Civics notes

• Skills, talents, and abilities are essential for human activities:

  • Skill: Doing something very well due to practice and knowledge
  • Talent: Capacity for success based on a natural gift
  • Ability: Competence in an activity or occupation
• Economic sectors are divided into four categories:

  1. Primary sector: extraction of raw materials from the physical environment, e.g., fishing, forestry, farming, and mining
  2. Secondary sector: processing raw materials, known as secondary economic activity, e.g., manufacturing industry and construction industry
  3. Tertiary sector: service industries meeting consumer needs, e.g., accounting, teaching, driving, and music
  4. Quaternary sector: ICT careers, involving research, development, and information, e.g., robotics, radiology, consultancy, and financial planning
• Manufacturing is the process of assembling raw materials to create a finished product
• Construction industry is classified as a secondary activity, e.g., using cement or board to build homes
• Careers in the primary sector include farmers, miners, and fishermen
• Careers in the secondary sector include builders, engineers, and manufacturers
• Careers in the tertiary sector include accounting, teaching, driving, hairdressing, and music
• Careers in the quaternary sector include being a blogger, radiologist, and GIS specialist
• I try to make connections between ideas and see how topics relate to create a coherent mental framework.