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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 become less interdependent
B) Production and consumption gradually decreases
C) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods
D) Prices increase as goods become more rare
  • 3. How might changes in environment change a group’s access to resources?
A) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region
B) The melting of ice caps make previous unavailable lands and waters available for exploitation.
C) All of the above
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) All of the above
B) Lack of access to profitable trade routes
C) Lack of soils good for agriculture
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) 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) 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) The development of industrialization
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) Industrial Revolution
C) Stock Exchange
D) Common currency
  • 9. What is the dominant economic activity in the circled area?
A) Nomadic herding
B) Commercial farming
C) Manufacturing and Trade
D) Subsistence farming
  • 10. The above passage is describing -
A) The commercial shell industry
B) One man’s cottage industry
C) A subsistence agricultural activity
D) A market-oriented agricultural activity
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