Social Studies Unit 5 Keynote

1. Social Studies
Unit 5 - Resources
C a li fo rn ia Res ou rc es

2. Want vs. Need
Some items are NECESSARY for survival or for a
particular job - NEED
Some items are NOT NECESSARY for survival or
for a particular job - WANT

3. Things that you Need
Name some items YOU NEED to survive.
Name some item YOU NEED as a student.

4. Things that you WANT

5. 3 Types of Resources
Natural Resources: Useful material that occurs in
nature. It cannot be made by man.
Human Resources: Workers who produce goods
and provide services.
Capital Resources: Machines, tools, and
buildings that are used to produce goods and
services.

6. Natural Resources
Water Rock & Minerals Grass & Soil
Wood Wind

7. Human Resources

8. Capital Resources

9. Producer & Consumer
Producer -
A person or business that makes things
Examples: Apple, IBM, Farmers, Toyota
Consumer -
A person who uses or buys goods and services
Examples: EVERYONE! :)

10. Caring for Our Resources
Our resources - Natural, Human, & Capital - are
LIMITED (only certain amount). We need to take
care of them.
How?
Recycle - Don’t just throw it away
Reuse - Use it more than once or twice
Replant - Plant trees and flowers to make the environment better
Conserve - Use only what you need

11. Where are goods made?
Some goods are made locally, here in California.
Grapes, cotton, almonds, tomatoes, milk, and eggs
Some goods are made in other places around the
country or other countries.
Potatoes - Idaho
Maple Syrup - Vermont
Apples - Washington
Cheese - France
Bananas - Costa Rica

12. Producing and Trading
Every state can produce something but CAN’T produce
some other items
When a place CAN’T produce something, they get it
from other places.
When we BRING products INTO California for
consumers, we IMPORT them.
IMPORT cars from Japan
When we SENT products OUT to another place, we
EXPORT them

13. Import vs. Export
Import
1. noun - A product that a country brings IN
from another country
2. verb - the process of BRINGING a product
into a country from another country

14. Import vs. Export
Export
1. noun - A product that a country send to
another country
2. verb - the process of SENDING a product out
to another country

16. Review
Vocabulary:
Natural Resource
Human Resource Consumer
Capital Resource Need (item)
Import Want (item)
Export
Producer