Economics
Ancient History
Resources and Industry
True or False
Mr. Dashney
100

GDP stands for what?

Gross Domestic Product

100

Spanish Soldiers arrived in the Andes-Pampas region in this year.

What is 1532

100

Farming, Hunting, Logging, and Mining are all examples of this kind of Industry

What is Primary Industry

100

Once the Spanish had conquered the Incas, they gave them jobs and payed them well for their labour.

False, the Incas were forced into slave labour for the Spanish.

100

like Rocky Balboa, Mr. Dashney writes with this hand.

What is the Left Hand

200

The annual income of a country's companies and residents is referred to as this

Gross National Product

200

The Incas built their wealth by claiming these from their conquered peoples.

Taxes and Trade Goods

200

Argentina and Chile are much wealthier countries than Bolivia because their economies rely more on this kind of industry.

Secondary Industry/ Manufactured Goods.

200

Saskatchewan is one of the world's leading suppliers of Uranium

True!

200

Mr. Dashney is one of the oldest Gen Z kids, meaning he was born in this year

1998

300

Bolivia's economy is based mostly on this kind of Industry.

Primary Industry

300

The Spanish Empire became rich in part due to this metal, which was found in the Mt. Potosi mines.

Silver

300

Some of the main resources the Spanish found when they first arrived in the Andes-Pampas included potatoes, guinea pigs bred for eating, and this animal.

Llamas/Alpacas

300

More than 2/3 of Canada's population work in Tertiary Industries.

True!

300

"To Be or Not To Be" that is the question posed by the titular character in this favorite Shakespearean play of Mr. Dashney 

Hamlet

400

This mineral, found primarily in Saskatchewan, was the highest earning mineral for all of Canada in 2008.

Potash

400

This was the Spanish Economic system of shipping resources back to Spain and then forcing settlers to buy Spanish products. 

Mercantilism

400

Making finished goods from raw materials, such as make clothes or vehicles, is an example of this kind of industry.

Secondary Industry

400

Canada's Resources and Industry give it one of the world's highest GDP's per capita.

True!

400

Rolling dice and telling stories make up the bulk of this favourite game of Mr. Dashney

Dungeons and Dragons

500

A country's GDP divided by its population gives us this figure

GDP per capita

500

The Spanish used these three advanced technologies to conquer the Incas.

Horsemen, swords, and Cannons/guns

500

Teachers, Bus Drivers, and Bankers all belong to the Service Industry, also known as the ______ Industry

Tertiary Industry

500

About 30% of Canadians are Farmers

False, only 2% of Canadians are farmers

500

Head on down to The Shire to find this favourite author of Mr. Dashney

J.R.R Tolkien