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1. SOCIAL STUDIES HOMEWORK - SECOND TERM - SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
Name _______________________________________________
Grade_____________ Date________________
1. Read this text
A primitive economy will primarily be based on the primary sector – with most people employed in
agriculture andthe productionof food.Asan economydevelops,improvedtechnologyenableslesslabour
to be needed in the primary sector and allows more workers to produce manufactured goods. Further
developmentenablesthe growthof the service sectorandleisure activities.
Primary sector
The primarysectorissometimesknownasthe extractionsector –becauseitinvolvestakingrawmaterials.
These can be renewable resources, such as fish, wool and wind power. Or it can be the use of non
renewable resources, such as oil extraction, mining for coal.. However, improvedtechnology and the
growthof otherenergysourceshasseenadramatic decline inthisprimarysectorindustry.
Secondary or manufacturing industry
The manufacturingindustrytakesrawmaterialsandcombinesthemtoproduce a highervalue addedfinished
product. For example, raw sheep wool can be spun to form a better quality wool. This wool can then be
threadedandknittedtoproduce a jumperthatcan be worn.
Initially the manufacturing industry was based on labour intensive ‘cottage industry’ e.g. hand spinning.
However,the developmentof improvedtechnology,suchas spinningmachines,enabledthe growthof larger
The raw material – wool from sheep.
Sheep wool factory

2. factories. Benefiting from economies of scale, theywere able to reduce the cost of production and increase
labour productivity.The higher labour productivityalso enabledhigher wages and more income to spend on
goodsand services.
Service / tertiary sector
The service sector is concerned with the intangible aspect of offering services to consumers and business.It
involves retail of the manufactured goods. It also provides services, such as insurance and banking. In the
twentieth century, the service sector has grown due to improved labour productivity and higher disposable
income.More disposableincomeenablesmorespendingon‘luxury’
service items,suchastourismandrestaurants.
Quaternary Sector
The quarternary sector is said to the the intellectual aspect of the economy. It includes education,
training,the developmentof technology, andresearchanddevelopment.Itisthe processwhichenables
entrepreneurs to innovate better manufacturing processes and improve the quality of servicesoffered
in the economy.Withoutthis growthof technologyandinformation,economicdevelopmentwouldbe
slowor non-existent.
Source:http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/12436/concepts/sectors-economy/
2. Select the most important ideas in the text with a coloror highlighter.
3. Answer with your own words (do not copy the definitions from the web):
 What isa stage (or sector) of the economy?____________________________________________________________________________
 Whichisthe stage (or sector) of the economythathasmore presence andpowerinColombia?Explainit withexamples _______________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 In whichstage (orsector) of the economy needstoimprove our country? Explain it with arguments _______________________________
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The final link in the process – the
sale of manufactured clothes.
Website to get clothes of wool

3. SOCIAL STUDIES HOMEWORK - SECOND TERM - SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY
Name _______________________________________________
Grade_____________ Date________________
1. Read about the stages of the economy, then answer the questions:
The primary sector includes the activities based on the extraction of goods and
resourcesfromthe environment: agriculture,hunting, forestry,fishing andmining.
Primaryactivitiesare carriedoutinrural,marineandforestareas,whichare usually
far fromthe cities.
The secondary sector includesthe economicactivitieswhichtransformthe goods
and resources extracted from the environment (raw materials) into processed
products. Construction andindustry are the mainactivitiesinthissector.Industries
are usuallylocatedin citiesand nearby areas.
The tertiary sector includes activities which provide services of all kind: trade,
transport,tourism, health,communication,education,financeorculture.
The quaternary sector is due to the rapid expansion of the tertiary sector. It
includes several service activities characterized by a high level of specialization,
such as management,decision-making,highresearchorthe newtechnologies.

4. 1. Write primary,secondaryortertiarysector:
 It providesservicestosupportthe othertwosectors___________________________
 People extractrawmaterialsfromthe planet__________________________________
 Raw materialsare usedtomanufacture products______________________________
2. Primarysector - Identifythe activitiesof the primarysector:
 It’sthe extractionof mineralsandmetalsfromthe Earth______________________________
 It’sthe productionof foodandotherproductsfrom the farms________________________
 It’sthe practice of planting,managingandtakingcare of forests_________________________
 It’sthe activityof catchinganimalsfromseasor oceans______________________________
3. The secondarysector- Complete the sentences:
 The secondarysectoruses__________ materialstoproduce _____________________ products.
 It’sthe productionof buildingsandhouses_________________________
 Many productsare processedinthisactivity_________________________
 These kindof activities are usuallylocatedin________________ and ________________
4. The tertiarysector- Write the name of the activities:
 It provides financial servicestocustomers_________________________
 It isa systemof vehiclesthatmovespeople,animalsandproducts_______________________
 It transmitsculture andinformation inthe schools,universitiesorotherinstitutions _______________________
 It workswithmedicine anddoctors ___________________________

5. 2. See the next videos about the stages of the economy.
BusinessSectors - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KDxAWfMwf4
The three sectors of the economy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRlkFcheyR0
3. Draw a process about the sectors or stages of the economy. Take in count the example the first video of this worksheet, that
means that you have to represent the same material processed in the pictures:
PRIMARY SECTOR SECONDARY SECTOR TERTIARY SECTOR QUATERNARY SECTOR