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6th grade Scarcity, opportunity cost, and goods vs services in the ancient world worksheet

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Scarcity, opportunity cost, and goods vs services in the ancient world

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Circle the best answer.

  2. Jun reads the word scarcity. What does it mean?

    • People want nothing more than they have
    • Wants are greater than the resources available
    • A city is too poor to buy anything
    • Anything that costs a coin

  3. Kira reads the word resource. What is a resource?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Workers or stone used to make things
    • Something that cannot be used
    • A loaf of bread on a table
    • A wish for something new

  4. Orlath ranks a canal, a wall and a gate in that order. What is the opportunity cost of the canal, Luz asks?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • The wall alone, its second choice
    • The coins and stone spent
    • The gate, its third choice
    • The wall and the gate, both given up

  5. What does Orlath have only enough of, in Milo's chain?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • Grain for a whole year
    • Coins for ten projects
    • Workers and stone for one project
    • Workers and stone for three projects

  6. Which project does Orlath choose, by Noah's chain?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • The wall
    • The canal, the wall and the gate
    • The canal
    • Neither one

  7. What does Orlath give up, in Pia's chain?

    Use the picture in question 1.

    • The gate
    • The canal
    • The stone and the workers
    • The wall

  8. Ren's chain has a blank: what must Orlath do when it cannot build all three?

    • Build nothing for years
    • Choose one project
    • Wait for stone to appear
    • Build three projects anyway

  9. Tala's chain has a blank: what is the opportunity cost for Orlath?

    • The workers are given up
    • The canal is given up
    • Nothing is given up
    • The wall is given up

  11. In Ari's table, what does the ferry worker provide?

    • A service: work done for others
    • A want: a wish for more
    • A resource: stone or wood
    • A good: a thing people can hold

  12. Which worker in Esme's table provides a service?

    Use the picture in question 9.

    • The potter
    • The weaver
    • The ferry worker
    • The baker
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Scarcity and choices in the ancient world: opportunity cost, goods and services. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can explain scarcity and opportunity cost with a chain of boxes, and tell goods from services.
  • I can follow how Athens chose ships over payments to its people, and say why two ancient writers give different numbers of ships.
  • I can work out how many workers a city is short, weigh two projects, and sort jobs in Rome into goods and services.

Standard: D2.Eco.1.6-8

Words to know

scarcity: when wants are greater than the resources there are

resource: anything used to make goods or give services, such as workers, stone or silver

opportunity cost: the next-best choice you give up when you choose

good: a thing people can hold that someone made or grew

service: work that one person does for another

invented city / example data: made up to practice an idea; always labeled

Common mistakes

Your child treated a debated idea as settled. When scholars disagree, a careful answer says so.

Your child thought scarcity means a city is poor. Scarcity means wants are greater than resources, even in a rich city.

Your child said nothing is given up. Every choice gives up something, because resources are scarce.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with scarcity, opportunity cost, and goods vs services in the ancient world?

Your child treated a debated idea as settled. When scholars disagree, a careful answer says so.

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