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Resources
Sectors of the Economy
Tariffs and trade
Renewable, Non-Renewable, Flow, or Other?
Sustainability & Renewability
100

Pembroke was built on this natural resource industry

Lumber / Logging / Wood / Timber

100

What sector does natural resource harvesting happen in?

The PRIMARY sector

100

How do we get other resources from other countries without conquering them?

we TRADE

100

Fish, cows, wheat

Renewable

100

This is the process of turning used materials into new products.

Recycling

200

What are Canada's 6 main resource industries?

Mines, Forestry, Fishing, Farming, Water, and Energy

200

What sector of the economy does construction and resource processing belong to?

The SECONDARY sector

200

This is the name for a fee or tax that's added to foreign products to make them seem more expensive

a TARIFF

200

oil, gas, fossil fuels

Non-Renewable

200

This fancy word means using resources without running out for future generations.

Sustainability

300

Sudbury, Ontario is widely known for the extraction of this shiny resource

Nickel

300

What sector does commerce, administration, transport, and business belong in?

The TERTIARY sector

300

This is one way to measure the economic well being of a country

GROSS DEMESTRIC PRODUCT (GDP)

300

a waterfall, a national park

Other (based on human EXPERIENCE)

300

The 7 generations principle is a sustainability concept from what culture?

Anishinaabe (Indigenous)

400

Alberta is a major producer of 2 very important Canadian natural resources. What are they?

Oil & Wheat (Canada's breadbasket)

400

What sector is based on human ideas, planning, and research?

The QUATERNARY sector

400

List at least 2 pros and at least 2 cons of free trade

PROS

  • increases trade
  • Could provide a high export market
  • Makes things cheaper

CONS

  • Foreign companies could close Canadian factories
  • Products are brought in from other countries (made at very low costs)
  • Could cause Canadians to lose jobs
400

Is solar power, wind energy, hydroelectricity considered to be renewable?

No, it's flow

400

In the story of stuff, there's one golden arrow that drives the whole process. What is it called?

Consumption

500
Fishing is a big, big industry in Canada. Which climate region(s) have this industry as a big source of revenue?

The Pacific and Atlantic maritime regions

500

What changes when we move from the PRIMARY out to the QUATERNARY sector of the economy?

We get less focused on resources, and more focused on people skills or human ideas

500

What are the 4 reasons for manufacturing decline in Canada

1. Economic cycles

2. Integrated global market

3. What the loonie is worth

4. The rise of East Asian manufacturing

500

Which one doesn't belong in this resource category?

Pearls, mined diamonds, gold

Pearls. They're actually renewable because of the way they're made (animal byproduct)

500

Put the story of stuff in order: consumption, disposal, production, extraction, distribution 

extraction, production, distribution, consumption, disposal