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Title: Resources


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Resources Trade
  • Ch. 4 Sec.4
  • Before The Bell Rings
  • -Have your 4.4 notes out to check
  • -Have a blank sheet of paper and something to
    write with
  • -Leave the whiteboards where they are

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  • Where are the worlds centers of manufacturing
    and trade generally located?
  • How does the distribution of global resources
    affect the location and movement of people,
    capital, and products?

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  1. List the 5 major renewable resources.
  2. Give an example of a non renewable resource.
  3. Give an example of a famous hydroelectric power
    station in both the U.S. in China.
  4. Nations in which latitude zone would benefit most
    from harnessing solar power?

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Discuss
  • Do we need to be concerned about our usage of
    renewable resources?
  • What about non-renewable resources?

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  • 85 of the worlds energy sources are fossil
    fuels
  • 25 of the worlds oil is consumed by the
    U.S.!!!!
  • 97 of oil consumed in the U.S. is for
    transportation.
  • It is estimated that proven resources will last
    less than 50 years!!!!!!

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  • Discuss
  • What dangers might a country face if they become
    dependent on only one resource?

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  • 5. What form of alternative energy creates
    serious environmental concerns because of
    potential dangerous waste?
  • 6. Based on the World Economic Activity Map, the
    majority of South Americas economic activity is
    based on what type of agriculture?

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7. This is an example of which level of economic
activity?
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Economic Activities
  • Primary- taking natural resources directly from
    earth
  • Farming, fishing, mining
  • Secondary- use raw materials to make goods
  • Manufacturing, pottery, producing electricity

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Economic Activities
  • Tertiary- Provide services to people
  • Doctors, teachers ?, lawyers
  • Quaternary- Management of information, research,
    processing

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8. This is an example of which level of economic
activity?
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9. This is an example of which level of economic
activity?
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10. This is an example of which level of economic
activity?
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11. This is an example of which level of economic
activity?
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12. This is an example of which level of economic
activity?
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  • 13. In the early 20th century, the U.S. economy
    was focused mainly on what sector of economic
    activity?
  • 14. What term describes when a multinational
    company holds their headquarters in a developed
    nation and its factories in developing nations?
  • 15. What reasons are there for outsourcing?

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  • 16. Because of globalization outsourcing, the
    US economy NOW focuses on what sector of economic
    activity?
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Discuss
  • 17. Where would many countries in Africa, Latin
    America, and Asia fall on a spectrum of
    development?
  • In terms of development, what separates them from
    the United States?
  • Should the United States be economically involved
    with nations such as these? Why or why not?

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  • 18. During the Cold War, the US imposed what on
    the USSR Cuba?
  • 19. What does NAFTA stand for who are its
    members?
  • 20. Imported foreign goods such as high end cars
    electronics can be more expensive because of
    what trade barrier?

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  • Discuss
  • What are some drawbacks to being interconnected
    with other nations economically? What problems
    might the EU face when member countries struggle?

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  • Discuss
  • How would foreign affairs differ if the US was
    self-reliant meaning they did not have to trade
    with any other nation?
  • Would this make us more or less aggressive?
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