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) Membership in the United Nations
D) Religious unity between nations

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) Production and consumption gradually decreases
C) Prices increase as goods become more rare
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) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region
D) All of the above

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

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

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

A) Tend to be more wealthy
B) More efficient use of their natural resources
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) To become more self-sufficient
B) They cannot overcome trade barriers
C) They do not wish to compete
D) They have different resources

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. The above passage is describing -

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

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