Scarcity is the start of economics because without the right equipment you can't run your society so you need to trade to get the right equipment.Scarcity is the start of economics because without the right equipment you won't be able to live. The important resources are water then food and finally a shelter without these three you won't be able to live.

We played the shape game and group a had all the resources to make all the shapes but group f only had a pencil but ten pieces of papers. In the end we were taught to trade because that is a good solution to this problem.

The captain should have divided it into equal parts or he could of made them trade for there resources.