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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) Religious unity between nations
B) The success of nationalist movements
C) An unequal distribution of resources
D) Membership in the United 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) Countries become less interdependent
C) Prices increase as goods become more rare
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) 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 valuable minerals
B) All of the above
C) Lack of soils good for agriculture
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 labor resources
B) Tend to be more wealthy
C) All of the above
D) More efficient use of their natural resources
  • 6. Which statement provides a reason why nations and regions specialize in economic activities?
A) To become more self-sufficient
B) They do not wish to compete
C) They cannot overcome trade barriers
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 development of industrialization
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) Industrial Revolution
C) Stock Exchange
D) Agricultural Revolution
  • 9. What is the dominant economic activity in the circled area?
A) Subsistence farming
B) Manufacturing and Trade
C) Nomadic herding
D) Commercial 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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