Economic Geography, pages 62-63

What is the main idea of this section?

• People produce, buy, and sell goods in a variety of ways.

• Geographers student where economic activity occurs.

• The production of goods and services is known as economic activity.

An (a)   is a system in which people produce, sell and buy things. (spelling counts)

Singapore became a trading colony of the British Empire in _______

• 1924

• 1824

• 1842

Geographers divide economic activity into sectors called:

• public, primary and private

• primary, secondary and tertiary

• private, public and secondary

• primary, tertiary and public

Taking raw materials from the soil or water is:

• primary sector

• secondary sector

• private sector

• public sector

Primary sector materials are:

• banking and health care

• manufactured products, such as cars

• mining, farming, fishing and forestry

Secondary sector materials are:

• mining, farming, fishing and forestry

• manufactured items, like cars

• banking and health care

The tertiary, or third, sector includes services, such as (a)   and health care. (spelling counts).

A country is more likely to have a strong economy if it has all four factors of production:

• land, water, air and food

• people, animals, water and food

• land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship

(a)   is a country's wealth and infrastructure. (spelling counts)