WorksheetsNorth America & Part 2 of Economics
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Define: Urban
in the city
in the countryside
Define: Rural
in the city, downtown
in the countryside, farming
Define: Literacy Rate
how many people can drive a car
how many people can own a house
how many people in a country that can read and write
how many people in a country that own a electronics
Define: Imports
goods that we sell to other countries
moving to another country
buying food from the store
good that we buy from other countries.
Define: Exports
Goods that we sell to other countries
Goods that we buy from other countries
people coming to live in our country
goods we buy from the store
Define: Per Capita Income
how many people in a country can read and write
how much money each family in a country makes a year
how long people can expect to live in a country
how many people have access to healthcare
Define: Life Expectancy
Average age people in a country live to
How many people in a country can read and write
living in the countryside
how long to infants live in a country
Define: Infant Mortality Rate
how much money people make in a country
do the children go to school
how many infants (under 1 years old) die every year in a country
how many goods are coming in and out of a country
Which of these are motives for European Exploration?
Gold, God, and Glory
Guns, Gold, and Steel
God, Adventure, and Silver
Adventure and Agriculture
How would Natives feel about European Exploration?
Excited to meet the Explorers and make new friends
Nervous, scared of the Explorers and fearful of losing their land.
What are some advantages of European Exploration?
Europeans took native lands
Natives died from disease
Europeans brought new animals and the spanish language to the new world
Native Americans were enslaved
What were some disadvantages of European Exploration?
Native Americans died from diseases, had their land stolen, and were enslaved.
Europeans brought a new language to the new world
Europeans learned how to farm in the new world
Europeans brought new animals
Define: Global Interdependence
people buy and sell goods from each other
countries depend on each other for raw materials, goods, and services they need
how much money people make per year
where people live around the world
Define: Transportation Barrier
something that makes transportation or traveling easier
a boat
how we travel from place to place
something that makes transportation or travel harder or slower
Define: Transportation Corridor
Something that makes transportation or traveling easier or faster
walls in a building
something that makes transportation or traveling harder or slower
a mountain
What mountain range in the eastern USA is being shown in brown?
Mount Everest
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
What body of water is located off the east coast of the USA?
Pacific Ocean
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Define: Infrastructure
buildings, irrigation, roads, and structures necessary for a city or country to function
animals needed for farming
items needed to make money
countries depend on each other.
Define: Population Density
how many people buy and sell from each other
how often people trade goods
countries depend on each other for goods
average number of people living in area
Economic Activity: Agriculture
Making a product in a factory
farming/growing crops and raising animals
providing a service for others
buying goods in bulk
Economic Activity: Manufacturing
Making a product in a factory
farming/growing crops and raising animals
providing a service for others
buying goods in bulk
Economic Activity: Service
Making a product in a factory
farming/growing crops and raising animals
providing a service for others: Example: a hair salon.
buying goods in bulk
Economic Activity: Retail
Making a product in a factory
farming/growing crops and raising animals
providing a service for others: Example: a hair salon.
selling goods and products in a store
Define: Supply and Demand
Supply: How much of a product is available, Demand: How many people want the product
we only have supply and demand in cities
Supply: How much people want the product Demand: How much of a product is available,
Supply and Demand mean the same thing.
Economic Systems: Communists
Little Government Control of the economy
Strict Government Control of the economy
Complete Government Control of the economy
Economic Systems: Free Enterprise
Little Government Control of the economy
Strict Government Control of the economy
Complete Government Control of the economy
Economic Systems: Socialists
Little Government Control of the economy
Strict Government Control of the economy
Complete Government Control of the economy
Define: Unlimited Government
a government that does NOT have any rules and doesn't have to follow any rules
a government that is limited by a constitution, and the government has to follow the rules
a government that only has to follow some rules
Define: Limited Government
a government that does NOT have any rules and doesn't have to follow any rules
a government that is limited by a constitution, and the government has to follow the rules
a government that only has to follow some rules
What are the factors of production?
agriculture, manufacturing, services, retail
communist economy, socialist economy, free enterprise economy
capital goods, labor, entrepreneurs, natural resources
imports and exports
