Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The nature, characteristics and spatial expressions of three broad categories of economic activities.
Examples:- primary—forestry, agriculture, mining
- secondary—manufacturing furniture, grinding coffee, beans, assembling automobiles
- tertiary— selling furniture, selling café latte, selling automobiles
- Economic activities create spatial patterns and the type and degree often reveal the developmental nature of the geographic area.
- Reasons for trade between regions.
- Definition and examples of globalization and the effects of increased globalization.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Evaluate the properties of primary, secondary and tertiary economic activities.
- Compare locations of economic activities.
- Evaluate benefits and drawbacks of trade agreements.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Primary, secondary, and tertiary economic activities have specific functions and spatial patterns.
Vocabulary
- primary economic activities
- secondary economic activities
- tertiary economic activities
- economic interdependence
- globalization
- trade agreements
