Unit 7

an economic activity using machinery on a large scale to process raw materials into products

• industry

• service

• agricultural production
• raw materials

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

• agriculture

• raw materials

• manufacturing

• service sector

the process in which the interaction of social and economic factors causes the development of industries on a wide scale

• service sector

• raw materials

• industrialization

• agricultural production

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

• Green Revolution

• Russian Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

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

• mechanization

• industrial production

• agricultural production

• cottage industries

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

• agricultural production

• economic sectors

• cottage industries

• political patterns

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

• quaternary sector

• tertiary sector

• primary sector

• secondary sector

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

• primary sector

• tertiary sector

• quinary sector

• secondary sector

economic sector that includes a host of activities that involve the transport, storage, marketing, and selling of goods or services; also called the service sector

• primary sector

• secondary sector

• quaternary sector

• tertiary sector

economic sector that is a subset of tertiary sector activities that requires workers to process and handle information and environmental technology

• secondary sector

• tertiary sectyor

• quaternary sector

• primary sector