Economic Activities

______________ ________________ are the ways in which people make a living.

Primary activities that focus on growing crops and raising livestock are ______________ industries.

Select all of the answers that are examples of primary activities.

• fishing

• mining

• growing crops

• raising livestock

• making furniture from wood

Select all choices that are products of primary activities:

• grain

• cattle

• seafood

• coal

• basically, any raw materials

People use natural resources and raw materials to MAKE products to sell in the secondary industry level. People make finished products from raw materials in ________________ industries.

Select all choices that are examples of manufacturing goods.

• raising cattle

• using wood to make a table and chair set

• growing sustainably sourced coffee beans

• refining crude oil into petroleum products such as plastic pellets

People provide goods and ________________ to customers in the third level of industry, or tertiary industry.

Workers in the tertiary industries may sell goods and products from primary and _______________ industries.

Which phrase describes businesses that sell to businesses?

• wholesale industries

• retail industries

Which phrase describes businesses that sell directly to final customers?

• wholesale industries

• retail industries