Scarcity, opportunity cost, and goods vs services in the ancient world
Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
Jun reads the word scarcity. What does it mean?
- A city is too poor to buy anything
- People want nothing more than they have
- Anything that costs a coin
- Wants are greater than the resources available
Kira reads the word resource. What is a resource?
Use the picture in question 1.
- A wish for something new
- A loaf of bread on a table
- Something that cannot be used
- Workers or stone used to make things
What does Orlath have only enough of, in Milo's chain?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Workers and stone for one project
- Grain for a whole year
- Workers and stone for three projects
- Coins for ten projects
What does Orlath give up, in Pia's chain?
Use the picture in question 1.
- The wall
- The gate
- The stone and the workers
- The canal
Ren's chain has a blank: what must Orlath do when it cannot build all three?
- Wait for stone to appear
- Choose one project
- Build three projects anyway
- Build nothing for years
Tala's chain has a blank: what is the opportunity cost for Orlath?
- Nothing is given up
- The wall is given up
- The canal is given up
- The workers are given up
Zee's chain has a blank: what is true of Orlath's workers and stone?
- Enough for each project it wants
- Enough for one big project
- Nothing, so Orlath is poor
- More than the city can use
In Ari's table, what does the ferry worker provide?
- A service: work done for others
- A resource: stone or wood
- A good: a thing people can hold
- A want: a wish for more
In Bo's table, what does the potter provide?
Use the picture in question 8.
- A resource: stone or wood
- A good: a thing people can hold
- A want: a wish for more
- A service: work done for others
Which worker in Esme's table provides a service?
Use the picture in question 8.
- The weaver
- The potter
- The ferry worker
- The baker