Sectors of Economic Activity

Raw materials are extracted or harvested in which sector of the economy?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

Intellectual activities are a part of the

• primary sector

• secondary sector

• tertiary sector

• quaternary sector

Which of these does NOT belong in the secondary sector

• shoes

• chairs

• restaurants

• construction

If a country is more developed, it is more likely to have more people employed in

• agricultural jobs

• research and development

• factory labor for exports

• subsistence farming

Which of these is a primary activity?

• automobile production

• poultry farming

• underwater basket weaving

• leather-working

What takes place in the primary sector?

• People are employed to perform research and development

• People are employed to produce goods out of raw materials

• People are employed to provide services for other people or businesses

• People are employed to collect or produce raw materials or natural resources

Goods and services are exchanged and sold in the quaternary sector.

• True

• False

An accountant is a part of which economic sector?

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• quaternary

What economic sector does a person who works in a textiles plant belong to?

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• quaternary

My sister writes a blog for a local paper. What economic sector does she work in?

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• quaternary