Resources & Location Quiz

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) Membership in the United Nations
C) An unequal distribution of resources
D) Religious unity between 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) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region
B) All of the above
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 soils good for agriculture
B) Lack of access to profitable trade routes
C) Lack of valuable minerals
D) All of the above

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

A) More efficient use of their natural resources
B) All of the above
C) Tend to be more wealthy
D) More efficient use of their labor resources

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 cannot overcome trade barriers
D) They do not wish to compete

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

A) The development of industrialization
B) A process for cultural diffusion
C) The need for higher education
D) A traditional way of life

8. In the late 18th century, the factors listed above contributed to the development of the -

A) Stock Exchange
B) Common currency
C) Agricultural Revolution
D) Industrial Revolution

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

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

10. The above passage is describing -

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

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