1.2 Objectives


After studying this lesson, you will be able to :

  • recall the meaning and scope of human activities;
  • enumerate the types of economic activities and their characteristics;
  • identify business as an economic activity;
  • differentiate between business and other economic activities and explain the meaning and characteristics of business;
  • distinguish between different types of business activities;
  • explain the significance of business in modern society;
  • establish the relationship between production and distribution and identify different types of industries;
  • state the concept of retail and whole-sale trade and export and import;

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  • identify the auxiliaries that facilitate trade and commerce.