Economic Sectors and Africa
Economic activities that use natural resources directly. EX: minerals, forestry, farming
What is the primary sector?
The art, science, or practice of raising livestock, cultivating the soil, and producing crops.
What is agriculture?
A natural resource that cannot be easily replaced at a fast enough pace to keep up with demand.
What are nonrenewable resources?
Any and all types of weather events that, because of their location, severity, and frequency, have the potential to affect human and our way of life negatively
What is a natural hazard?
Increase crop output through agricultural advancements
What is intensification?
Uses raw materials from one sector to produce or manufacture something new. EX: Cheese, shoes, tables
Beginning during the neolithic period, societies changed from hunting/gathering to planting/domesticating
What was the first agricultural revolution?
A natural resource that is unlimited or natural replenishes quickly.
What is a renewable resource?
Only the types of weather events that do affect humans and our way of life negatively. It always results in large loss or damage to life, property, or environment.
What is a natural disaster?
Increase area of land to grow crops on/live on
What is expansion?
Provides services to people and businesses. EX: teacher, doctor, hair stylist
What is the tertiary sector?
Occurring at the same time and places as the Industrial Revolution, there was an increased use of mechanized farming, such as tractors, cotton gins, and better transportation methods
What was the Second Agricultural Revolution?
Nuclear energy, coal, and natural gas are all examples of this.
What are examples of nonrenewable resources?
Average weather conditions as measured over many years
What is climate?
The long-term change in the average weather patterns
What is climate change?
Papyrus, the earliest version of the plow, and cuneiform are all contributions of this civilization.
Who are the Egyptians?
Beginning during the 1950's, this led to the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), herbicides, and pesticides
What was the Third Agricultural Revolution?
Sunlight, plants, and biomass are examples of this.
What are examples of renewable resources?
The long-term heating of the Earth's surface due to human activities, such as burning fossil fuels.
What is global warming
The ability to prepare for anticipated hazards, adapt to change, and recover from destruction
What is community resilience?
This includes characteristics such as bright and colorful patterns, art such as sculpting and beading, and music that inspired jazz and R&B.
What is the characteristics of the culture in Africa OR what is African culture?
This is the breed of pig that Ms. Toney's family raises.
What is a KuneKune?
The development of needs, such as foods and goods, that meet the needs of the present population without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What is sustainable development?
The three indicators to climate change
What are rising temperatures, severe weather changes, and rising sea levels?
Learned Behavior