Industries and Sectors
This type of industry involves extracting raw materials from the earth, such as mining, fishing, or logging.
What is Primary Industry?
This country is Canada’s largest and most important trading partner.
Who is the United States (USA)?
The shift of population from rural (countryside) areas to urban (city) areas.
What is Urbanization?
These types of energy sources, like coal and oil, cannot be replaced once they are used up.
What are Non-renewable resources?
This is the only bird that can fly backwards.
What is a Hummingbird?
This sector of industry turns raw materials into finished products (manufacturing), like a car factory.
What is Secondary Industry?
Goods that are produced in Canada and sold to other countries are called this.
What are Exports?
A business that decides to build its factory near a forest or a mine is prioritizing this location factor.
What is Proximity to Raw Materials?
This renewable energy source is Canada’s largest source of electricity, using the power of falling water.
What is Hydroelectricity?
In the Harry Potter series, this is the name of the train that takes students to school.
What is the Hogwarts Express?
The "Service" sector, providing things like healthcare, teaching, or banking to the public.
What is Tertiary Industry?
The name of the current trade agreement between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
What is CUSMA (or USMCA)?
When a business chooses a location because it is close to a large group of people who want to buy its product.
What is Proximity to Market?
One major negative of using fossil fuels (like oil or gas) for energy.
What is pollution / Greenhouse gas emissions / Climate change?
Because of the way heat makes metal expand, this famous French tower can be 15cm taller in the summer.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This sector is owned by the government and provides services like the police, schools, and public hospitals.
What is the Public Sector?
A tax placed on imported goods to make them more expensive, encouraging people to buy local products.
What is a Tariff?
If a business requires many highly skilled workers, this is the specific factor they are looking for.
What is the Availability of Labour?
One major positive of using renewable energy like wind or solar power.
What is low pollution / it never runs out?
This is the most popular video game of all time (by number of copies sold).
What is Minecraft?
The "Information" sector involving high-level research, technology, and development.
What is Quaternary Industry?
The economic policy of protecting domestic industries from foreign competition by using tariffs or quotas.
What is Protectionism?
List 4 of the 7 factors for locating a business.
What are Market, Raw Materials, Labour, Energy, Transportation, Capital, and Government?
This type of energy uses uranium to create heat and steam, providing a large amount of power for Ontario.
What is Nuclear Energy?
This is the first number in our counting system that uses the letter "A" in its spelling.
What is 1000?