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8th Grade Trade and Opportunity Cost Worksheets

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Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Trade policy decides what a nation buys and sells, and every choice has an opportunity cost. There are 3 sheets for 8th grade here, each with an answer key. Mercantilism and the Navigation Acts sorts twelve cargoes, The Embargo of 1807 and Its Cost graphs exports, and Costs and Benefits of the Erie Canal finds net benefit and payback period.

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Mercantilism was the belief that a nation grows rich by selling more to other nations than it buys. Colonies sent raw materials home and bought finished goods, and the Navigation Acts made that law.

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