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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) An unequal distribution of resources
B) Membership in the United Nations
C) Religious unity between nations
D) The success of nationalist movements
  • 2. Countries generally specialize in producing particular goods. What is one result of such specialization?
A) Production and consumption gradually decreases
B) Countries depend on trade to obtain other goods
C) Prices increase as goods become more rare
D) Countries become less interdependent
  • 3. How might changes in environment change a group’s access to resources?
A) A change in rain patterns open up formerly marginal lands to agriculture.
B) The melting of ice caps make previous unavailable lands and waters available for exploitation.
C) Long term drought ruins agriculture in a once productive region
D) All of the above
  • 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) All of the above
D) Lack of valuable minerals
  • 5. What differentiates developed countries like the United States from “gems in the rough?”
A) All of the above
B) More efficient use of their natural resources
C) More efficient use of their labor resources
D) Tend to be more wealthy
  • 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) To become more self-sufficient
D) They have different resources
  • 7. The geographic isolation of a people frequently leads to-
A) A process for cultural diffusion
B) The development of industrialization
C) A traditional way of life
D) The need for higher education
  • 8. In the late 18th century, the factors listed above contributed to the development of the -
A) Common currency
B) Agricultural Revolution
C) Stock Exchange
D) Industrial Revolution
  • 9. What is the dominant economic activity in the circled area?
A) Subsistence farming
B) Manufacturing and Trade
C) Nomadic herding
D) Commercial farming
  • 10. The above passage is describing -
A) A market-oriented agricultural activity
B) A subsistence agricultural activity
C) The commercial shell industry
D) One man’s cottage industry
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