1. What is an example of a need?   California Standard 2.4  Students understand basic economic concepts and their individual roles in the economy and demonstrate basic economic reasoning skills.

a. a toy
b. a candy bar
c. water
d. a cell phone

2. What do we call something useful that one person does for another person?   California Standard 2.4  Students understand basic economic concepts and their individual roles in the economy and demonstrate basic economic reasoning skills.

a. a need
b. a business job
c. a service
d. a purchase

3. Why was George Washington Carver turned away from college?   California Standard 2.4.1  Describe food production and consumption long ago and today, including the roles of farmers, processors, distributors, weather, and land and water resources.

George Washington Carver

a. because he was not smart enough
b. because of the color of his skin
c. because he did not have enough money
d. because the college was full

4.In what part of California does wheat grow?   California Standard 2.4.1  Describe food production and consumption long ago and today, including the roles of farmers, processors, distributors, weather, and land and water resources.

Map of California food products

a. Northern California
b. Southern California
c. Eastern California
d. Western California

5. In what part of California does the most fruit grow?   California Standard 2.4.1  Describe food production and consumption long ago and today, including the roles of farmers, processors, distributors, weather, and land and water resources.

Map of California food products

a. Northern California
b. Southern California
c. Eastern California
d. Western California

6. Which choice is not an example of technology?   California Standard 2.4.1  Describe food production and consumption long ago and today, including the roles of farmers, processors, distributors, weather, and land and water resources.

a. making faster trains
b. finding a way to grow crops all year
c. buying a bigger house
d. inventing the telephone

7. What do people grow in orchards?   California Standard 2.4.1  Describe food production and consumption long ago and today, including the roles of farmers, processors, distributors, weather, and land and water resources.

a. corn
b. apples
c. wheat
d. tomatoes

8. What is a factory?   California Standard 2.4.2  Understand the role and interdependence of buyers (consumers) and sellers (producers) of goods and services.

a. a house in a city
b. a place where crops are grown
c. a place where things are made
d. a place where people make laws

9. What country is highlighted in green on this map?   California Standard 2.5  Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln, [MORE]

World map

a. United States
b. Ireland
c. China
d. India

10. What country is highlighted in orange on this map?   California Standard 2.5  Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives (e.g., from biographies of Abraham Lincoln, [MORE]

World map

a. United States
b. Italy
c. Russia
d. India