3º E.S.O. UNIT 6. THE PRIMARY SECTOR

UNIT 6. THE PRIMARY SECTOR

 

1.      The primary sector today

 

2.      How much of the world’s total active population works in the primary sector?

3.      Which economic sectors grew in last decades?

4.      What percentage of the total world production (GDP or Gross Domestic Production) comes from the primary sector?

5.      What percentage of the active population in developed countries works in the primary sector?

6.      How is the primary sector in developed countries?

7.      How is the primary sector in developing countries?

8.      What are countries with more active population in primary sector?

9.      How is the agricultural productivity in developing countries?

10.  Which are its consequences?

11.  Which are the human factors in agriculture?

12.  Which are the physical factors in agriculture?

13.  What happens if population size grows?

14.  Name the farming techniques in developed countries.

15.  What is the final destination of production in subsistence agriculture?

16.  What is the final destination of production in commercial agriculture?

17.  Name the agricultural policies.

18.  What are the objectives of the environmental policies?

19.  How does the temperature influence the growth of crops?

20.  Which elements of relief influence in agriculture?

21.  Which characteristics of the soil are important for farming?

 

 

3. Commercial agriculture in developed countries

 

1.      Explain the agricultural revolution.

2.      What’s the main goal of commercial agriculture?

3.      Mention the three main characteristics of commercial agriculture.

4.      What’s the agricultural specialization?

5.      What are the modern farming methods?

6.      What are the effects of commercial agriculture?

7.      What are the benefits of commercial agriculture?

8.      What are the costs of commercial agriculture?

9.      Why do rich/developed countries give subsidies to their farmers?

10.  What are the effects of subsidized agriculture in poor/less developed countries?

11.  What is the traditional agriculture?

12.  How does polyculture work?

13.  Why is the productivity low in traditional agriculture?

14.  What is plantation agriculture?

15.  Explain present-day situation of plantations in developing countries.

16.  What are the requirements of plantations?

17.  What are the three main characteristics of plantation agriculture?

18.  How do the multinationals gain money by locating their plantations in developing countries?

19.  How do the establishment of plantations by multinationals benefit less developed countries?

20.  What are the disadvantages of plantation agricultures for less developed countries?

21.  Look at the document 16. What happened with the prices of natural resources in the last forty years?

22.  Look at the document 17. Why did the wheat prices change in the last ten years?

23.  What is livestock farming?

24.  How did selective breeding affect livestock farming?

25.  Why is easier today to transport meat from livestock than a century ago?

26.  What are the characteristics of extensive livestock farming?

27.  Where is extensive livestock farming common?

28.  What are the characteristics of intensive livestock farming?

29.  Where is intensive livestock farming common?

30.  How does livestock farming damage the environment?

31.  What is forestry?

32.  Where is most of the wood produced?

33.  What three elements define agricultural landscapes?

34.  Which two crop production systems exist? Explain them.

35.  Explain the use of water in agriculture. Think about it.

36.  What is the crop diversity?

37.  What are the types of rural habitats?

38.  How is a scattered community?

39.  How is a concentrated community?

40.  Why are the concentrated communities more common?

41.  What is fishing?

42.  What types of fishing exist?

43.  Explain the coastal fishing.

44.  Explain the inshore fishing.

45.  Explain the offshore or commercial fishing.

46.  What fishing techniques are dangerous for life in the sea?

47.  What are the fishing grounds? Where are they? Why?

48.  Explain the laws about commercial fishing.

49.  Why is commercial fishing disappearing?

50.  Explain the aquaculture.

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