Human geographers have noted a connection between economic development and the economic activities in which a country is involved.
a. define primary, secondary, and tertiary economic activities and explain. what level would modern agriculture be in.
b. explain the connection between economic development and agriculture.
c. locate south america and western europe on the map. use these regions' level of economic development to predict the type of agriculture that is practiced in each region.

Question A

The primary sector is connected to the obtention of raw materials,  energy resources and products directly from the natureThe secondary sector is related to manufacturing, to the transformation of the good obtained from the nature into goods ready for consumptionThe tertiary sector is related to the provision of services

Modern agriculture still pertains to the primary sector because, even tough it is characterized by the implementation of advanced technologies in the exploitations and by the reduction of the amount of people that are needed to work on them, the core activity stills the same: obtaining products from the nature.

Question B

When a country practices substainance agriculture, producting just enough to feed its own inhabitants and with zero related trade, then it has a traditional economic system. These are the least developed countries. If production surpluses are created, trade activities begin, which will generate higher wealth and technological development. This would lead to more surpluses, more trade, ... etc, and also to the implementation of manufacturing activities. This would be the starting point of an industrial economy, hence such countries would be the less developed ones. When agricultural activities have lost its role as main source of income and industry becomes the greatest economic activity, we refer to a developing or, in transition, economy. Finally, developed countries with advanced economies have a predominant tertiary sector in terms of employment figures, while the primary and secondary sectors are more capital intensive, and        high-technology machines do most part of the job.

Question 3

South American and Eastern European countries have developing or, in transition, economies dominated by the secondary or industrial sectors. Although technological improvements have been implemented in agriculture and it is not the most important sector in terms of employment anymore, such progress has not arrived to industrial activities yet. Industries try to be competitive by reducing the cost of factors of production and therefore, the market price of the resulting products, instead of seeking for quality and productivity improvements connected to technological progress in the manufacturing process. This is why those countries do not have advanced economies yet.

Agriculture is already mecanized but still not as much as in advanced economies.