Answer the following questions based on your comparison of the two maps:

1. In the 1997 map, there are six states that have the highest number of employees in the manufacturing industry (dark green). In ten years the industry changed and many of those states lost manufacturing jobs. By 2007 only three states had the highest number of manufacturing jobs in the country. Which three states kept the highest number of manufacturing jobs?

A. Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana

B. North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas

C. Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana

D. Texas California, Florida

Incorrect! Indiana is the only state that maintained a high number of manufacturing jobs.

Incorrect! All of these states lost manufacturing jobs.

Correct! These states were able to maintain the highest number of manufacturing jobs in the ten year span.

Incorrect! These states never had the highest number of manufacturing jobs.

2. Which economic activity does the manufacturing industry represent?

A. Primary

B. Secondary

C. Tertiary

D. Quaternary

Incorrect! Industries in this economic activity are related to extracting natural resources from the earth.

Correct! Manufacturing is a secondary economic activity as it involves processing raw materials into usable products.

Incorrect! The service industry is the bulk of this economic activity.

Incorrect! This economic activity is related to the management of various industries.