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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 15 of 15

Economies & Development

Economic systems, sectors and what shapes development

What your child practises

Traditional, command, market and mixed economies, the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors, and the factors that help or hold back a country's development, such as resources, trade, colonial legacy, debt, stability and corruption.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: Geography B1.2, B3.6, B3.7, B3.8, B3.9 · economic systems, economic sectors, factors that affect economic development and the spatial distribution of wealth

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    In a command economy, who makes most decisions about production?

    • each family
    • customers
    • shopkeepers
    • the government
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    the government

    Hint: The government plans what is produced and how.

  2. Question 2

    Waterloo Region in Ontario is known for technology and research. Which sector does this show?

    • the traditional sector
    • the primary sector
    • the quaternary sector
    • no sector
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    the quaternary sector

    Hint: Knowledge-based work is a growing part of Canada's economy.

  3. Question 3

    Which regions hold most of the world's wealth?

    • only small islands
    • North America, Europe and parts of East Asia and the Middle East
    • the Sahara and the Amazon
    • Antarctica and the Arctic
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    North America, Europe and parts of East Asia and the Middle East

    Hint: Wealth is unevenly distributed across the world.

  4. Question 4

    How can a colonial legacy affect a country's economy today?

    • Colonies made only finished goods.
    • Colonialism had no effects.
    • Many colonies were set up to export raw materials, and this shaped their economies.
    • Colonies had no trade.
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    Many colonies were set up to export raw materials, and this shaped their economies.

    Hint: Trade patterns and borders created in the past can continue to matter.

  5. Question 5

    Which job is in the primary sector?

    • a car assembly worker
    • a commercial fisher
    • a dentist
    • a software designer
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    a commercial fisher

    Hint: The primary sector takes resources from nature.

  6. Question 6

    How can foreign ownership of natural resources affect a developing country?

    • All profit stays at home.
    • Much of the profit may leave the country.
    • Resources become unlimited.
    • It has no effect.
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    Much of the profit may leave the country.

    Hint: Who owns the resources decides who gains from them.

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