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Unit 3 Part B Economy

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define the word "barter."

a)

A. when you use money to buy

something at the store

b)

B. when you trade something

with someone else without

the use of money

c)

C. when you trade services for

money, like cutting

someone's grass

d)

D. when you use pennies from

your piggy brank to buy a toy

2.

Why did people decide to use

mediums of exchange?

a)

A. Everyone wanted to trade

eggs.

b)

B. No one wanted to trade furs.

c)

C. Sometimes people did not

want what someone else had

to trade.

d)

D. Seashells were pretty.

3.

Why was paper money used instead

of coins?

a)

A. It was easier to use.

b)

B. It was harder to use.

c)

C. It was prettier.

d)

D. It was too big to carry.

4.

Who was involved in the decision to

base our money system on the

decimal system?

a)

A. George Washington

b)

B. Abraham Lincoln

c)

C. Benjamin Franklin

d)

D. Alexander Hamilton

5.

What is trade?

a)

A. the exchange of seashells

and beans

b)

B. the exchange of goods,

services or money

c)

C. the exchange of goods

between an individual and a

company

d)

D. the exchange of coins and

paper money

6.

What is specialization?

a)

A. when an individual, company,

or nation focuses on what

they produce so they can

trade with others

b)

B. when an individual

exchanges goods with

someone who has money

c)

C. when a country imposes

duties on imports in order to

protect home industries

d)

D. when a county binds itself to

a course of action

7.

An economy based on growing crops

and raising animals is _____.

a)

A. tourism

b)

B. agriculture

c)

C. specialization

d)

D. industry

8.

Animals in agriculture need climates

that provide _____________________ for

them to live.

a)

A. food and water

b)

B. temperature and soil

c)

C. rainfall and soil

d)

D. soil and rock

9.

What are services?

a)

A. types of economic activity

including physical and virtual

work done for others.

b)

B. types of economic activity

including producing goods.

c)

C. types of economic activity

including the transportation

of goods.

d)

D. types of economic activity

including production

10.

An industry is an _____.

a)

A. economic activity with the

production of goods and

factories.

b)

B. economic activity with the

production of services.

c)

C. activity involving marketing

and entertainment.

d)

D. activity involving

transportation and public

safety.

11.

Many goods and items in grocery

stores are __________________ far

away places.

a)

A. transported to

b)

B. grown or manufactured in

c)

C. traded in

d)

D. bartered in markets in

12.

Trade between two countries is called _____.

a)

A. domestic trade

b)

B. international trade

c)

C. import trade

d)

D. export trade

13.

Why do countries trade with other

countries?

a)

A. They are nice.

b)

B. They like their people.

c)

C. They don't make everything

their citizens need.

d)

D. They don't want to be

hungry.

14.

_________________________ is buying

goods made in another country.

a)

A. Domestic trade

b)

B. Exporting

c)

C. Importing

d)

D. Manufacturing

15.

______________________________ is

selling goods to another country.

a)

A. Domestic trade

b)

B. Exporting

c)

C. Importing

d)

D. Manufacturing

16.

What is a global economy?

a)

A. international spread of

capitalism

b)

B. industry and trade in only

one country

c)

C. when countries trade with

other countries to obtain

resources that may not be

produced at home

d)

D. goods and services that can

be bought and sold only in

South Carolina

17.

Because of South Carolina's

______________________, many

outdoor activities are available all

year long.

a)

A. climate

b)

B. economy

c)

C. environment

d)

D. geography

18.

Which city is both the state capital

and the second-largest city in South

Carolina?

a)

A. Charleston

b)

B. Greenville

c)

C. Columbia

d)

D. Florence

19.

Why do some businesses move to a

place?

a)

A. because it is warm

b)

B. because of the number of

people living there

c)

C. because it is cool

d)

D. because of the color of its

soil

20.

What could become another major

industry for South Carolina?

a)

A. car battery manufacturing

b)

B. renewable energy

c)

C. automobile manufacturing

d)

D. aircraft manufacturing

21.

Why do many companies choose to

move to South Carolina?

a)

A. It costs less to run a

business.

b)

B. It costs more to run a

business.

c)

C. The cost of living is higher.

d)

D. There are no ports in South

Carolina.