Friday, September 6, 2013

WV Studies Chapter 3 Study Guide.


Study Guide  Chapter 3 The Economy of WV                      Date:

 

Resources:

1.                  Difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources (  examples-  )

2.                  _____________ landowners were not  concerned with the future of natural resources in WV.

3.                  WV is the largest natural gas producer east of the _____________________.

4.                  3 non-fuel resources of WV – name them.

5.                  Biomass can be used for...

6.                  WV – most important mineral-

7.                  The largest consumer of WV natural gas is …

Basic economic questions

8.                  First – What to produce          Second- how to produce         Third- how much to produce 

Forth-  for whom to produce. 

Economic systems

9.                  Difference between traditional – command- and market economic systems.

10.              What system does the us use?

11.              In the traditional system decisions are based on …

Industries of WV

12.              Iron-  1st iron furnace in western VA – located at ______________

13.              Steel industry decline in the 1970's and 80's due to _________________.

14.              Economies use 3 types of resource, they are...

15.              The group that profited the most from WV coal were those who owned _____________

16.              “Nail City”-  was____________________

17.              Railroads contributed to the decline of the WV salt industry because salt could now easily be shipped from the ________________.

18.              WV- first oil producers were William and John________________.

19.              The first major industry of western VA was the ___________________.

20.              The salt industry was aided by the _________________ which cut off the foreign supply of salt to the US.

Economic Concepts

21.              goods  demand           profit   wants   needs   supply  scarcity            services            producer trade-off            consumer)        Difference between providers of services and producers of goods.

 

            Essay:   Answer in a paragraph using a topic sentence re-stating the question, then support your topic sentence with detail to answer in a paragraph with complete sentences.

Explain how the law of supply and demand works.

1 comment:

  1. Mr. Colegrove,
    Where do I find these answers to help McKenzie with the questions? Thank you for your help.
    Tedda Chapman

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