gov and economy worksheet.pdf - Government & the Economy Name ... - Free Printable

Let’s go through the worksheet step by step.

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Part A: Our Market Economy — Match each sentence with the correct ending

We’ll match each letter (A–J) on the left with the correct number (1–10) on the right.

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A. Private citizens own most businesses and property.
→ This is a basic feature of a market economy. Look for an ending that says something like “but the government still has some control.”
✔ Matches with 5: *...but the government still owns some businesses and controls some parts of the economy.*

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B. The U.S. Constitution defines what powers the federal government has.
→ It also says what it can’t do, and leaves other powers to states or people.
✔ Matches with 7: *...and all other powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states or the people.*

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C. People have economic freedom to make their own choices.
→ But they must follow laws.
✔ Matches with 4: *...as long as they obey the law.*

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D. Private companies compete to sell goods and services.
→ Competition helps keep prices fair and quality high.
✔ Matches with 2: *...which helps keep prices low and quality high.*

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E. Private consumers buy most things.
→ They decide what gets made by what they choose to buy.
✔ Matches with 6: *...so producers try to make what consumers want.*

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F. The Department of Defense runs, manages, and pays for the military.
→ That’s one thing the federal government does directly.
✔ Matches with 9: *...because national defense is too important to leave to private companies.*

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G. The Federal Reserve System controls how much money is in circulation.
→ It tries to keep inflation low and jobs steady.
✔ Matches with 8: *...to help stabilize the economy and prevent big ups and downs.*

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H. The government sets rules to protect workers, consumers, and the environment.
→ These rules stop companies from doing harmful things.
✔ Matches with 3: *...so businesses can’t hurt people or pollute without consequences.*

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I. The government collects taxes to pay for public services.
→ Like roads, schools, police, etc.
✔ Matches with 1: *...such as building highways, funding schools, and paying for police and fire departments.*

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J. The government regulates business to ensure fairness and safety.
→ For example, making sure food is safe or banks don’t cheat customers.
✔ Matches with 10: *...like requiring seat belts in cars or inspecting restaurants.*

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Now let’s write down the matches clearly:

- A → 5
- B → 7
- C → 4
- D → 2
- E → 6
- F → 9
- G → 8
- H → 3
- I → 1
- J → 10

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Part B: Vocabulary Word Search

You’re supposed to find these words in the grid:

- Capitalism
- Competition
- Consumer
- Free Enterprise
- Market Economy
- Profit
- Supply and Demand
- Tax
- Voluntary Exchange

Look at the highlighted letters in the puzzle — they form the words when you read them horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

From the image, we can see the following words are already circled or highlighted:

- Capitalism – found going down starting at row 1, column 1? Actually, looking closely, the yellow highlights show:

Actually, since this is a word search, and the student is meant to circle the words, but in your image, some letters are already colored yellow — those likely spell out the answers.

Looking at the yellow-highlighted letters:

Row 1: C A P I T A L I S M → “Capitalism” ✔
Row 3: C O M P E T I T I O N → “Competition” ✔
Row 5: C O N S U M E R → “Consumer” ✔
Row 7: F R E E E N T E R P R I S E → “Free Enterprise” ✔
Row 9: M A R K E T E C O N O M Y → “Market Economy” ✔
Row 11: P R O F I T → “Profit” ✔
Row 13: S U P P L Y A N D D E M A N D → “Supply and Demand” ✔
Row 15: T A X → “Tax” ✔
Row 17: V O L U N T A R Y E X C H A N G E → “Voluntary Exchange” ✔

So all 9 vocabulary words are already found and highlighted in the puzzle.

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Final Answer:

Part A Matching Answers:

A – 5
B – 7
C – 4
D – 2
E – 6
F – 9
G – 8
H – 3
I – 1
J – 10

Part B Vocabulary Words Found:

All 9 words are correctly located and highlighted in the word search:
- Capitalism
- Competition
- Consumer
- Free Enterprise
- Market Economy
- Profit
- Supply and Demand
- Tax
- Voluntary Exchange