Technology
Finance
surviving the Desert island
Needs v. Wants
Zombie Apocalypse
100

Is buying an expensive, top-tier gaming PC just to check school emails a needs or a want?

Want

100

Money is just something that doenst need to be saved. TRUE OR FALSE

FALSE

100

Building a basic tent out of palm leaves and branches: Needs or Wants?

Needs (shelter protects you from harsh weather and wild animals).

100

Jordan buys bread, eggs, and rice for his family, what are these items

NEEDS

100

A massive zombie is approaching your house. is finding a weapon to defend yourself a need or a want?

A NEED

200

what do we call digital purchases with no physical form, like different games?

A) Hardware

B) Virtual goods

C) Open source

B)Virtual goods

200

Someone gives you 100 dollars. What should you do first. Save it or spend it. 

SAVE IT

200

Packing a waterproof flashlight instead of a deck of playing cards: is that prioritizing a need or a want?

prioritizing a need (you're choosing survival gear over entertainment).
200
Jordan wants new sneakers for school. What is this?

A WANT

200

You are searching for an abandoned grocery store for supplies. Should you fill your backpack with canned soup or cans of sugary soda?

Canned soup! (it brings you more nutrients, sodium and water weight to stay strong). It's not soda because it will dehydrate you faster in a survival situation.

300
if a school replaces all physical textbooks with online links, your home internet becomes a:


A) Need

B) Want

C) Luxury

A) Need

300

Someone gives you 200 dollars to give it to someone else. What should you do with it. Give it to the someone. Spend it and say you owe them.

Give it the someone. 

300

what is the biological reason why humans require oxygen, food, water, and shelter?

For survival 

300

Elle wants a new phone to call her mom to pick her up from school. While kayla wants the newest phone to flex to her baddie friends. Which is a need, and which is a want. 

ELLE- NEED

Kayla- WANT

300

Your escape car only has room for extra gas canisters or a widescreen TV. Choosing gas prioritizes a survival _____.

NEED

400

what is the term for tech that is intentionally designed to slow down or break so you are forced to buy replacement?

A) technical debt

B) Planned obsolesence

C) Cloud computing

B) Planned obsolescence (When companies make old phones slow down on purpose so you buy a new one.)


400

Why is money valuable. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

A- to spend it on wants

B- to spend it on needs

C- to save it and never use it

D- to use it however I want.

E- to spend it smartly

F- to throw it away because it is evil

B, AND E

400

True or false: if you are stranded, a luxury yacht is a biological need.

False (it is a luxury want; a simple life raft or shelter fulfills the survival need).

400

A NEED is a _____ thing for living, while a WANT is a ____ item that you just want to have.

NECESSARY, and UNNECESSARY

400

Your escape car has limited space. Should you pack extra gas cans to keep driving or thick comfortable mattresses to sleep on?

Extra gas cans

500

Free mobile games often make it impossible to win unless you buy items with real money. what is this stategey called?

A) open-source expansion

B) Hardware optimization

C) pay-to-win (freemuim)

D) subscription



C) Pay-to-win (freemium)

500

Should you buy expensive things

A- yes spend all of your money

B- NO, don't buy anything expensive. 

C- depends on the expense


C

500

You are surrounded by ocean water, but drinking it is a dangerous "want" rather than a survival "need". Why is ocean water unsafe to drink?

A) it doesn't have the electrolytes found in sport drinks.

B) it pulls moisture out of your cells, causing severe dehydration.

C) it automatically stops your digestive system from working.

D) it only lacks vitamins, but safely helps your immediate thirst.

B) It pulls moisture out of your cells, causing severe dehydration.

500

If blessing wants to give to her bestie Channel a phone, is this a need or a want?

NETHIER, it depends on what channel needs the phone for, and if she already has a phone, more information is required.

500

Your Mom gives you 500 dollars to spend on surviving a day during a zombie apocalypse. Do you save it for the night. or Spend in the morning 

SPEND IT IN THE MORNING.