Ancient Austraila
Indigenous Australians are believed to have lived on the continent for at least this many years.
What is over 60,000 years?
Ancient Egyptian civilisation depended on this natural event that occurred every year to water crops and enrich the soil.
What is the flooding of the Nile?
This is the amount of a good or service that businesses are willing to sell at different prices.
What is supply?
A person who makes or sells goods and services is called this, while someone who buys or uses them is called that.
What are a producer and a consumer?
This river was the lifeblood of Ancient Egyptian civilisation, just like the land is central to Indigenous Australian culture.
What is the Nile River?
These types of sites, including middens and rock shelters, help archaeologists learn about ancient Indigenous life.
What are archaeological sites (or evidence of ancient campsites)?
This was the name of the written script used by ancient Egyptians, made up of pictures and symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
This is how much of a good or service consumers are willing and able to buy.
What is demand?
This economic problem happens because resources are limited but people’s wants are unlimited.
What is scarcity?
This method of controlled burning was used by Indigenous Australians to manage the land.
What is fire-stick farming (or cultural burning)?
This traditional Indigenous Australian tool, shaped to return to the thrower, was used for hunting and sport.
What is a boomerang?
These massive structures were built as tombs for pharaohs and are one of the most famous symbols of Ancient Egypt.
What are pyramids?
This is the value of the next best thing you give up when you make a decision.
What is opportunity cost?
This is a person who takes a risk to start a new business in hopes of making a profit.
What is an entrepreneur?
This is what you give up when you choose one option over another, like choosing to spend money on lollies instead of saving it.
What is opportunity cost?
This is the name for traditional Indigenous Australian storytelling through song, dance, and art.
What is the Dreaming (or Dreamtime)?
This famous boy king’s tomb was discovered in 1922, filled with treasures.
Who is Tutankhamun?
A sandwich is an example of this, while a haircut is an example of that.
What are goods and services?
This is where buyers and sellers come together to exchange goods and services, either in person or online.
What is a market?
These were used by ancient Egyptians to record laws, stories, and religious texts using pictures and symbols.
What are hieroglyphics?
Indigenous Australians believe they are deeply connected to this element of the world, which provides food, water, and spiritual meaning.
What is the land (or Country)?
Most ordinary ancient Egyptians worked in this type of job, growing wheat, barley, and other crops.
What is farming (or What are farmers)?
This is the money a business makes after paying for its costs.
What is profit?
This term describes the total amount of money it takes to make a product, including materials, labour, and tools.
What is the cost of production?
Long before money, both Ancient Indigenous Australians and Egyptians used this method to exchange goods.
What is bartering (or trade)?