Assignment Directions: Use this worksheet to record your answers to the activity that makes up the Natural Resources Portfolio. When you are finished, save this worksheet with your answers and submit it for a portfolio grade. Natural Resources Portfolio Investigate the distribution of a unique natural resource that is used around the world. Then, use what you have learned about natural resource distribution to access and analyze information about the modern impacts of the lumber industry. Record your answers below.
Question 1: Research online to find out which regions of the world have lumber as a natural resource. Find a map or make a list that shows where most of the world's lumber comes from. Using your knowledge from this lesson, make a short statement that describes how the distribution of lumber can affect the global economy. Links found to research the location of lumber:
Research and find a map or make a list that shows where the natural resource of lumber is located around the world. If you choose to find a map make sure to cite your source. Describe in detail how the distribution of lumber can affect the global economy:
Question 2: Search online to find out what the global lumber economy looked like in 2021. Key search words might include "lumber industry," "shortage," and "lumber crisis." Find and link two websites with different viewpoints, such as a news source, someone from the lumber industry, a construction worker, or a government official. make a short paragraph that describes the crisis, including what happened, who profited from the shortage, who was hurt by the shortage, and how they were hurt. Then evaluate your information critically. In a short paragraph, describe the differences between how the shortage is reported on each of the two websites you found. Finally, describe why those differences exist. Links to two sources about the lumber economy in 2021, including the viewpoint the website or article is written from:
Make a paragraph describing the crisis that includes what happened, who was affected, and how they were affected:
Describe the differences between the two sources you found and linked:
Why do those differences exist?