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