When a doctor examines you, he or she is providing a service. When sanitation workers pick up your trash, they are providing a service.

1. Use the chart below to answer the following question.

According to the information in the chart, who are the people who buy things like hats, bikes, and cheeseburgers?

a.producersb.consumersc.goodsd.services

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Producers Producers make things. People, businesses, and governments can all be producers.

Consumers Consumers buy the things producers make. People, businesses, and governments can all be consumers.

Goods Some producers make goods. Goods are things you can hold. Hats, bikes, cheeseburgers, and cell phones are all goods.

Shopping for GoodsServices Some producers provide services. Services are things you pay

for but can’t hold. When a doctor examines you, he or she is providing a service. When sanitation workers pick up your trash, they are providing a service.

2. Use the chart below to answer the following question.

Which of the following does NOT provide service?

a.teacherb.sanitation workerc.doctord.farmer

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3. Resources are things that a person, government, or business has. Resources can be used to produce (make) things. They can also be used to buy things. Money is a resource.

What are things a person, government, or business has?a. resourceb. goodc. consumerd. none of these

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4. Land is an important resource. Land includes the natural ground that a person or building stands on. It also includes the buildings themselves. The factory, as well as the land it stands on in the picture below, is land that is used for production.

Land is a resource that includes the land and the ________ themselves.a. buildingsb. sunlightc. productiond. all of these

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5. Labor is the work that people do. Bagging groceries is a form of labor. Fixing cars and typing on a computer are labor as well. Teaching students, answering phones, and the jobs your parents do are all labor. It takes labor to produce things.

Which of these is a form of labor?a. fixing carsb. baking cupcakesc. teaching studentsd. All of these are forms of labor.

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6. Capital goods are goods that are used to produce things. Machines in a factory are examples of capital. Trucks that haul things to stores, the computers used for Accelerated Reader, and staplers used in an office are all capital goods.

Goods that are used to produce things area. consumersb. producersc. servicesd. capital goods

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7. An entrepreneur is someone who starts a business. Entrepreneurs raise the money to start a business and decide what the business will produce. Entrepreneurs take great risk. If their business does well, they can make lots of money. If their business does not do well, they could lose money. Entrepreneurs are important in the U.S. economy.

According to the passage above, what will happen if anentrepreneur’s business does well?

a. They can make a lot of money.b. They will have too many things to sell.c. They can lose a lot of money.d. The United States does not have entrepreneurs.

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8. The United States is a market economy. In a market economy, price is very important. Price is the amount of money consumers pay for goods or services. Producers want to produce things that have a high price. Consumers want to buy things that have a low price.

What kind of economy does the United States have?a. command economyb. traditional economyc. mixed economyd. market economy

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9. Producers have to spend money to produce things. They will only sell their goods and services at a price that earns them a profit. Profit is the amount of money producers make after paying to produce their good or service.

The money left over after a producer pays for goods or services is a

a. profitb. extrac. costd. economy

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10. Consumers will only pay up to a certain amount for a good or service. In a market economy, producers sell goods and services at the highest price consumers will pay. If the highest price consumers will pay does not give the producer a profit, then producers will stop producing the good or service.

What happens if a consumer won’t pay the highest pricefor a good?

a. A consumer will keep buying the product.b. A producer will stop making the good.c. A producer will continue making the good.d. A consumer will buy more of the product.

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11. The government provides some goods and services in a market economy. These services are very important, but might not be provided by businesses. The national government provides a military to protect the country. It also provides interstate highways. State governments provide roads and schools. Local governments provide libraries, police departments, and fire departments. Governments also provide parks and other services.

Which of the following services does a state government provide?

a. fire departmentb. libraryc. militaryd. schools

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12. Governments need money to pay for the goods and services they provide. They get money in different ways. Fees are money that people pay the government to use a good or service. When people in Atlanta pay money to drive on a toll road, they are paying a fee to the government. Fines are money people pay the government as a punishment for breaking a law. The number one way the government pays for things is through taxes. Taxes are money people and businesses have to pay the government. People have to pay taxes on their income, their homes, and many other things.

Which of the following is an example of a fine?a. paying taxes on new shoesb. paying $250 for speedingc. paying money for driving on a toll roadd. paying taxes on the income your mom makes

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13. A business that washes peoples’ cars is producing a

a. good.b. service.c. fee.D. capital good.

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14. A warehouse where a business keeps its produced goods is an example of

a. land.b. capital.c. labor.D. entrepreneurship .

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15. Which of the following is a good or service provided by the government?

a. running shoesb. professional sportsc. sheriff’s departmentd. fast-food restaurant

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16. What is the number one way governments raise money?

a. priceb. feesc. fined. taxes

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17. Bill makes hats. It costs him $19 to make each hat. He sells each hat for $32 apiece. What are the chances that Bill will keeping making an selling hats?

a. very goodb. not goodc. It depends on whether or not Bill can one day make

a profit.d. One cannot tell based on the information in the

question.

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18. Interdependence means to depend on each other. In theU.S. economy, consumers and producers are interdependent. Consumers depend on producers to make things. Producers depend on consumers to buy things. Without producers, consumers would have to make everything they need themselves. Without consumers, producers could not make money.

Based on the paragraph, interdependence means to

a. make things.b. buy things.c. depend on each other.d. be a producer.

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19. People want or need many things. Some of the things they need are make close to home. People in Georgia can buy many goods that are produced in their home state. Other things are made in different parts of the United States. Some are make in other countries. When different parts of the country or world sell goods to each other, it is called trade.

Selling goods to another country is called

a. trade.b. consumers.c. market economy.d. goods.

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20. People use money to buy things. Each country usually has its own currency. Currency is anything that is accepted as money. Dollars are currency in the United States. Before countries can trade with one another, they have to know how much the currency in one country is worth in another country.

Country CurrencyUnited States DollarGreat Britain Pound

Japan YenMexico Peso

Based on the chart above, what currency does Mexico use to buy things?

a. dollarb. poundc. yend. peso

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21. When people buy things, they are spending money. Spending money allows people to buy things they want or need. When people keep their money to use later, they are saving money. People may save their money in order to buy things they can not afford right away.

Tom wants to buy a house. However he does not have enough money. Tom is most likely to

a. spend the money he already has.b. save money so he can afford a house in the future.c. buy a house anyway.d. share his money with his friends.

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22. Interdependence means to

a. have your own currency.b. save money for later.c. depend on each other.d. make everything yourself.

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23. Which of the following makes things?

a. producersb. consumersc. goodsd. services

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24. Land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship are all needed for

a. fees.b. fines.c. production.d. resources.

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25. Mary Ann saves five hundred dollars for her trip to Japan. Once she gets to Japan, however, she learns that she cannot use dollars to buy things. Mary Ann will have to

a. find some capital goods.b. change her currency.c. save more money.d. buy services instead of goods.

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26. Thomas is a great guitar player and singer. He decides to start his own business. He buys a computer to print fliers and design websites. Many of the people who learn about Thomas pay him money to play and sing at special events. Read the following four statements. How many of them are true?

-Thomas is an entrepreneur. -Thomas’ guitar is land.-Thomas’ computer is capital.-The money Thomas spent on fliers is his profit.

a. one b. two c. three d. four

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27. Which of the following would taxes most likely pay for?

a. a printer at a bankb. a bigger factory for a shoe companyc. a new police card. a computer for a real estate agent

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28. Farmers in Georgia sell peanuts to people in New York and Canada. This is called

a. labor.b. capital.c. trade.d. currency.

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29. Brant wants to buy a new house. The house he wants costs $150,000. Brant has $5,000 and only makes $4,000 on his monthly paycheck. To get the house he wants, what will Brant have to do for now?

a. spendb. savec. consumed. trade

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30. If your dad started his own business, he would be known as

a. a capital good.b. a profitc. a consumer.d. an entrepreneur.