ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Question 1

CLASSIFICATION

Answer 1

1. Primary sector
2. Secondary sector
3. Tertiary sector
4. Quaternary sector

Question 2

PRIMARY SECTOR

Answer 2

These involve the extraction of raw materials to be supplied to other industries. e.g. farming, forestry, fishing, mining.

Question 3

SECONDARY SECTOR

Answer 3

These are where raw materials are assembled or manufactured to produce finished goods. e.g. food processing, manufacturing, assembling, building.

Question 4

TERTIARY SECTOR

Answer 4

These are jobs which involve providing goods and services for the public. e.g. transport, retail, medicine, catering.

Question 5

QUATERNARY SECTOR

Answer 5

These include people who provide specialist information and expertise to all the above sectors. e.g. research, design engineering, computer programming, financial management.

Question 6

PRE - INDUSTRIAL PHASE

Answer 6

• primary sector leads the economy and may employ more than two - thirds of the working population
• agriculture is by far the most important activity

Question 7

INDUSTRIAL PHASE

Answer 7

• secondary an tertiary sectors increase in importance

- primary sector declines in relative importance

Question 8

POST INDUSTRIAL PHASE

Answer 8

• tertiary is the most important
• primary an secondary continue their relative decline
• quaternary begins to appear

Question 9

REASONS FOR THE CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED

Answer 9

• raw material
• globalisation
• government policies
• demographic changes