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Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What word means a material that people can use?

a)

resource

b)

capital

c)

money

d)

trade

2.

Why do people depend on resources?

a)

for culture

b)

for information

c)

for characteristics

d)

for survival

3.

What are the three kinds of resources?

a)

water, oil, trees

b)

oil, gold, copper

c)

natural, human, capital

d)

human, physical, water

4.

Trees are an example of a _______ _______.

a)

renewable resource

b)

nonrenewable resource

c)

flow resource

d)

human resource

5.

Using the river’s current to generate energy is an example of a _________ ________.

a)

renewable resource

b)

nonrenewable resource

c)

flow resource

d)

nonrenewable energy

6.

Coal that is mined from a mountain is an example of a ________ ________.

a)

renewable resource

b)

nonrenewable resource

c)

flow resource

d)

human energy

7.

What term means tools that help us make other things?

a)

renewable resources

b)

flow resources

c)

capital resources

d)

nonrenewable resources

8.

Where do capital resources come from?

a)

made by nature

b)

water

c)

wind

d)

made by man

9.

Which of the following is true about capital resources?

a)

They are not natural.

b)

They can be mined.

c)

They are natural.

d)

They work very hard.

10.

What term means resources that include people, their ideas, and their skills?

a)

renewable resources

b)

capital resources

c)

human resources

d)

nonrenewable resources

11.

Which adjective is used to describe people who have invented new technologies?

a)

lazy

b)

joyful

c)

bored

d)

creative

12.

_________________ are some of the greatest resources we have. a. Gold coins and silver medals

a)

Gold coins and silver medals

b)

Creativity and innovation

c)

Air and water

d)

Solar energy and wind energy

13.

What is based on the goods and services that are produced with the resources in an area?

a)

resources

b)

economy

c)

region

d)

innovation

14.

Why do people choose to live in a certain area?

a)

the landforms around them

b)

the animals they can see

c)

the culture of a place

d)

the resources available

15.

What do resources become?

a)

wants and needs

b)

animals and plants

c)

goods and services

d)

physical and human characteristics

16.

People usually choose where to live based on the resources that are available there.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Economics is how people use the resources around them to meet their needs.

a)

True

b)

False