Resources & Location Quiz

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

A) Religious unity between nations
B) Membership in the United 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) Prices increase as goods become more rare
B) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods
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) A change in rain patterns open up formerly marginal lands to agriculture.
C) All of the above
D) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region

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

A) Lack of soils good for agriculture
B) All of the above
C) Lack of valuable minerals
D) Lack of access to profitable trade routes

5. What differentiates developed countries like the United States from “gems in the rough?”

A) More efficient use of their natural resources
B) More efficient use of their labor resources
C) All of the above
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 need for higher education
B) A traditional way of life
C) A process for cultural diffusion
D) The development of industrialization

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

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

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 subsistence agricultural activity
C) The commercial shell industry
D) A market-oriented agricultural activity

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