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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) Membership in the United Nations
B) The success of nationalist movements
C) Religious unity between nations
D) An unequal distribution of resources
  • 2. Countries generally specialize in producing particular goods. What is one result of such specialization?
A) Production and consumption gradually decreases
B) Countries become less interdependent
C) Prices increase as goods become more rare
D) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods
  • 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) A change in rain patterns open up formerly marginal lands to agriculture.
C) All of the above
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) Lack of valuable minerals
B) Lack of soils good for agriculture
C) All of the above
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) All of the above
C) More efficient use of their natural resources
D) Tend to be more wealthy
  • 6. Which statement provides a reason why nations and regions specialize in economic activities?
A) To become more self-sufficient
B) They have different resources
C) They do not wish to compete
D) They cannot overcome trade barriers
  • 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) Stock Exchange
B) Agricultural Revolution
C) Industrial Revolution
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) One man’s cottage industry
B) The commercial shell industry
C) A subsistence agricultural activity
D) A market-oriented agricultural activity
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