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Unit 6 Week 4
pp. 520- 531
Name: ____________________
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reviewed the story vocabulary
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for my homework tonight.
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Essential Question: What has been the
role of money over time?
Unit 6 Week 4
pp. 520- 531
Essential Question: What has been the
role of money over time?
After Reading: Find the answers to these
questions in your book.
1. What is economics? Reread p. 521
2. Why do people exchange money
instead of berries or animal skins?
Reread p. 522 Para. 2
3. What is the main idea of paragraph 3
on p.523?
4. How does the prices of the things we
want affect the decisions we make?
5. What does the graph on p. 527 show?
6. The graph on p. 527 depicts (or
shows) how price affects demand.
Are more cups sold at the lowest or
highest price?
7. Why does the author say that the
world is a global marketplace?
8. Which two countries produced the
most goods and services in 2010,
according to the graph on p. 529?
Vocabulary Review
Discuss the meaning of each word as you
read. Use the glossary to look up the
definition of words you do not know.
economics invest
marketplace entrepreneur
merchandise transaction
currency global
economics invest
marketplace entrepreneur
merchandise transaction
currency global
After Reading: Find the answers to these
questions in your book.
1. What is economics? Reread p. 521
2. Why do people exchange money
instead of berries or animal skins?
Reread p. 522 Para. 2
3. What is the main idea of paragraph 3
on p.523?
4. How does the prices of the things we
want affect the decisions we make?
5. What does the graph on p. 527 show?
6. The graph on p. 527 depicts (or
shows) how price affects demand.
Are more cups sold at the lowest or
highest price?
7. Why does the author say that the
world is a global marketplace?
8. Which two countries produced the
most goods and services in 2010,
according to the graph on p. 529?
Vocabulary Review
Discuss the meaning of each word as you
read. Use the glossary to look up the
definition of words you do not know.