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Resource Issues Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Use the chart of per capita oil consumption to answer the following question: The country with the highest per capita oil consumption is

a)

India

b)

The United States

c)

South Korea

d)

China

2.

Use the chart of per capita oil consumption to answer the following question: The United States' per capita oil consumption is ______ that of China's per capita oil consumption.

a)

about 1/2

b)

about twice

c)

more than 10 times

d)

about 1/10th

3.

A job such as a farmer or miner that involves direct use of natural resources is a

a)

primary activity

b)

secondary activity

c)

tertiary activity

d)

quaternary activity

4.

A job such as a carpenter or seamstress that involves making a product is a

a)

primary activity

b)

secondary activity

c)

tertiary activity

d)

quaternary activity

5.

What type of activity is shown in the picture?

a)

primary activity

b)

secondary activity

c)

tertiary activity

d)

quaternary activity

6.

___% of the world’s countries are developed, yet these country are responsible for using ___% of the world’s resources.

a)

10; 50

b)

25; 50

c)

5; 25

d)

25; 75

7.

The primary cause of the world's resources being depleted is that

a)

there is so much poverty in the world.

b)

poor countries are wasting resources.

c)

world population is increasing.

d)

there is a lack of laws to protect resources in developing countries.

8.

A resource that cannot be depleted or destroyed is

a)

a renewable resource.

b)

an extinct resource.

c)

a sustainable resource.

d)

an inexhaustible resource.

9.

A resource can be

a)

natural

b)

used to make something else

c)

scarce

d)

a resources can be all of these things

10.

Which of the following resources is inexhaustible?

a)

gold

b)

soil

c)

geothermal energy

d)

natural gas

11.

Which of the following resources is nonrenewable?

a)

oil

b)

fish

c)

soil

d)

solar energy

12.

Which of the following resources is renewable?

a)

silver

b)

diamonds

c)

trees

d)

wind

13.

Industrialized countries are more involved in

a)

primary and secondary activities.

b)

tertiary and quaternary activities.

c)

cottage industries.

d)

subsistence farming.

14.

Industry

a)

is located near resources.

b)

is the biggest user of resources.

c)

affects which resources are valued.

d)

all of these.

15.

A resource is considered scarce if

a)

there is enough of it.

b)

it is not controlled by the people who need it.

c)

it is in danger of being depleted or destroyed.

d)

all of these