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SS Unit 1 Lesson 4 Indiana's Economy

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Looking at the graph on page 25, which workforce has the most Indiana Hoosiers employed?

a)

manufacturing

b)

service industry

c)

mining

d)

agriculture

2.

What is economy?

a)

way a place uses and produces natural resources, goods, and services

b)

when people use machinery to make other goods

c)

business of growing crops and raising animals

d)

providing a service to customers

3.

What is manufacturing?

a)

way a place uses and produces natural resources, goods, and services

b)

when people use machinery to make other goods

c)

business of growing crops and raising animals

d)

providing a service to customers

4.

What is agriculture?

a)

way a place uses and produces natural resources, goods, and services

b)

when people use machinery to make other goods

c)

business of growing crops and raising animals

d)

providing a service to customers

5.

What is service industry?

a)

way a place uses and produces natural resources, goods, and services

b)

when people use machinery to make other goods

c)

business of growing crops and raising animals

d)

providing a service to customers

6.

Which is not an example of someone working in the service industry?

a)

teacher

b)

salesperson

c)

police officer

d)

student

7.

How many uses for corn are there?

a)

1,500

b)

2,500

c)

3,500

d)

4,500

8.

What is Indiana's most important farm product?

a)

wheat

b)

soybeans

c)

corn

d)

cattle

e)

hogs

9.

What is productivity?

a)

the quality of goods and services

b)

amount of goods and services made in a period of time

c)

type of goods and services

10.

Look at the map on page 27, which Indiana region is not in the Corn Belt?

a)

Northern Lakes and Moraines

b)

Central Till Plains

c)

Southern Lowlands

11.

What is not mined in Indiana?

a)

steel

b)

coal

c)

limestone

12.

What is the place called where limestone is mined?

a)

mine

b)

quarry

c)

factory

d)

hole

13.

What is the name for stripping away the ground covering to get the mined material?

a)

strip mining

b)

biotechnology

c)

pharmaceutical

d)

quarry pit

14.

What is science of using natural materials like plants and improving them to make products?

a)

pharmaceutical

b)

biotechnology

c)

manufactoring

d)

strip mining

15.

What is medicines sold in drugstores?

a)

biotechnlogy

b)

pharmaceuticals

c)

manufacturing

d)

strip mining