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One Grain of Rice by Demi Summary: A raja in India decrees that the rice farmers in his province must give him nearly all their rice to store for himself. After a bad growing season, the raja continues to demand the rice, and the people are faced with a severe scarcity problem - famine. Luckily, a young maiden develops a plan to get the rice back from the raja. Concept: Scarcity Definition:
Scarcity is the condition of not being able to have all of
the goods and services that you want. Explain why
the rice farmers gave almost all their rice to the raja. Identify the
severe scarcity problem facing the people. (They did not have
enough Why did the famine occur? (The rice grew badly, but the raja still demanded his share.) Although the raja's royal storehouses were full of rice, why did the people still experience a scarcity of rice during the famine? (The king decided to keep it all for himself.) Explain how the village girl solved the severe scarcity of rice problem caused by the famine. (She devised a clever plan to trick the raja to give her rice for the people.) Other Concepts: Economic Wants, Natural Resources, Producers, Consumers
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