Resources & Location Quiz

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

A) The success of nationalist movements
B) An unequal distribution of resources
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) Production and consumption gradually decreases
B) Prices increase as goods become more rare
C) Countries become less interdependent
D) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods

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) A change in rain patterns open up formerly marginal lands to agriculture.
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 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) All of the above
B) More efficient use of their natural resources
C) More efficient use of their labor resources
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 cannot overcome trade barriers
D) They have different resources

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. The above passage is describing -

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

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