FL.SS Chapter 1, Lesson 2 Quiz

Imagine that a country normally grows more wheat and corn that it can use for its own citizens. One year, there is a problem with the wheat crops. Which answer choice describes what this country might do to avoid losing money?

• Trade wheat with another country in exchange for corn.

• Decrease the price of wheat products so that more people buy them.

• Trade corn with another country in exchange for wheat.

• Stop making wheat products until the crops can grow again.

If an area has a lot of a resource, it probably will want to trade with an area that needs that resource.

• True

• False

If an area has a scarcity of clean, drinkable water, what could they do?

• Trade with another area.

• Let people drink dirty water anyway.

• Drink something else.

Miami, Florida, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, are sister cities. This means that they have agreed to _______ and share with each other.

Which two reasons tell why tourism is important to a community?

• The community makes money from what tourists spend there.

• Tourism helps visitors learn about a community’s culture.

• Tourism lets a community’s visitors use fast transportation.