ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Economic goods

Economic agents

Factors of production

Economic activity is what is carried out by humans in order to acquire goods that satisfy consumer needs.

Services

Clasificated:

Products

goods which are obtained directly from naturer or which are turned into something

A activities carried out by humans to benefit society

Function

Composition

Ownership

they can be private or public

They can be intermediate good or finished goods

They can be consumable

Human resources

Capital

Natural resources

Renewable

People who exploit and convert natural resources into economic goods

This is made up of the material, technical and financial resources that are needed to obtain products and provide services.

Partially renewable

Non-renewable

People and families

Companies

The state

Private economic agents that make up small production units

These are also private but do not consume the products or services that they generate

It offers services to people and companies, and is financed by collecting taxes from people, families and companies.

The economic sector

Secondary sector

Tertiary sector

Primary sector

Activities involved in obtaining resources directly from raw materials

Activities involved in converting raw materials into manufactured products

Including lending services

The economic sistems in the world

Capitalist

Communist

In this system, the economy is planned and centralised by the State, the production process is controlled and the State is the owner of the means of production

This is based on a free market economy

The use of natural resources

Renewable resources

Together with inexhaustible resources are fundamental because their existence and renewal depend on rational use.

Non-renewable resources

Intense industrial and economic development, a high global population and a lifestyle based on consumerism all rely on large amounts of nonrenewable resources,.

The demain of water

Fresh water

Is renewable and is in scarce supply on our planet.

Availliability of drinking water

people and animals does not depend on the country being dry or wet, but on its level of development.

Countries in africa

have the greatest amount of rainfall due to the equatorial climate but they do not have a sewerage system or a water distribution network.

The sustinabillity of economy

Energies in the final decades of the 20th century, led to the realization that long-lasting and sustainable activities were needed.

Global areas:

Desert areas

Mountain areas

Tropical areas

Coastal areas

Trees are being cut down in the tropical and equatorial jungles at great speed to obtain wood or to convert the land into grazing areas for livestock

The desert areas are important areas for the extraction of petroleum, natural gas, and minerals

Wood, water, and winter sports are the demands on these areas, and as a result the delicate ecosystem..

The water on the continental shelf, which makes up the main fishing area, is very polluted because of industry and coastal construction

Forests

Loggin and forest fires

Fertile soil

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Inportant source of resources

Are essential to the co2 absortion

WOOD

They generate oxygent