Let's Trade
People trade things every day. Money, snacks, video games, friendship bracelets, cars. Businesses trade. Countries trade. And when it’s done freely, it makes people happy.
But can it make enough happiness to power a spaceship? That’s the challenge in Let’s Trade! Build import and export routes to deliver SMILEs (Space Made Items for Laughs and Excitement) around the world. Negotiate deals, answer key questions, and navigate hiccups that threaten to disrupt global trade. Play Let’s Trade and help bring some joy to the world!
Gameplay
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Negotiate imports and exports as you build trade routes around the world.
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Use economic thinking to solve unexpected trade problems and keep goods moving.
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Complete your mission by increasing global joy and helping your new friend from space return home.
Social Studies 2024
Analyze different economic systems.
Explain how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Africa.
Explain how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Southwest Asia (Middle East).
Explain how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Southern and Eastern Asia.
Compare how traditional, command, and market economies answer the economic questions of 1-what to produce, 2-how to produce, and 3-for whom to produce.
