Resources & Location Quiz

1. What is a major reason for the differences in economic prosperity in various areas of the world today?

A) The success of nationalist movements
B) Religious unity between nations
C) An unequal distribution of resources
D) Membership in the United Nations

2. Countries generally specialize in producing particular goods. What is one result of such specialization?

A) Countries become less interdependent
B) Prices increase as goods become more rare
C) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods
D) Production and consumption gradually decreases

3. How might changes in environment change a group’s access to resources?

A) A change in rain patterns open up formerly marginal lands to agriculture.
B) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region
C) The melting of ice caps make previous unavailable lands and waters available for exploitation.
D) All of the above

4. What factors tend to cause the isolation of a region?

A) Lack of access to profitable trade routes
B) Lack of soils good for agriculture
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 natural resources
C) More efficient use of their labor resources
D) Tend to be more wealthy

6. Which statement provides a reason why nations and regions specialize in economic activities?

A) They do not wish to compete
B) To become more self-sufficient
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) The need for higher education
C) A traditional way of life
D) A process for cultural diffusion

8. In the late 18th century, the factors listed above contributed to the development of the -

A) Industrial Revolution
B) Agricultural Revolution
C) Common currency
D) Stock Exchange

9. What is the dominant economic activity in the circled area?

A) Nomadic herding
B) Commercial farming
C) Subsistence farming
D) Manufacturing and Trade

10. The above passage is describing -

A) One man’s cottage industry
B) A market-oriented agricultural activity
C) A subsistence agricultural activity
D) The commercial shell industry

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