SS.6.8: Compare and contrast the basic characteristics of communism, socialism and capitalism.

SS.6.9: Identify examples of renewable and non-renewable resources and analyze the factors that affect these resources on the individual, local, and national economies (e.g., hurricanes, floods, etc.).

SS.6.10: Define NAFTA and summarize its effects on the United States economy.

SS.6.11: Compare and contrast government economic policy beginning with the Reagan era through present day.

SS.6.12: Classify and evaluate the different types of world trade organizations (e.g., trade, military and health).

SS.6.13: Assess the economic impact of technology on world regions throughout history.

SS.7.7: Summarize and give examples of basic economic terms (e.g., barter, supply, demand, trade, interdependence, currency, and scarcity).

SS.7.8: Differentiate between goods and services.

SS.7.9: Compare the incentives of various countries to explore and settle new lands.

SS.7.10: Trace how the emergence of traditional economies led to the development of mercantilism and the rise of the middle class.

SS.7.11: Examine and draw conclusions about how the effects of natural and human events influence an economy (e.g., environmental disasters, diseases, and war).

SS.7.12: Research and investigate how natural resources impact the economy.

SS.8.6: Evaluate West Virginia's role in the global economy as it relates to natural resources and national/international business and trade.

SS.8.7: Correlate West Virginia economic conditions with the effects on its citizens (e.g., employment, population, migration, and health).

SS.8.8: Analyze the impact of absentee ownership, renewable and nonrenewable natural resources, labor unionization, and the development of infrastructure on the economic growth of West Virginia (e.g., railroad, major highways, internet and cellular service).

SS.8.9: Research and cite industries and products that are vital to the economy of the four regions of West Virginia both past and present, and categorize the related occupations (e.g., tourism, coal, glass, timber, chemical, oil, natural gas, agriculture service industries, and gaming).

SS.8.10: Identify major sources of revenue and their use by West Virginia state and local governments (e.g., property tax, income tax, licenses, excise tax, severance tax, levies/bonds, gaming, and lottery).

SS.8.11: Compare and contrast the effects of technological/industrial advances as they relate to economy vs. environment and their effects on the demographic profile of West Virginia (e.g., entrepreneurial businesses, agriculture, tourism, education, interstate commuters, mining, and natural gas).