Resources & Location Quiz

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) Production and consumption gradually decreases
D) Prices increase as goods become more rare

3. How might changes in environment change a group’s access to resources?

A) All of the above
B) The melting of ice caps make previous unavailable lands and waters available for exploitation.
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) Lack of access to profitable trade routes
D) All of the above

5. What differentiates developed countries like the United States from “gems in the rough?”

A) All of the above
B) Tend to be more wealthy
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) They have different resources
C) They do not wish to compete
D) To become more self-sufficient

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

A) A traditional way of life
B) A process for cultural diffusion
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) Agricultural Revolution
B) Common currency
C) Stock Exchange
D) Industrial Revolution

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

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

10. The above passage is describing -

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

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