Name:____________________________ Date:__________________ Period:______
Assessing Economic Activity
Categorize the following industries as primary, secondary, or tertiary.
1. _______________________________ Burger King 6. ______________________________ Best Buy
2. _______________________________ cattle ranch 7. ______________________________ TV Factory
3. ______________________________ Coal Mining 8. _____________________________Doctor’s Office
4. ______________________________ tobacco farm 9. ______________________________Honda Factory
5. _______________________________ Target 10. ______________________________ Oil Drilling
Egypt Belgium Mexico North Korea Japan Argentina
Age Distribution 0-14 years: 0-14 years: 0-14 years: 0-14 years: 0-14 years: 0-14 years:
33.96% 17.3% 32.8% 25.4% 14.5% 26.3%
15-64 years: 15-64 years: 15-64 years: 15-64 years: 15-64 years: 15-64 years:
62.18% 65.6% 62.7% 67.4% 67.5% 63.2%
65 years and 65 years and 65 years and 65 years and 65 years and 65 years and
over: 3.86% over: 17.1% over: 4.5% over: 7.2% over: 18% over: 10.5%)
Life Expectancy 64.05 years 78.13 years 72.03 years 71.3 years 80.91 years 75.48 years
Infant Mortality 58.6 4.64 24.52 22.8 3.84 deaths/1,000 17.2
deaths/1,000 deaths/1,000 live deaths/1,000 live deaths/1,000 live births deaths/1,000
live births births births live births live births
Urban Pop. 43% 97% 74% 59% 78% 90%
Per Capita GDP $3,700 $29,000 $9,000 $1,000 $28,000 $10,200
Literacy Rate 51.4% 98% 89.6% 99% 99% 96.2%
Natural Resources petroleum, coal, natural gas petroleum, coal, lead, negligible mineral fertile plains of
natural gas, iron silver, copper, tungsten, zinc, resources, fish the Pampas,
ore, gold, lead, zinc, graphite, iron lead, zinc, tin,
phosphates, natural gas, ore, copper, copper, iron
manganese, timber gold, pyrites, ore,
limestone, salt, fluorspar, manganese,
gypsum, talc, hydropower petroleum,
asbestos, lead, uranium
zinc
Employment Rate 88% 92.8 90% Unknown 94.6% 75%
Occupations agriculture 29%, services 73%, agriculture 20%, agricultural services 70%, Unavailable
industry 22%, industry 25%, industry 24%, 36%, industry 25%,
services 49% agriculture 2% services 56% nonagricultural agriculture 5%
64%
Goods Exported crude oil and machinery and manufactured minerals, motor vehicles, edible oils, fuels
petroleum equipment, goods, oil and oil metallurgical electronics and energy,
products, chemicals, products, silver, products, semiconductors, cereals, feed,
cotton, textiles, diamonds fruits, manufactures office machinery, motor vehicles
metal products, vegetables, (including chemicals
chemicals coffee, cotton armaments);
textiles and
fishery products
Goods Imported machinery and machinery and metalworking petroleum, machinery and machinery and
equipment, equipment, machines, steel coking coal, equipment, fuels, equipment,
foodstuffs, chemicals, mill products, machinery and foodstuffs, motor vehicles,
chemicals, metals and agricultural equipment; chemicals, chemicals,
wood products metal products, machinery, textiles, grain textiles metal
foodstuffs electrical manufactures,
equipment, car plastics
parts for
assembly, repair
parts for motor
vehicles, aircraft,
and aircraft parts
Use the chart and your notes to answer the following questions and to complete the charts
below.
1. What does proximity of economic activity to natural resources mean?
2. Looking at the per capita GDP and the natural resources, would you say that any of the countries on the
chart have proximity of economic activity to natural resources? Name the countries.
3. Looking at the per capita GDP and the natural resources, would you say that any of the countries on the
chart have non-proximity of economic activity to natural resources? Name the countries.
4. List and describe four effects of the unequal distribution of resources.
5. What does comparative advantage mean?
6. In what good does Egypt have a comparative advantage? Name one good that Egypt must import. How
does importing that good help Egypt?
7. Japan has few natural resources but high per capita GDP. What is the most likely way that Japan obtains
the resources it needs?
8. What category or categories on the chart above indicate how skilled the workers are in each country?
Standard of Living Chart: For each country, check all the boxes that apply. In the last column,
rate the country’s standard of living as high, medium, or low.
Slow Population
(Over 70 Years)
High Urban Pop
High Per Capita
Medium, Low)
Mortality Rate
(Under 10 per
High Literacy
Living (High,
Standard of
Expectancy
(Over 70%)
GDP (Over
Rate (Over
Low Infant
High Life
$20,000)
COUNTRY
Growth
1000)
95%)
Egypt
Belgium
Mexico
North Korea
Japan
Argentina
Developed or Developing: For each country, check all the boxes that apply. In the last column,
rate the country as developed or developing
COUNTRY Mostly Skilled High High Per Developed or Developing
Tertiary Workers Standard Capita
Industries of Living GDP (Over
$20,000)
Egypt
Belgium
Mexico
North Korea
Japan
Argentina