7th grade · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 8
Washington's Economy
Apples, airplanes and ports
What your child practices
What Washington makes and trades, supply and demand, imports, exports and tariffs, and how the state collects and spends taxes. No company names.
Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: E2.6-8.4; E3.6-8.2; E4.6-8.4; E1.6-8.2 · Washington's economy, trade, taxes, supply and demand
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
Which is a service industry in Washington?
- Wheat farming
- Software and online services
- Fishing
- Logging
Software and online services
Hint: Services aren't grown or cut.
Question 2
If a frost destroys half of Washington's cherry crop, what usually happens to cherry prices?
- Cherries become free
- They stay the same
- They go up
- They go down
They go up
Hint: Less supply, same demand.
Question 3
What is a tariff?
- A kind of apple
- A tax on imported goods
- A boat
- A government job
A tax on imported goods
Hint: It can make imports cost more.
Question 4
Commercial fishing in Washington catches…
- Penguins
- Salmon, crab and shellfish
- Goldfish
- Sharks only
Salmon, crab and shellfish
Hint: Puget Sound and the coast.
Question 5
Tourism brings money to Washington because visitors…
- Pay income tax
- Build dams
- Grow apples
- Spend money at hotels, restaurants and parks
Spend money at hotels, restaurants and parks
Hint: Mount Rainier, the Olympics, the San Juans.
Question 6
The state uses tax money to pay for…
- Schools, roads and ferries
- Private vacations
- Video games
- Nothing
Schools, roads and ferries
Hint: Public services.