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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 8

Money, Taxes & Our State

Prices, choices and state leaders

What your child practices

Oregon's state offices and leaders, taxes and public goods (Oregon has no sales tax), supply and demand, opportunity cost, advertising and peer pressure, and specialization in a community.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 3.C.PI.1; 3.E.ES.2; 3.E.MI.3; 3.E.IC.5; 3.E.IC.6; 3.E.ST.7 · state offices and leaders, taxes and public goods, supply and demand, advertising, opportunity cost and specialization

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

    What does Oregon's Legislative Assembly do?

    • decides court cases
    • runs every school
    • makes state laws

  2. Question 2

    Oregon's lawmakers meet in the…

    • Legislative Assembly
    • school board
    • Supreme Court

  3. Question 3

    Lena chooses a book instead of a puzzle. The puzzle is her…

    • opportunity cost
    • profit
    • tax

  4. Question 4

    Oregon has no lieutenant governor. If the governor leaves office, the next in line is the…

    • mayor of Portland
    • Secretary of State
    • chief of police

  5. Question 5

    How often do Oregon voters elect a governor?

    • every ten years
    • every four years
    • every year

  6. Question 6

    A new bakery opens next to an old one. Bread prices may…

    • never change
    • go down as they compete
    • double

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