1-Look at the pictures.

 They show different activities associated with the

three industrial sectors. Write the names of the activities, then write which
sector they belong to: primary, secondary or tertiary.

Agriculture: primary
Construction: secondary
Shipping: tertiary
Computing: tertiary
Transforming Metal: secondary

2-Look at the map. Match the categories to the examples.

 Asian tiger
Western country
Emerging economies/BRICS
OIl rich/OPEC member
World economic leaders
Algeria: OPEC member
Australia: Western
South Korea: Asian tigers
United States: Western
South Africa: BRICS

3-Copy the sentences and choose true or false. Correct the false sentences.

A) Economic commodities or goods can be either services or products. T

B) Mining is a primary sector industry. F

C) South Korea is one of the Asian tigers. F

D) The fabrication of a ball is a secondary sector industry. F

E) Many places in Africa have a subsistence economy. T

4-Read the text and write which economic sectors each different

person belong to.

Miguel is a farmer and has a farm of dairy cows. His job is feeding them,
keeping them clean and milking them twice a day. After he milks the
cows, Santiago the lorry driver picks up the milk and takes it to a
factory that processes dairy products. At this factory, Amaya and her
employees convert the milk into cheese, butter, yoghurt and packaged
milk. These products are sent to the city so that Pilar can sell it to her
customers.
Miguel: primary
Santiago: tertiary
Amaya: secondary
Pilar: tertiary

5-The map shows percentage of tourists in different autonomous

communities. 

a) Which regions receive the most tourists?

Catalonia and the Canary and Balearic Islands

b) Which do you think are the most-visited places in each region?

Because of tourism and beach

6-Name the BRICS countries.
Brazil
Russia
India
China
South Africa

7-Write the autonomous region the following products come from. 

a) olive oil: andalusia

b) Manchego cheese: Castilla-La Mancha

c) banana: Canary Islands

d) wine: Castilla-La Mancha

e) strawberries: Andalusia

f) Guijuelo ham: Castile and Leon

g) tangerines: Valencia
8-Complete the sentences.

a) Economic goods, depending on their nature, are consumer goods

and services

b) The production process is carried out by economnic agents, who are

people and families, bussines and the State.

c) Tidal energy is a renewable resource.

d) Sustainable development is one that exploits, but does not use up, the
natural resources and does not damage x or the x .

d) Capitalism is based on a  x economy.

9-Look at the map and answer the questions.

 a) Which autonomous community has the most windfarms?

Galicia and Andalusia

b) Where are the offshore wind farms? Are they really off shore?

In the sea. They are 14 miles away the shore

c) Where are most solar energy plants located? Why?

Southeast because there is a higher temperature.

d) Do you think these types of energy have a negative impact on

the environment? Why?

No because they use the solar energy to make electricity

10-In which ocean or sea is each place?

Port Sea/oean Port Sea/ocean

  Almería Mediterranean   Barcelona Mediterranean/Atlantic

  Cádiz Mediterranean   Gijón Atlantic

  Huelva Mediterranean   A Coruña Atlantic

  Las Palmas de Gran Canarias Mediterranean   Málaga Mediterranean

  Pasaia Atlantic   Vigo Atlantic

 
11-In Angola, 69 % of the workforce is employed in the primary sector,
but this only contributes 10 % to the gross National Product of the
country. What type of agriculture and livestock does it have? What
should they do to increase production?

12-Read the text and answer the questions.

The present situation and perspectives on tourism in the Caribbean

islands.

During the second half of the 20th century, the Caribbean islands

started to replace the traditional sugar cane industry with tourism.
This activity has now made the islands one of the most important
tourist desitnations in the world. 

The tourist industry is very fragile and is easily influenced by military

events, health issues, disasters, economic situations, etc, and is always
dependent on external factors... It is at the mercy of the tourists' home
markets.

Hector Auyala Castro

Tourist challenge 2004

University of Matanzas (Cuba)

a) Name some countries in the Caribbean.

Cuba,Haiti,Dominican Republic,Puerto Rico

b) Name some locations or toureist destinations.

c) Why is the Caribbean such a popular destination?

Because of the beach

d) Why is the tourism industry 'fragile' and 'vulnerable'.

Because of military events, health issues,disasters,economic
situations...
13-Copy the table and write which industry sector each activity belongs
to.

Activity Sector
shepherd
1
farmer 1
teacher 3
builder 2
taxi driver 3
farmer 1
footballer 3
doctor 3
singer 3
engineer 3
beekeeper 1

1700 - 1850 1850 – 1975 1975 - Nowadays

Primary: 75%
Primary: 3%
Secondary: 15%
Primary: 20% Secondary: 27%
Tertiary: 10%
Secondary: 55% Tertiary: 70%
Tertiary: 25%
Blue: Primary Sector
Red: Secondary Sector
Green Tertiary Sector

In this graph you can see in a different way the evolution of the three
economic sectors through history.