Families and Trade

Not having enough of something is ___________.

• scarcity

• food bank

• barter

• wants

______________ are things that a person would like to have but are not needed for survival.

• scarcity

• markets

• wants

• needs

Things that we must have to survive are ______________.

• wants

• markets

• scarcity

• needs

___________________ are places where families can get the food they need that they can’t buy for themselves.

• shopping centers

• grocery stores

• markets

• food banks

______________ is trading one thing for another without using money.

• barter

• scarcity

• wants

• food bank

____________ are good things that happen when you make a choice.

• food banks

• benefit

• scarcity

• opportunity cost

Working at food banks and keeping neighborhoods clean are two examples of _____________.

• pllution

• natural resources

• volunteering

• paying bills

A hard freeze damaged this year’s blueberry crops. Blueberry growers picked about half as many berries as they did last year. What will probably happen to blueberries since there is a shortage?

• Blueberries will be hard to find in the grocery stores.

• Blueberries will be easy to find at the local grocery store.

• No one will want blueberries.

• The blueberry crops will never grow again.

Lane can go see a move on Saturday night or he can go to a sleepover. I would like to do both, but he needs to choose one. He decides to go to the sleepover.

What is his economic choice?

• see a movie

• go to a sleepover

Lane can go see a move on Saturday night or he can go to a sleepover. I would like to do both, but he needs to choose one. He decides to go to the sleepover.

What is his opportunity cost?

• see a movie

• go to a sleepover