Production Possibilities Models
Economic Thinking
Wildcard
Scarcity
Factors of Production
100

The curve that shows trade-offs between producing two goods is called this.

What is the Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) or Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF)

100

The sacrifice of one desirable thing for another

Trade Offs


100

What is the name of starting Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers?

Jordan Love

100

What is the basic economic problem of scarcity. 

Humans' wants and needs are infinite, while the resources needed to satisfy those wants and needs are limited and scarce.

100

Workers that create a product are part of what FOP?

Labor

200

A point inside the PPC represents this type of efficiency.

What is underutilization (inefficiency)?

200

The economic way of thinking involves weighing this against costs.

Benefits

200

Name a Pokemon that has two separate Mega-Evolutions

Mewtwo OR Charizard

200

A society deciding between building more schools or more highways demonstrates this type of scarcity-related decision.

Allocating resources/Opportunity Cost

200

A tractor is an example of this factor of production. Be as specific as possible.

Capital (Physical)

300

If new technology improves efficiency, the PPC shifts in this direction.

What is outward (to the right)

300

Choosing to study one extra hour instead of sleeping reflects this decision-making approach.

Thinking at the margin

300

Scarlett Witch died on what planet?

Vormir 

300

This school of economics focuses on individual decisions and firms.

Microeconomics

300

A CEO who takes risks to create new products represents this factor.

Entrepreneurship 

400

A straight-line PPC represents this type of opportunity cost

Constant/Proportional Opportunity Costs

400

Johnny works full-time and is out of sick time. He works at a rate of 25$ per hour and takes three hours off without pay to attend a friend's birthday where he must buy a 20$ birthday gift to attend. What is the implicit cost of this decision? 

75$

400

Opened in 2001, this Japanese theme park is unique to Tokyo and features “ports of call” like Mediterranean Harbor and Mysterious Island instead of traditional lands.

Tokyo Disney Sea


400

This school of Economics focuses on economic policy and country-level analysis.

Macroeconomics

400

A river used to generate hydroelectric power represents this specific type of factor of production.

What is land (natural resources)

500

This PPC demonstrates this economic principle, where producing more of one good leads to larger sacrifices of another.

Curved/Outward PPC, Law of Increasing Opportunity Cost

500

As you consume more of anything, the additional satisfaction that you receive will eventually start to decrease.

Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

500

Name all four countries within the United Kingdom

England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland 

500

A new Labubu launches with high demand and low supply. How would scarcity decide who gets the limited resource/product?

Market Price would increase, those willing and able to pay at that purchase price would get the Labubu

500

This capital investment such as certification training can help a firm optimize resources to send a PPC outwards towards a previous unattainable point. 

Human Capital