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) An unequal distribution of resources
C) The success of nationalist movements
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) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region
B) A change in rain patterns open up formerly marginal lands to agriculture.
C) All of the above
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) Lack of valuable minerals
B) Lack of access to profitable trade routes
C) All of the above
D) Lack of soils good for agriculture

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

A) More efficient use of their labor resources
B) More efficient use of their natural resources
C) Tend to be more wealthy
D) All of the above

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

A) To become more self-sufficient
B) They have different resources
C) They do not wish to compete
D) They cannot overcome trade barriers

7. The geographic isolation of a people frequently leads to-

A) The need for higher education
B) A process for cultural diffusion
C) A traditional way of life
D) The development of industrialization

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

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

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

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

10. The above passage is describing -

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

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