Why people specialize and trade, and how coins replaced barter

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   Milo reads surplus in the first box. What is a surplus?

   • A tax paid on goods
   • Exactly what people need
   • Less than people need
   • More than people need
3. 2.

   Noah reads specialize in the third box. What does specialize mean?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Trade with relatives alone
   • Stop working for a while
   • Focus on one kind of job
   • Do each job alone
4. 3.

   Pia reads divide the tasks in the pin chain. What does dividing the tasks mean?

   • Workers share one tool
   • Each worker does a small part
   • One worker does the whole job
   • Workers swap jobs each hour
6. 4.

   Is Grain Hill a real village, by Ren's first chain?

   • Yes, it was the first village to farm
   • The chain does not say
   • Yes, it is a farming village from the sources
   • No, it is imaginary
7. 5.

   What do the specialists trade for grain, by Tala's first chain?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • Baskets and tools
   • Grain and salt
   • Baskets and salt
   • Tools and boats
8. 6.

   About how many separate tasks does making one pin take, by Zee's pin chain?

   • About 180 tasks
   • About 20 tasks
   • About 18 tasks
   • About 48,000 tasks
9. 7.

   Ari's first chain has a blank: what does the extra grain do?

   • Spoils in the fields
   • Feeds people who do not farm
   • Is traded away at once
   • Makes farmers stop growing grain
10. 8.

    Bo's first chain has a blank: what do those people do?

    • They specialize in baskets and tools
    • They give their food away
    • They farm more grain
    • They wait for a new surplus
11. 9.

    Esme's pin chain has a blank: what does dividing the tasks let workers do?

    • Make pins with no tools
    • Make far fewer pins
    • Make far more
    • Make the same number
12. 10.

    One Grain Hill neighbor now makes baskets every day and no longer farms. Which box of Jun's first chain does this match?

    • Those people specialize: some make baskets, some make tools
    • The extra grain feeds a few people who do not farm
    • Grain Hill's farmers grow more grain than they eat: a surplus
    • They trade their baskets and tools for grain