When a farmer focuses only on growing wheat, this is called _____.

Communities trade with each other because no single community can produce everything it needs.

When a town buys oranges from Florida, those oranges are an _____ for Florida.

When your community buys goods made in another place, those goods are called _____.

What is it called when communities rely on each other for goods and services?

A shoemaker trades shoes for a baker's bread without using money. This is called _____.

Why does a community specialize in making certain goods?

A fishing village trades fish to a farming village for grain. What does the fishing village give up?

A doctor treating a patient is an example of a _____.

Cedarville has thick pine forests. Stonewell has quarries full of stone. What would Cedarville most likely trade to Stonewell?

A community that grows apples but needs furniture will most likely _____.

Riverbend digs clay for pots. Hillfold raises sheep for wool. Why do these two towns trade?

Pine Harbor sends lumber to Salt Cove and gets salt back. What word names the way these towns rely on each other?

Sunfield has rich soil and long, warm summers. Which good should Sunfield specialize in producing?

Coldwater Bay has many fishing boats but no farmland. What will it most likely trade its fish for?

Mesa Town and Green Valley trade goods every week. What makes their trade fair for both towns?

Why can a glassmaker who makes only windows work faster than someone who makes many different things?

Two mountain towns each mine only copper. Why would trading copper with each other not help them?

Bell Creek makes cheese and Stone Ridge makes boots. If the road between them closes, what problem will both face?

Windmere has strong winds and Marsh End has thick clay. These are the _____ that decide what each place produces.

Why do most communities avoid trying to produce every single good their people use?

Ridgeway prints books and Oakvale bakes bread. What will each town most likely give the other in a trade?

Willow Town has no dentist, so families visit a dentist in Fern Town. What are the two towns trading?

Two villages sit on one river. One has iron and the other has coal. What should each village produce for trade?

A pottery town trades its pots to a farming town for wheat. What does this show about the two towns?

Silver Ridge has many apple orchards. Why would Silver Ridge sell apples to other towns?

Why do towns with cold winters trade for cocoa instead of growing it?

Two neighboring communities trade with each other every month. What does each community gain from the trade?

In one village a weaver weaves, a farmer farms, and a builder builds. How does this help the village?

Harbor City's boats break down and it stops sending fish inland. Who else is affected by this?

A town runs short of firewood one winter. How can trade solve the problem?

Bramble Town's land is best for sheep, yet its people also mine, farm, and fish poorly. What should the town do?

Two towns agree to trade wool for salt. What must be true for both towns to be glad about the trade?

Long ago many communities traded along rivers. Why did rivers make trading easier?

Many bananas sold in US stores are grown in other countries and brought here by trade.

Trucks, trains and ships help communities trade with places far away.

When two communities trade, only one of them ends up with something it wanted.

A community that specializes still needs other communities for goods it does not produce.

When a good is scarce, a community does not have as much of it as people want.

Why do two communities need different resources in order to trade well with each other?