Item 4 How are countries’ economies similar, even if they have access to different resources and are in different locations? They all use the same method or share the same beliefs when making decisions about what to manufacture. They all must achieve a certain ratio of goods produced compared to goods purchased to make their economies work. They all must produce a certain number of different products to have a successful economy. They all must answer the questions of what to produce and how to produce it based on the resources they have.