Unit 4 study Guide

Question 1

List three examples of renewable resources.

Answer 1

solar Energy

Question 2

What are the three fossil fuels?

Answer 2

Coal, oil, and natural gas

Question 3

What are capital resources?

Answer 3

all the man made assets that are used to manufacture goods

Question 4

What is the difference between skilled and non-skilled workers?

Answer 4

skilled labor requires specialized training whereas unskilled labor does not

Question 5

What resources are used to produce most of the power in the world?

Answer 5

fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum), nuclear energy, and renewable energy sources

Question 6

How is hydroelectric power produced?

Answer 6

with moving water
At hydropower plants

Question 7

What are some consequences of the unequal distribution of resources?

Question 8

Why did European countries colonize the countries of Africa?

Question 9

What value does China emphasize when it uses resources?

Question 10

What resource did the steam engine create a demand for?

Question 11

What resource did the internal combustion engine create a demand for?

Question 12

What resource did the computer chip create a demand for?

Question 13

What are two costs of using resources?

Question 14

What are two benefits of using resources?

Question 15

What island country east of China has limited natural resources?

Question 16

List three industries that are considered primary economic activity.

Question 17

What is manufacturing?

Question 18

Why does Russia have difficulty extracting many of its natural resources?

Answer 18

The soil is hard and is covered in ice and snow.

Question 19

List two examples of service industries.

Question 20

List two examples of processing.

Question 21

Why does Russia have difficulty extracting many of its natural resources?

Question 22

What country in West Africa must exchange cash crops for manufactured
products?

Question 23

How is Switzerland a wealthy country despite being landlocked and lacking
resources?

Question 24

What is comparative advantage?

Question 25

What resource is used to produce most of the power in the world?

Answer 25

Coal Followed by gas

Question 26

Why do countries engage in trade?

Question 27

What is gross domestic product per capita?

Question 28

What continent has the most developing countries?

Question 29

What are three developed countries in Asia?

Question 30

List three landlocked countries in Europe.

Question 31

Name one double landlocked country.

Question 32

Why do many African countries have difficulty transporting goods?

Question 33

List the standards of living criteria that developing countries have.

Question 34

List the standards of living criteria that developed countries have.

Question 35

What country in Africa has a well-developed infrastructure and high GDP?

Answer 35

Seychelles

Question 36

What economic union introduced a new currency called the euro?

Question 37

What three countries are part of NAFTA/USMCA?

Answer 37

United States, Mexico, Canada

Question 38

List three countries that are members of ASEAN.

Answer 38

China, Japan, Republic Korea

Question 39

What economic union sets the price and production of oil?

Answer 39

OPEC

Question 40

What is a tariff?

Answer 40

a tax imposed by one country on the goods and services imported from another

Question 41

What is one advantage of economic unions?

Answer 41

promote trade among their members by removing non-tariff barriers

Question 42

Where are most of the member countries of OPEC located?

Answer 42

Africa, Middle East, South America