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PRIMARY SECTOR

1. Give a definition for the primary sector
2. Is the primary sector important for the economy? Why / why not?
3. What does the primary sector consist of? (page 64)
4. What percentage did agriculture contribute to the world’s GDP in 2012? (page 64)
5. What percentage of the world’s active population works in agriculture? (page 64)
6. Why has the percentage of people working in agriculture fallen since the Industrial Revolution?
7. What percentage of the active population work in agriculture in developed countries?
8. What percentage of the active population work in agriculture in emerging andless developed countries?
9. What percentage of the active population work in agriculture in the  world’s poorest countries?
10. What do you know about agriculture in Almeria?
11. Define commercialagriculture
12. What is intensivefarming?
13. What is extensivefarming?
14. Explain the difference between rainfedand irrigation crops
15. What is monocultureand what type of farmer would employ this method?
16. What is polycultureand what type of farmer would employ this method?
17. What type of agriculture is practiced in Canada? (page 69)
18. What type of agriculture is practiced in Morocco? (page 69)
19. What are some of the benefits of commercial agriculture?
20. What are some of the problems of commercial agriculture?
21. What are GM crops? (page 70)
22. What is the controversysurrounding GM crops?
23. What is subsistenceagriculture?
24. What are plantations? (page 73)
25. What type cropsare produced on a plantation?
26. What are the benefitsof this type of agriculture for multinationals and less developed countries?
27. What are the drawbacks(disadvantages) of this type of agriculture for less developed countries?
28. What are three main types of livestock? (page 74)
29. Which is better intensive or extensive livestock farming?
30. What are three types of fishing? (page 75)
31. What is aquaculture?
32. Which country consumes the largest amount of fish productsin the world?
33. Which is the second largest consumer of fishin the world? (page 76)
34. Which is the world’s biggest fish market?
35. Which country has the largest fishing fleetin the world?
36. Is fishing important for the future of the world’s food supply?
37. What percentage of the active population in Spain works in agriculture in Spain?
38. Which is the EU country with the greatest percentage of land used for agriculture?
39. Which is the second with 34.4%?
40. What are the typical products of Spain’s agriculture?
41. Spain has the second highest numberof number f what livestock in the EU?
42. Which region in Spain has the highest number of pigs?

MINING

43. Which are the top 3 mining countries?
44. What was the first source of energy for humanity?
45. Which is the most used form of energy?
46. Name some of the mined minerals used in your smartphone?
47. Where do some of these minerals come from?
48. What element used in batteries and has caused conflicte in some countries?
49. What mined element will have to increase by 900% to build the batteries we will need for electric cars?
50. List four types of renewable energy?
51. Is nuclear energy renewable?
52. How is nuclear energy produced?
53. What are some the pros and cons of nuclear energy?
54. What are some of the pros and cns of solar energy?
55. What do you know about wind energy and the production of the windmills?
56. Can renewable energies be detrimental to the environment?
57. What are some of the challenges facing renewable energy in the future?
58. Give some examples of biomass energy
59. Could we 100% dependent on biomass energy in the future?
60. Which form of energy do think will be the energy of the future?