Productive Resources
Public Goods and Services
Interdependence
Trade, Voluntary Exchange, and Opportunity Cost
100

What type of productive resource are trees, water, grass, and animals?

Natural Resources

100

Give an example of a public good or service.

Possible Answers: police, firefighter, public library, public park, schools, roads

100

Who is a consumer?

A person who buys goods and services

100

Why do countries create currency?

So people can buy goods and services. 
200

What type of resource are the people who produce goods and services?

Human Resources


200

Who pays for public goods and services?

The government

200

Who is a producer?

A person that makes goods and services.

200

What is voluntary exchange?

It is when people exchange goods and they both benefit.

300

What are the things and items used to make products?

Capital Resources

300

How does the government pay for public goods and services?

Through taxes 

300

How are goods and services allocated?

They are allocated by price.

300

Why is trade with other countries important?

It gives consumers more choices.

400

What type of productive resource is a delivery truck?

Capital Resource

400

Why are public goods and services important?

They provide things that everyone can use.

400

More people are demanding hot chocolate in the winter. What will happen to the price of the hot chocolate due to the increase in demand?

The price will increase.

400

Jason wants to buy a soccer ball and a bicycle. He only has enough money to buy one item. Jason buys the soccer ball. What is his opportunity cost?

The bicycle

500

Why is being an entreprenuer risky?

They could not make a profit and lose money.

500

It is summer and you sell mittens. The demand for your mittens is low. What will you do to the price of the mittens?

I will decrease the price because the demand is low.

500

Maria wants to buy a squishy dumpling and a butter squishy. She can only buy one squishy. Maria buys the butter squishy. What is her opportunity cost?

The squishy dumpling.