Economics Task

Cards

Subsistence v. Commercial Agriculture

Cottage v. Commercial Industry
Industrial Revolution in Context

Economic Activity Level Application

#1. Define industry in your own

words.

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#2. Define commercial in your

own words.

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#3. Define cottage in your own

words.

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Photo source: http://www.mediahex.com/Cottage_Industry

#4. This is an example of a cottage industry in

India. List five words to describe a cottage

industry - describe the technology, amount of

workers, setting, products/goods, etc.

Photo source: http://www.industryweek.com/competitiveness/bosch-high-tech-manufacturing-depends-people

#5. This is an example of a commercial industry

in Germany. List five words to describe a
commercial industry - describe the technology,
amount of workers, setting, products/goods, etc.

What is the Difference Between a

Cottage and a Commercial Industry?

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about it!

Source: Houston Chronicle

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-cottage-commercial-industry-76886.html

Paragraph 2: Commercial industries are usually

factory-based and employ many workers. Each

worker typically participates in one small step of the

manufacturing process, rather than making an entire

product from start to finish.

#6. Making inferences: On your task card, circle the letters of

the two correct inferences about commercial industries:
A. Commercial industries are in developed countries

B. Commercial industries are in developing countries

C. More goods can be made per day in a commercial industry

than a cottage industry

D. Commercial industries are not efficient in the making of

goods

What is the Difference Between a

Cottage and a Commercial Industry?

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about it!

Source: Houston Chronicle

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-cottage-commercial-industry-76886.html

Paragraph 2: The purpose of a commercial industry is

widespread production: to sell as many products as
possible to consumers. To do so, commercial industries
typically use new and more cost-effective technologies
than cottage industries.
#7. Making inferences: On your task card, circle the letters
of the two correct inferences about commercial industries:
A. Commercial industries are driven to make a profit
B. Commercial industries are similar to traditional economies
C. Commercial industries would want to know what
consumers demand or want to buy
D. Commercial industries rarely update technology

What is the Difference Between a

Cottage and a Commercial Industry?

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about it!

Source: Houston Chronicle

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-cottage-commercial-industry-76886.html

Paragraph 3: Unlike commercial industries, which tend

to be large in scale, cottage industries tend to be small
in scale. Cottage industries are often based out of a
single home, and they may have only one or two
employees. In cottage industries, a worker often
makes a product from start to finish.

#8. Making inferences: Would it take more

time or less time to make an item in a
cottage industry? Explain your answer in 5
words!

What is the Difference Between a

Cottage and a Commercial Industry?

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about it!

Source: Houston Chronicle

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-cottage-commercial-industry-76886.html

Paragraph 3: Examples of cottage industries include

homemade textiles and jewelry. Cottage industries usually

use production techniques that are more traditional and less

cost-effective. As a result, cottage industry products are
often more expensive.

#9. You are the consumer. What is a benefit to buying an

item from a cottage industry?
A. It costs less than commercial industry goods
B. It is made quicker than in a commercial industry
C. It could be a more unique, handmade item than what is
made in commercial industries.

#10. Define subsistence in your

own words.

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*Use definitions 1a and 2a

Helping smallholder farmers grow out

of subsistence

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Source: Africa Agribusiness Magazine

http://www.africaag.org/2014/11/24/opportunity-international-ag-finance-helping-smallholder-farmers-grow-subsistence/
Date of Article: November 24, 2014

For Mary Makkazi, growing maize is a profession that she grew up in.
Her parents were smallholder maize farmers, and today, she grows

maize and beans on a small farm outside Mityana, Uganda, to support

her five children as a single parent. Until very recently, her approach to
farming, known as subsistence farming (literally farming for ones own
food), had changed little.

She made enough money to keep her family fed, but there wasnt much
for anything else. Her resources often run out when its time to pay

her childrens school fees, forcing Makkazi to swallow her pride and beg
school proprietors to let her kids stay in school until she can pay the
tuition at next harvest.

#11. Summarize Marys situation in 10 words; does not

have to be a complete sentence.

Subsistence Farming in Myanmar

Photo source: http://reliefweb.int/report/
myanmar/kachin-idp-camps-go-organic

Making inferences about subsistence agriculture. Using the above

picture, answer the following questions:
#12a. Subsistence agriculture uses:
a. Modern technology
b. Manual labor

#12b. Subsistence farming:

c. Requires many workers that can produce enough crops to sell to

major retailers like Wal Mart

d. Requires family members to produce enough crops for the

family to survive

Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
#13. At which economic level does subsistence farming occur?
a. Primary
b. Secondary
c. Tertiary
d. Quaternary

Commercial Agriculture

Photo source: http://phys.org/news/2013-05-smart-farming.html

#14. Using your definition of commercial for #2 and the

above picture, circle what is TRUE about commercial farming
(you may circle more than one answer):
a. More advanced technology is used
b. Mostly manual labor is done
c. Extra crops are grown that are sold to make a profit

Industrial Revolution

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Source: The History Channel at http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution

The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th

centuries, was a period during which predominantly agrarian,

rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and

urban. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in

the late 1700s, manufacturing was often done in peoples homes,
using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a
shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and
mass production.

#15. Word Sort: On your answer sheet, write each word

either in Before the Industrial Revolution or After the
Industrial Revolution. Use all words:
-More rural

-More urban

-Factory jobs

-Subsistence farming

-Cottage industry

-Industrial industry

Industrial Revolution

Source: The History Channel at http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution

The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam
engine, played central roles in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw
improved systems of transportation, communication and banking. While
industrialization brought about an increased volume and variety of
manufactured goods and an improved standard of living for some, it also
resulted in often grim employment and living conditions for the poor and
working classes.

Photo source: http://www.nationstates.net/nation=saurisisia/detail=factbook/id=49658

#16. Three good and one bad:

Photo source: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/02/27/nyregion/

20080227_RIIS_SLIDESHOW_index-9.html

On your task sheet, explain three positive effects of the

Industrial Revolution and one negative effect.

Photo source: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/jan/09/

employment-law-market-changes

#17. At which economic level did factory work during the

industrial revolution occur?
a. Primary

b. Secondary
c. Tertiary

d. Quaternary

Transportation & the Industrial Revolution

Source: The History Channel at http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution

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The transportation industry also underwent significant transformation

during the Industrial Revolution. Before the advent of the steam engine, raw
materials and finished goods were hauled and distributed via horse-drawn
wagons, and by boats along canals and rivers. In the early 1800s, American
Robert Fulton built the first commercially successful steamboat, and by the
mid-19th century, steamships were carrying freight across the Atlantic. As
steam-powered ships were making their debut, the steam locomotive was
also coming into use. In the early 1800s, British engineer Richard Trevithick
constructed the first railway steam locomotive. In 1830, Englands Liverpool
and Manchester Railway became the first to offer regular, timetabled
passenger services. By 1850, Britain had more than 6,000 miles of railroad
track. Additionally, around 1820, Scottish engineer John McAdam developed a
new process for road construction. His technique resulted in roads that
were smoother, more durable and less muddy.

#18 Write Home: Imagine you live in the late 1800s, and write

home about what changes in transportation you have noticed.

#19. What type of economic

Country

Per Capita GDP

activity level and production

would you expect Country
B to have? Select the TWO

Country A

$42,500

correct choices.

a. Tertiary and Commercial

Industry

Country B

$1,200

b. Primary and Cottage

c.

Country C

$30,200

Industry

Tertiary and

Commercial Agriculture

d. Primary and Subsistence

Agriculture

Industrial Revolution

Photo source: http://www.sageamericanhistory.net/gildedage/topics/railroads_industry.html

Photo source: http://genius.com/2108837/Dropkick-murphys-the-hardest-mile/Laying-steeland-digging-ditches

#20 During the Industrial

Revolution in America, the
increase in factory jobs and
railroad construction jobs are
both:
PUSH or PULL factors?
Photo source: http://northernfactoryworker.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html

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