Sample Assessment Items

Asterisk (*) indicates correct answer.
  1. Which of the following resources are considered renewable?
    A. Forests *
    B. Oil
    C. Coal
    D. Iron

  2. Which of the following is a human resource?
    A. A teacher *
    B. Bank accounts
    C. An oil field
    D. Machines

  3. An example of tertiary economic activity is
    A. steel mills.
    B. retail trade. *
    C. fishing.
    D. automobile assembly.

  4. Using a provided atlas or almanac, identify various indicators of levels of economic development
    specific to certain given countries.

  5. Using a provided atlas or almanac, identify the resources indigenous to specified countries and explain the ways economic activities in these countries may be impacted by their resources.

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