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Assembly Line Placemats

Work with your group and answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. Explain how your group produced placemats.

   
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2. If another group or groups produced more placemats than your group, why did this happen?

   
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3. Explain how an assembly line is one way businesses increase the number of products which are made.

   
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4. Identify the capital resources used to make your product.

   
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5. How did having more capital resources affect your work?

   
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6. Explain why workers in a factory are also called human resources.

   
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7. Name a product made by an artisan today.

   
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8. Name a product made on an assembly line today.

   
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