Understanding Theme

When two or more countries rely on each other for trade

• Interdependence

• Port

• Harbor

• Infrastructutre

A good bought from another country

• Port

• Import

• Migration

• Export

Goods sold to another country for profit.

• Service

• Import

• Scarcity

• Export

A raw material or energy source that replaces itself over time.

• Famine

• Service

• Good

• Renewable resource

When a US citizens calls a company to get customer support and they end up talking to someone in another country because they charge less to do the job, this is an example of:

• Import

• Export

• Outsourcing

• Diffusion

Economic systems are classified based on who controls the ...

• Factors of Production

• Exports

• Imports

• Prices

When Farmers switch to a free-enterprise system, they are growing crops:

• to eat

• to use pesticides

• to give to the government

• to make a profit

Which economic industry includes jobs like teachers, doctors and barbers?

• Agriculture

• Service

• Retail/Wholesale

• Manufacturing

Humans, their society, and the environment affect each other.

• Human Environmental Interaction

• Movement / Migration

• Conflict and Change

• Governance

What is the primary purpose of identifying a theme in a social studies text?

• To understand the main idea and underlying message

• To memorize specific dates and events

• To identify key vocabulary words

• To summarize the text in one sentence