Economics

6.8(A)

Four Kinds of Work People Do

Define and give examples of agricultural, retail, manufacturing (goods), and service industries.

Part of The student understands categories of economic activities and the data used to measure a society's economic level

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Intro

Four Kinds of Industries

An industry is a group of businesses that do the same kind of work, like growing food or building cars. Economists sort businesses into groups to study how a country earns money and what jobs people have. In this lesson you will learn four types of industries and an example of each.