Starter Activity:

Which one is the odd one out?

Can you justify your choice?

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1.2 Classification of Businesses

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 Sectors of Production
Sector of Production Definition Examples
Primary Sector

Secondary Sector

Tertiary Sector

Can you identify which industry each of the following businesses are in?
Business Primary Secondary Tertiary
Insurance
Forestry
Coal mining
Computer
assembly
Travel agent
Bakery
Car showroom

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For the following questions refer to the case study above.
a. Explain what ‘tertiary production’ means by using examples from the case
study.
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b. Explain two reasons why the primary sector is relatively more important to
Papua New Guinea than to India.
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c. In 2017, it was estimated that 47 per cent of Indians worked in the primary
sector – mainly in agriculture. Why was this sector the least important of
the three in terms of output?
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d. Discuss the likely impact on Papua New Guinea if its copper and gold mines
become exhausted (the copper and gold runs out!).
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