Human Occupations Class 6 Geography Notes Maharashtra State Board
All the above pictures are related to the rearing of domestic animals, obtaining milk from them, selling milk, processing milk at milk processing centers, making ghee, butter, cheese, shrikhand, paneer, milk powder, etc. from milk, selling them in the market, etc. This work is carried out at different levels. Man undertakes all these activities to satisfy his own needs. We classify these activities on the basis of their nature and the products they yield.
We carry out many activities to fulfill our needs. We have many occupations, industries, trades, etc. Some of these activities are directly dependent on nature. It means that the products obtained in these activities are obtained directly from nature. Cows and buffaloes are animals. We domesticate them. See picture A. We get milk from them.
Therefore, this occupation is directly dependent on nature. Such occupations that are dependent on nature are called primary occupations, e.g. animal husbandry, fishing, etc. Some products obtained in primary occupations are used directly while others are used after making some changes in them.
Now see picture E. In this picture, the milk is being processed after bringing it to the dairy, that is, the product obtained from nature is processed and made into different products. These products are more durable. Their quality has enhanced too. And, therefore, their price is also higher. For example, shrikhand, butter, cheese, and milk powder are processed from milk. This processing is an industrial activity. Industries are based on raw materials. More durable goods are produced in an industry. The raw material supplied to the industries is often obtained from nature, i.e., from primary occupations. Occupations dependent on primary occupations are called secondary occupations.
Now look at pictures C, D, and F. You will see milk collection and sale of milk, transport of milk, and sale of milk products respectively. All these activities are related to the products of primary and secondary occupations. Many times, these occupations provide complementary services to the other two occupations. Such occupations are called tertiary occupations. These occupations are complementary to all other occupations. These occupations are also called ‘service occupations’. These include transport of goods, loading and unloading of goods, and sale of goods, etc.
Now look at picture E. Here you can see a person testing the prepared milk products. This person is testing the ‘quality’ of the products. To do this work, the person must have some special skills. This is also a type of service. But this service is not an ordinary one. It requires special expertise and therefore such services are called quaternary occupations. Not all the services are directly related to primary or secondary occupations, for example, those of a driver, knife grinder, policeman, the postal service, etc.
Look at the pictures in the figure carefully. We are learning the classification of occupations. This is how we classify human occupations. Different occupations are practiced in different countries of the world. Through these occupations, economic transactions occur within a country and between various countries. These transactions decide the country’s production of various goods and their annual income. This, in turn, is used to decide the extent of the country’s development.
Observe figure. These pie charts show the percentage of manpower engaged in various occupations in the countries of Bangladesh, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Turkey. Each pie chart shows the percentage of primary to tertiary occupations.
Countries that have more manpower engaged in tertiary activities are considered to be developed countries while countries that have more manpower engaged in primary activities are considered to be developing countries. Now rank the countries above from developed to developing.
Good Maharashtra State Board Class 6 Geography Notes Human Occupations can simplify complex concepts and make studying more efficient.