Country and Continent

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/fj.html

South America-Argentina:

Imports-machinery, motor vehicles, petroleum and natural gas, organic chemicals, plastics

Exports- soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat

Australia-Fiji:

Imports-manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals

Exports- sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil, mineral water

Commodities

4. - Natural Resources - Commodities.

Now go to the following links:
1)   http://money.cnn.com/data/commodities/ or 2)  http://www.cnbc.com/commodities/

Review the charts, then list one item from each category that has gone up in price and one item that has gone down in price.

Natural Resources	One that has increased	One that has decreased
Energy
Metal
Agriculture
Livestock

Summarize -  Does anything surprise you ?  If you were a car maker - which commodities which you most be interested in? 

If you were a Corn Farmer which would you be interested in? What if you were Cattle Rancher ?

If you were president

       If you were President - what do you think, we should spend on the following.  What percentage of your country’s resources would you spend on the following?

_____20-National Defense

___5-Roads, Mass Transit, Airplanes

___20-  Health Care 

___30- Education

__ 10- Social Security (for retired people)

___10 -Welfare (people unable to work, or unemployed)

__  5- Consumer Goods

_______ Other:____________________________________________

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100 -      remember your numbers / percentages should add up to 100.

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What were your priorities (most important)? Explain why? What received the least amount of resources? Why? 

Then create another blog post - called Commodities Pricing  

4. - Natural Resources - Commodities.

Now go to the following links:
1)   http://money.cnn.com/data/commodities/ or 2)  http://www.cnbc.com/commodities/

Review the charts, then list one item from each category that has gone up in price and one item that has gone down in price.

Natural Resources	One that has increased	One that has decreased
Energy
Metal
Agriculture
Livestock

Summarize -  Does anything surprise you ?  If you were a car maker - which commodities which you most be interested in? 

If you were a Corn Farmer which would you be interested in? What if you were Cattle Rancher ?