Unit 7B Vocabulary (Industry)

Any economic activity using machinery on a large scale to prodcess raw materials into products.

• industry

• heavy industry

• industrialization

• agglomeration

Any metals, wood or other plant products, animal products, or other substances that are used to make intermediate or finished goods.

• heavy industry

• cottage industry

• raw materials

• agglomeration

Form of industry that requires huge production facilities that produce goods on a massive scale and generally employ skilled workers. Examples include machinery and equipment, ships, railroad equipment, airplanes and motor vehicles.

• Light industry

• Cottage industry

• Secondary sector

• Heavy industry

Form of industry that requires less investment in production facilities and equipment, and produces finished goods that can be made on a massive scale or a small, custom scale.

• Light industry

• Cottage industry

• Secondary sector

• Heavy industry

The process by which the interaction of social and economic factors leads to the development of industries across a community, region or country.

• Industrialization

• Development

• Post-industrial

• Cottage industry

The radical change in manufacturing methods that began in Great Britain in the mid-18th century and was marked b the shift from small-scale, hand-crafted, muscle-powered production to power-driven mass production.

• Cottage Industry

• Economies of scale

• Industrial Revolution

• Post-Industrial

Preindustrial form of manufacture n which members of families spread out through rural areas worked in their homes to make goods.

• Cottage industry

• Industrial Revolution

• Economies of Scale

• Quaternary Sector

Collections of industries engaged in similar economic activities based on the creation of raw materials, the production of goods, the provision of services, or other activities.

• Economies of scale

• Economic sectors

• Dual economies

• Distance decay

Economic sector associated with removing or harvesting products form the earth; includes agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining or quarrying, and extracting liquids or gas.

• primary sector

• secondary sector

• tertiary sector

• quaternary sector

Economic sector associated with the production of goods from raw materials; includes manufacturing, processing, and construction.

• primary sector

• secondary sector

• tertiary sector

• quaternary sector