Essential Question  What are the levels of economic development and how do they affect workers?

What is a natural resource?  A natural resource refers to something found in nature or in the environment that is useful to people.  Some examples of natural resources include: trees, petroleum, natural gas, coal, salt, and metal ores.

There are two types of natural resources; renewable and non-renewable. RenewableNon-Renewable  Renewable are can be regrown or replaced after they are used  Non-renewable resources are irreplaceable

What is a consumer?  A consumer is a person who buys goods and services  YOU are a consumer

Economies Need Infrastructure  Electricity  Clean Water  Roads  Airports  Sanitation/Sewers  Schools  Hospitals  Communication  TV, radio, Internet

What does industry mean?  Industry refers to any activity in which goods are produced or services are given.  There are four types:  Primary  Secondary  Tertiary  Quaternary

Based upon the levels of use of natural resources

Primary  What raw materials are needed to make something?

1. Primary  Primary Industries are basic industries that use natural resources.  Their products come from the land or water.  Drilling for oil is a primary industry.  Agriculture, mining, hunting, & fishing

Subsistence Farmer  A subsistence farmer is someone who grows only enough food to feed his or her family  They are the most primary level of economic activity

 How much education is necessary to work in a primary industry?  Where do you think primary industries are located?

Secondary  What do you need to make (manufacture) something?

2. Secondary  Secondary Industries are industries that take resources or products from primary industries and make them into completed products or finished goods.  Industry, manufacturing, & construction

 How much education is necessary to work in a secondary industry?  Where do you think secondary industries are located?  Near the natural resources?  If not, why not?  How do the resources get to the factories?

Tertiary  What needs to happen to get the product to retailers and sell it?

3. Tertiary  Tertiary Industries provide services that help in the running of other industries or make our lives more pleasant (service industries).  Trade and exchange of goods and services  Distribution of resources.  Government agencies (like police & fire), banks, restaurants, transportation, stores, & entertainment

Teachers are Tertiary

 How much education does a worker need in a tertiary industry?  Where do you think they are located?

Quaternary  What do you need to do to get consumers to buy the product?

4. Quaternary  Quaternary Industries are those people who plan a country’s economy, research new products and advise industries, or are high- level managers.  They are the fourth level of industry who create and transfer information.  Professors, doctors, computer analysts, engineers, scientists

 How much education would you need to lead a company or to be an information technology professional?  Where do you think these jobs are found?

Supply Chain

How do we get these?