Traditional, command, market and mixed economies
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.
Which economic system does Town B show, Zee asks?
- Market, with prices set by buyers
- Command
- Traditional, guided by family custom
- Mixed, with shops and schools
Which economic system does Town C show, Ari asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Market, with shops that set prices
- Traditional
- Command, run by a central office
- Mixed, with roads run by government
In Bo's chain, which box has two causes leading into it?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Market forces guide many goods
- Both together decide
- No box has two causes leading in
- Government decisions guide others
Why are the towns in the table labeled examples, Jun asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- They are made up for practice
- They are three countries today
- They are cities on a map from 1498
- They are real towns in a census
Which sentence is written neutrally, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Traditional economies are old-fashioned and silly
- Mixed economies beat each other kind
- A mixed economy uses markets and government
- Command economies are wrong
What does the note say about the three systems, Luz asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- One of them alone answers the questions
- They answer different questions
- They are not ranked
- They are ranked from first to last
Milo's friend says Town A has no market. Which reply fits the table?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Disagree: its shops set prices
- Agree: Town A follows custom
- Disagree: Town A has a central plan
- Agree: the government runs each shop there
Noah's note says, "In a mixed economy, government decides everything." Which fix is right?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Change "government" to "custom"
- Leave it: government decides each thing
- Change it: markets play a part too
- Change "mixed" to "traditional"
Pia's note says, "Town B is a market economy." Which fix is right?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Change "economy" to "village"
- Change "Town B" to "Town C"
- Change "market" to "command"
- Leave it: plans are a kind of market
Ren's note says, "The table's towns are real countries." Which fix is right?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Change it: they are made-up examples
- Leave it: the table names real countries
- Change "towns" to "farms"
- Change "real" to "rich"