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) The success of nationalist movements
D) An unequal distribution of resources

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

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

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 valuable minerals
D) Lack of soils good for agriculture

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

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

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

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

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

10. The above passage is describing -

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

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