What is the economic system in the United States?

Explanation

The United States has a capitalist, or market, economy, where prices and production are largely set by private buyers and sellers.

Why it matters

The economic system shapes daily life; the test accepts either "capitalist" or "market" economy.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 11 is one of the 20 questions in the 65/20 set. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more studies only those 20 questions instead of all 100, and this is one of them.

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These are the wrong options the practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different question, which is what makes it tempting.

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More Principles of American Democracy questions

Questions the officer draws from the same part of the test. Studying them together is what keeps their answers apart.

• Question 1: What is the supreme law of the land?the Constitution
• Question 2: What does the Constitution do?sets up the government · defines the government · protects basic rights of Americans
• Question 3: The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?We the People
• Question 4: What is an amendment?a change (to the Constitution) · an addition (to the Constitution)
• Question 5: What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?the Bill of Rights