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Resources & Location Quiz
Contributed by: Anderson
  • 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) 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) Production and consumption gradually decreases
B) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods
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) All of the above
B) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region
C) The melting of ice caps make previous unavailable lands and waters available for exploitation.
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 soils good for agriculture
B) All of the above
C) Lack of access to profitable trade routes
D) Lack of valuable minerals
  • 5. What differentiates developed countries like the United States from “gems in the rough?”
A) Tend to be more wealthy
B) All of the above
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 cannot overcome trade barriers
B) To become more self-sufficient
C) They do not wish to compete
D) They have different resources
  • 7. The geographic isolation of a people frequently leads to-
A) A traditional way of life
B) The development of industrialization
C) A process for cultural diffusion
D) The need for higher education
  • 8. In the late 18th century, the factors listed above contributed to the development of the -
A) Common currency
B) Stock Exchange
C) Industrial Revolution
D) Agricultural Revolution
  • 9. What is the dominant economic activity in the circled area?
A) Commercial farming
B) Nomadic herding
C) Subsistence farming
D) Manufacturing and Trade
  • 10. The above passage is describing -
A) One man’s cottage industry
B) The commercial shell industry
C) A market-oriented agricultural activity
D) A subsistence agricultural activity
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