Levels of Economic Activity
Table of Contents
Date
Title
Lesson #
9/2
Tools
5
9/3
Physical Processes
6
9/23
Climographs
7
**Human Geography**
9/25
Political Systems
8
9/26
Economic Systems
9
9/29
Levels of Economic Activity
10
Economic Activities
• Economic Activities  any activity that
creates a product that can be bought or
sold.
• Examples: Fishing
Task  Write three economic activities next
to Examples: in your notebook.
Four Levels of Economic Activity
• Countries can have up to four levels of economic
activity.
But
• Not every country has all four levels.
• Four Levels of Economic Activity
1. Primary
2. Secondary
3. Tertiary
4. Quaternary
Primary Level
• Process of extracting
natural resources.
– Extracting = going and
getting them, harvesting
them
• Any country can extract
their natural resources.
• Example  Ozarka
extracts water out of the
ground.
Water Well
Secondary Level
• Adding value to natural
resources and creating
products.
• Example  The Ozarka plant
bottles and purifies the water
they extracted.
• Task  Choose a natural
resource. Create a real-life
situation that shows that
resource going from the primary
level to the secondary level.
Water Production – Is this a primary or secondary activity?
Tertiary Level
• Providing professional services and the
services required to distribute the products.
• Example  Kroger sells you and I the water.
Quaternary Level
• Process of STUDYING product research and improving
on its production.
• Example  Ozarka uses data from Utah State’s Water
Research lab to increase their product’s purity.
Worldwide Bottled Water
Consumption
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or
Quaternary Game
1. I put up a picture.
2. Write the name of the picture
and your answer
3. Put your head down, eyes
closed
4. Put up your decision using your
fingers. 1 – Primary, 2 –
Secondary, 3 – Tertiary, 4 –
Quaternary.
5. Lift up your head when you hear
the sound.
Picture
Tomato
Level
Primary
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or
Quaternary?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or
Quaternary?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or
Quaternary?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or
Quaternary?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or
Quaternary?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or
Quaternary?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or
Quaternary?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or
Quaternary?
Cotton
ready to
be
harvested.
Groups
• Your team will be assigned a natural resource
from the list below.
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Oil
- Corn
Fishing
- Diamonds
Tomatoes
- Cattle
Wheat
- Trees
Tobacco
You may also come up with your own natural
resource, but get it approved by me first.
• What is one product (good) you can make from
your natural resource?
Activity  Group Work
Conversation Yes, whisper. Talk only to members
of your group.
Help
1. directions, 2. notebook, 3. other
kids, 4. HAND, 5. text,
Activity
Completing a chart.
Answering a couple of questions.
Movement
Yes to get with your group.
No, seat at all times, use hand signals.
In your regular seat when the timer goes off.
Participation
Right = sitting, completing to chart, whispering
Wrong = not working, talking loudly, not seated
Follow-up questions
• Directions: Beneath each box on your Group Activity
chart write the answer to the following questions. Please
only write the answer and your explanation.
• Economic activity at the primary level occurs in _______
areas. (rural, urban, or suburban) Explain why.
• Economic activity at the secondary level occurs in
_______ areas. (rural, urban, or suburban) Explain why.
• Economic activity at the tertiary level occurs in _______
areas. (rural, urban, or suburban) Explain why.
• Economic activity at the quaternary level occurs in
_______ areas. (rural, urban, or suburban) Explain why.
Today’s Challenge
• Who can create the richest
company?
• Choose a natural resource.
• Determine what product
you will produce.
• Create a name for your
company.
• Complete the chart on the
green piece of paper for
your natural resource.
Example
1. Resource: Water
2. Product: Bottled
Water
3. Company Name:
Orsarka
4. Complete the
chart on the green
page.
Infrastructure
• Turn to p. 95 and
Why is that located there?
• Urban – inner-city, downtown, high
population
• Suburban – just outside of the city,
medium population
• Rural – countryside, low population
Where would these three primary
activities occur?
Population Density of Texas
Where will
you place
your tertiary
activities?
Now let’s go global…
• In today’s economy you can’t be
considered a major player unless you are
selling your goods worldwide.
• Based on the upcoming information, your
job is to determine which country you
should focus your business on in the near
future.
Directions
•
It is up to you to determine whether the
following countries are developed or
developing.
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Iceland (pg. 268)
Malawi (pg. 410)
Afghanistan (pg. 484)
Canada (pg. 114)
Use the chart provided to help you make
your decision.
Blue = Ground water
Yellow = major
freshwater
Green = resevoirs
All other colors represent
minor streams