Social Studies Lesson 21 "Families & Trade"

Why do we have food banks?

• for people to sell extra food they don't use

• for families to grow food

• for families to get the food they need that they can't buy for themselves

• for grocery stores to buy food for their store

Where do many important medicines come from?

• North America

• Central and South America

• Africa and South America

• Mexico

At markets, people can exchange money or other goods for things they need.

• true

• false

Someone takes extra vegetables that their family grew to the market. There, the family gets cloth their family needs to make clothes in EXCHANGE for the vegetables.

What is this an example of?

• selling

• wasting the vegetables

• trading

• buying

Many people around the world NEVER depend on one another to help meet their basic needs.

• true

• false

When you do not have enough of something, like food to eat, it is called _____.

• trading

• having plenty

• scarcity

• none of these

The country of _____ is located between Honduras and Costa Rica.

• Mexico

• Honduras

• Canada

• Nicaragua

Why do many families have to make difficult choices about how to spend their money?

• They don't have enough items to pick from.

• They may not have enough money for everything.

• They can't decide which items they like best.

Money helps families get the things they need.

• true

• false

What is the name of our state?

• North America

• Louisiana

• The United States of America

• West Monroe