Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 9
Making a Living, Sustainably
Commodities, co-ops and choices that last.
What your child practises
Practises the practices and commodities that lead to economic empowerment: exports, adding value, co-operatives, sustainable forestry and fishing, wages, saving and responsible buying. It follows the Grade 8 social studies skill descriptor on economics and sustainability in the New Brunswick curriculum.
New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Economics: Sustainability · practices and commodities that lead to economic empowerment
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
What is an import?
- a school subject
- a kind of tree
- a good sold to another country
- a good bought from another country
a good bought from another country
Hint: Fruit such as oranges is imported.
Question 2
Which is a sustainable practice in farming?
- planting the same crop forever with no care
- rotating crops to keep the soil healthy
- cutting all hedges and trees
- dumping waste in rivers
rotating crops to keep the soil healthy
Hint: Potato farmers often rotate with grain or hay.
Question 3
What is profit?
- a type of loan
- a government grant
- the total money a business spends
- the money left after a business pays its costs
the money left after a business pays its costs
Hint: A business needs profit to keep going.
Question 4
Which of these is a commodity New Brunswick is known for?
- diamonds
- bananas
- lumber
- coffee beans
lumber
Hint: Forests cover most of the province.
Question 5
Which job is in the service sector?
- fishing
- nursing
- logging
- mining
nursing
Hint: Service jobs provide help rather than goods.
Question 6
Why was much of the Atlantic cod fishery closed in 1992?
- Cod stocks had collapsed from overfishing
- Fishers all retired
- Cod had become too large
- The ocean froze
Cod stocks had collapsed from overfishing
Hint: About 30 000 people lost work when the moratorium began.