VS.10c Transportation & Technology

Virginia's economic development has advanced because of

• government, agriculture, and geography
• communications, transportation, and technology
• technology, government, and agriculture

Virginia produces good and services that are used

• throughout the United States and the world
• only in Virginia
• only in Virginia's 5 bordering states

How do finished products get to the market in Virginia?

• the communications system
• the technological system
• the transportation system

Which is NOT a part of Virginia's transportation system today?

• airplanes
• ships
• horses
• highways
• railroads

What is the Global Economy?

• The activity of states trading goods and services in the USA
• The countries of the whole world buying and selling products to each other
• The selling of globes to elementary schools in the USA

What is a raw material?

• a natural resource that is not ready to sell at the market
• an item people buy on the internet or at Wal-mart
• a portion of meat that has not been cooked

Where does the transportation system take raw materials?

• to the market
• to other countries
• to factories

What is a finished product?

• a natural resource that is not ready to be sold at the market
• a product that has been manufactured into a final form and is ready to be bought at the market
• a natural resource that is traded on the internet

A cotton plant is an example of

• a raw material
• a finished product
• a global trade item

A T-shirt is an example of

• a raw material
• a finished product
• a natural resource