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Resources & Location Quiz
Contributed by: Anderson
  • 1. What is a major reason for the differences in economic prosperity in various areas of the world today?
A) An unequal distribution of resources
B) The success of nationalist movements
C) Religious unity between nations
D) Membership in the United Nations
  • 2. Countries generally specialize in producing particular goods. What is one result of such specialization?
A) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods
B) Prices increase as goods become more rare
C) Production and consumption gradually decreases
D) Countries become less interdependent
  • 3. How might changes in environment change a group’s access to resources?
A) The melting of ice caps make previous unavailable lands and waters available for exploitation.
B) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region
C) A change in rain patterns open up formerly marginal lands to agriculture.
D) All of the above
  • 4. What factors tend to cause the isolation of a region?
A) Lack of soils good for agriculture
B) Lack of access to profitable trade routes
C) All of the above
D) Lack of valuable minerals
  • 5. What differentiates developed countries like the United States from “gems in the rough?”
A) All of the above
B) More efficient use of their labor resources
C) Tend to be more wealthy
D) More efficient use of their natural resources
  • 6. Which statement provides a reason why nations and regions specialize in economic activities?
A) To become more self-sufficient
B) They do not wish to compete
C) They have different resources
D) They cannot overcome trade barriers
  • 7. The geographic isolation of a people frequently leads to-
A) The development of industrialization
B) A traditional way of life
C) The need for higher education
D) A process for cultural diffusion
  • 8. In the late 18th century, the factors listed above contributed to the development of the -
A) Agricultural Revolution
B) Industrial Revolution
C) Common currency
D) Stock Exchange
  • 9. What is the dominant economic activity in the circled area?
A) Commercial farming
B) Nomadic herding
C) Subsistence farming
D) Manufacturing and Trade
  • 10. The above passage is describing -
A) The commercial shell industry
B) One man’s cottage industry
C) A subsistence agricultural activity
D) A market-oriented agricultural activity
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