Key Concepts: Industry is businesses engaged in providing particular kinds of goods and services. (Examples: steel industry, automobile industry, and tourism) Industries provide ways, other than farming, for people to make a living. Industry is often based upon the agricultural products or natural resources in the area.
Think About:
What are some of the industries in your world?
Why do you think these particular industries are located here?
How do these industries affect the peoples’ lives in your community?
Do these industries raise the standard of living? Do they offer higher employment or more diverse occupations?
If there were no industry in your area, would most people be able to make a living from farming?
What is the service industry?
What are the major industries of your
world?
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What industries in your world involve agricultural production? _______________________________________________________________________________________________
Which industries involve natural
resources?
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Use your Agricultural Production map and add your Industrial Production to it. Locate the capital city and at least 5 other cities in your virtual world and add these to your map. Include rivers and lakes. Include a legend.
Label this map Agricultural and Industrial Production of (name of virtual world)