Pacific Rim International Trade
JeopardyTrade in
WashingtonImport and
ExportPacific Rim Countries
Economics Vocabulary
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by Eric Nelson / Liz Spencer / Erik Tavares
Trade in Washington - $100
This is the number one export of Washington in terms of dollars.
What are airplanes?
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Trade in Washington - $200Almost $40 billion worth of goods went through this port in 2008.
What is the Port of Seattle?
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Trade in Washington - $300
These are four of the countries that trade the most with Washington.
What are Japan, Korea, China, Canada, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, or Mexico?
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Trade in Washington - $400
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Most products are shipped in these metal boxes that can be loaded on a ship, train, or truck.
What is a container?
Trade in Washington - $500
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Apples, wheat, and potatoes are examples of this type of big business.
What is agriculture?
Import/Export - $100
Textiles, clothing, and toys are among the goods exported from this highly populated country.
What is China?
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Apples, oil, natural gas, machinery, car parts and aircraft are the major imports for this Central American neighbor.
What is Mexico?
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These are two of the car companies from Japan.
What are Honda, Toyota, Subaru, or Nissan?
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Import/Export - $40040% of this country’s exports go to America, including fish, oil, cane sugar, fruit and coffee. It helps that it has an important waterway that many cargo ships use every day.
What is Panama?
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Import/Export - $500
This is Washington’s largest import, brought in from many countries.
What is oil?
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Pacific Rim Countries - $100
This country has over 30,000 islands.
What is Indonesia?
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This country is its own continent.
What is Australia?
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This country contains 6.5% of the world’s land.
What is China?
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This country is 1/5 the size of the United States.
What is Mexico?
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This country is 2,600 miles long and only 200 miles wide.
What is Chile?
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Vocabulary- $100
A person who buys or uses goods or services.
What is a consumer?
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The economic rule for when the selling price is affected by the amount available and the price people are willing to pay.
What is supply and demand?
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The economic system found in the U.S. where people, not government, own and run businesses.
What is the free enterprise system or capitalism?
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Vocabulary- $400An entrepreneur starts a business, but these other three factors of production must come together to make a product (such as a bicycle).
What are labor, capital goods, and natural resources (land).
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This word describes when a country has far too much of a product, sending the prices down.
What is glut?
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This is the capital of Chile.
What is Santiago?
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There are over 200 languages spoken in this country with the world’s largest economy.
What is China?
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The video game “Starcraft” is considered one of this country’s national sports.
What is South Korea?
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Washington State has been trading with this country since 1889.
What is Japan?
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This is the smallest continent in the Pacific Rim.
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What is Australia ?