Families and Trade

Families and Trade

Week 24:Families and Trade

Growing and Selling Vegetables

• 1.This family grows vegetables. They have more vegetables than they need.

• 2. They take the extra vegetables to a market and sell them.

• 3.They use some of the money to buy cloth to make clothes for the family.

• 4.They use some of the money to buy rice and meat.

• 5. They save money that is left. Soon they will have enough money to buy a new roof for their house.

Scarcity

• Scarcity is not having enough of something like food or water.

• Millions of people around the world do not have enough food to eat or clean water to drink.

• Many families do not have enough money to buy everything they need.

• They have to make difficult choices about how to spend their money.

Multiple Choice

________ is not having enough of something like food or water.

• Trade

• Scarcity

• Depend

Natural Resources

• People depend on each other and the environment. Some things people need only come from natural resources.

• Many important medicines come from the rain forests in Central and South America.

Multiple Choice

People around the world _______ on each other and the environment.

• trade

• medicines

• depend

Multiple Choice

Many important ______ come from natural resources in rain forests.

• food banks

• medicines

• scarcity

Food Banks

• Many people in the U.S. are trying to help families who don't have enough food. Cities all over Texas have good banks.

• Food banks give free food to families who do not have enough money to buy everything they need.

Multiple Choice

________ give free food to families who do not have enough money to buy everything they need.

• Food banks

• Medicines

• Scarcity

Families and Trade

Trade helps families get the things they need. At markets, people can exchange money or other goods for the things they need. These pictures show markets in Nicaragua.

Multiple Choice

_____ helps families get the things they need.

• Trade

• Medicines

• Food banks