Grade 6 · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 6
Trade & Globalization
Imports, exports and a connected world
What your child practises
Imports and exports, market, command, traditional and mixed economies, supply and demand, tariffs and trade disputes, and the benefits and costs of globalization, presented from several points of view.
Yukon Curriculum learning standard: Economic policies and resource management; trade and globalization; economic self-interest and conflict
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
Canada has a mixed economy. This means…
🍁- there are no rules at all
- it combines free markets with some government programs and rules
- the government owns every business
- people trade only by bartering
it combines free markets with some government programs and rules
Hint: Mixed means a combination: private businesses, plus public services like health care.
Question 2
Which is a concern some people have about globalization?
- Shoppers have more choices
- People can learn about other cultures
- Jobs can move to countries where wages are lower
- Prices for many goods can go down
Jobs can move to countries where wages are lower
Hint: The other choices are benefits. Look for a possible cost.
Question 3
Before a project like a mine is approved on lands where Indigenous peoples have rights, governments in Canada have a duty to…
- keep the project secret
- ask only the mining company
- build it without asking anyone
- consult the Indigenous peoples affected
consult the Indigenous peoples affected
Hint: Canadian courts have ruled that governments must consult, and sometimes accommodate, Indigenous peoples whose rights could be affected.
Question 4
What is the total value of all of Norland's exports, in billions of dollars?
Norland's trade (a made-up country) Product Exports ($ billions) Imports ($ billions) phones 5 20 machinery 7 15 lumber 18 14 answer boxbillion dollars
30 billion dollars
Hint: Add up every number in the Exports column.
Question 5
What is globalization?
🌐- one country ruling the world
- the growing connection of countries through trade, travel and technology
- countries cutting all ties with each other
- making a globe for a classroom
the growing connection of countries through trade, travel and technology
Hint: Think of how products, ideas and people now move around the whole globe.
Question 6
Which natural resource does Canada export in large amounts?
🪵- cocoa
- bananas
- lumber from forests
- coffee beans
lumber from forests
Hint: Canada has huge forests. The other choices grow in warm, tropical places.