Question

8. How did the North and South benefit from each other?
A. They stopped trading
B. They produced the same goods
C. They traded goods based on their strengths
D. They avoided specialization
9. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. How to grow cotton
B. How specialization improved living standards
C. Why cities are crowded
D. Why farming is difficult
10. Which statement best explains how specialization affects standards of
living?
A. It makes production less efficient
B. It helps regions produce more and trade
C. It eliminates the need for workers
D. It stops economic growth

Answer 1

8. C — They traded goods based on their strengths.
9. B — How specialization improved living standards.
10. B — It helps regions produce more and trade.