Compare the ways people satisfy their basic needs through the production of goods and services such as subsistence agriculture versus commercial agriculture or cottage industries versus commercial industries.
In _____________________, crop production is intended for distribution to wholesalers and retailers, such as supermarkets and grocery stores. Which of the following best complete the sentence?
A commercial agriculture
B subsistence agriculture
C manufacturing
D traditional economic systems
In modern Europe the production of goods and services can best be described as –
A traditional economic systems
B commercial industries
C subsistence agriculture
D cottage industries
Prior to the industrial revolution, how did humans produce goods?
A in cottage industries
B in mechanized factories
C through individual trade
D by forming trading organizations
How Some Families Earn a Living
Family A- The entire family works for minimum wages on a pineapple plantation.
Family B- The family produces only enough food from its garden to live on.
Family C- The entire family weaves straw mats and sells them in a local market.
Family D- the family grows wheat commercially on 6,000 acres of land.
Which of the family described in the chart is engaged in subsistence agriculture?
A Family A
B Family B
C Family C
D Family D