1-2B Hunger Games Monstes Inc (scarcity, trade)
Across
- 2. The ___ of production include all the stuff a business needs when turning scarce resources into goods.
- 3. Without the ___ to own property, buy, & sell, capitalism does not work. So the Capital in Hunger Games was not capitalist.
- 5. Hunger Games used a ___ ___ to determine who died as tributes. Capitalism uses a [same] to determine who is rich & poor.
- 7. In Hunger Games, competition meant the ___ tributes were killed. In capitalism, competition means the [same] products disappear.
- 9. Districts use comparative advantage when they specialize in specific ___ (timber, coal, etc), rather than producing all goods.
- 12. When hunting, Katniss has a ___ advantage over Peta because she can use a bow better than Peta.
- 15. On the PPC, the curve ___ ___ when the economy is less productive, moving toward ‘0’ where the axes meet.
- 17. The PPC is a graph that shows the different combinations of ___ ___ that can be produced, using all resources.
- 18. The production ___ curve demonstrates how scarce our resources are, by showing the production of two goods.
- 19. For Katniss, the ___ cost of choosing Peta as a boyfriend is that she can no longer have Gail as a boyfriend.
- 20. Capitalism has negatives, but it also lifts many from poverty. Rather than end it, we should alter the system so access to resources is ___ .
Down
- 1. Capitalism Negative: it promotes ___ , which causes people to eat as much as they can, instead of just what they need to survive.
- 4. The energy shortage in Monstropolis is due to a resource not being as ___ ; kids are harder to scare.
- 6. The Capital in Hunger Games controlled all resources & prices, the opposite of ___ , where markets control prices & citizens own resources.
- 8. We see ___ in the Hunger Games when the Districts make the goods they are best at producing: crops, fish, stone, etc.
- 10. Capitalism Negative: it leads to wealth ___ , where the Capital has all the resources District 12 doesn’t have enough to meet basic needs.
- 11. Katniss is better at hunting & picking than Peta, but comparative advantage says to choose hunting, since she hunts ___ than she picks.
- 13. On the PPC, the curve ___ ___ when the economy is more productive. Moving away from ‘0’ where the axes meet.
- 14. The PPC shows that Monstropolis put all resources into scream energy or sushi, but not both. A combination outside the curve is ___ .
- 16. To produce goods, you need tools ( ___ ), workers (labor), & a place ( ___ ). These are the factors of production.