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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) Religious unity between nations
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) Production and consumption gradually decreases
B) Prices increase as goods become more rare
C) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods
D) Countries become less interdependent
  • 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) All of the above
C) A change in rain patterns open up formerly marginal lands to agriculture.
D) The melting of ice caps make previous unavailable lands and waters available for exploitation.
  • 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) More efficient use of their labor resources
B) More efficient use of their natural resources
C) Tend to be more wealthy
D) All of the above
  • 6. Which statement provides a reason why nations and regions specialize in economic activities?
A) They cannot overcome trade barriers
B) They do not wish to compete
C) They have different resources
D) To become more self-sufficient
  • 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) Agricultural Revolution
B) Industrial Revolution
C) Stock Exchange
D) Common currency
  • 9. What is the dominant economic activity in the circled area?
A) Subsistence farming
B) Commercial farming
C) Manufacturing and Trade
D) Nomadic herding
  • 10. The above passage is describing -
A) A subsistence agricultural activity
B) A market-oriented agricultural activity
C) The commercial shell industry
D) One man’s cottage industry
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