Resources & Location Quiz

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

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) All of the above
C) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region
D) A change in rain patterns open up formerly marginal lands to agriculture.

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

A) Lack of valuable minerals
B) Lack of soils good for agriculture
C) All of the above
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) Tend to be more wealthy
C) More efficient use of their labor resources
D) All of the above

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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