Edge 9.3-9.4 Quiz

Although there are fewer developed countries in the world, altogether they consume about ________ energy as LDCs

• twice as much total
• the same amount of total
• five times as much total
• one-tenth as much

Petroleum reserves in Southwest Asia and North Africa are

• clustered primarily in the Persian (Arabian) Gulf states.
• dispersed throughout the region.
• concentrated primarily along the Mediterranean Sea.
• primarily in Syria and Iraq.

The United States has

• lesser coal and natural gas reserves than China.
• greater natural gas reserves than Russian and lesser coal reserves than China.
• a greater concentration of coal reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.
• more coal reserves than China or Russia.

An unconventional source that has been increasingly exploited in recent years is extraction of natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, commonly called _________________.

• drilling
• fracking
• strip mining
• cracking

Saudi Arabia has successfully employed the international trade alternative primarily because of

• consumer spending.
• petroleum reserves.
• regional cooperation.
• traditional social customs.

The Chernobyl incident in 1986 involved

• a nuclear explosion high in the atmosphere.
• a nuclear missile that misfired and exploded.
• a nuclear power accident.
• a massive leak and fire at an oil exploration platform

______________ fuel is fuel derived from plant material and animal waste; sources include wood and crops.

• bio product
• carbon mass
• biomass
• gruel fuel

The principal benefit of the self-sufficiency approach is to promote

• balanced growth of all economic sectors.
• global competitiveness for local industries.
• the maintenance of a large bureaucracy.
• unequal distribution of resources.

According to Rostow's development model, the process of development begins when

• a high percentage of national wealth is allocated to nonproductive activities.
• an elite group initiates innovative activities.
• take-off industries achieve technical advances.
• workers become more skilled and specialized.

To promote the international trade model, countries representing 97% of world trade established the __________________________ in 1995.

• European Union
• NAFTA
• United Nations
• World Trade Organization