This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ..... stabilized the world's population 10, 000 years ago. A) Industrial Revolution. B) Reformation. C) Black Plague. D) Agricultural Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agricultural Revolution. 2. MDC Characteristics:A More Developed Country (MDC) is most likely to have what kind of Total Fertility Rate (TFR) relative to the replacement level of 2.1? A) A TFR lower than the replacement level of 2.1. B) A TFR equal to the replacement level of 2.1. C) A TFR much higher than the replacement level of 2.1. D) A TFR that fluctuates widely above and below 2.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A TFR lower than the replacement level of 2.1. 3. When measuring growth, why might geographers be interested in the movement of people into and out of an area? A) It helps them understand changes in population size. B) It tells them about the weather. C) It shows the types of animals in the area. D) It helps them find new minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps them understand changes in population size. 4. What may cause a population growth? A) Access to better health care. B) A natural disaster. C) Little access to clean water. D) Soldiers being called to fight in a war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Access to better health care. 5. A death rate is defined as ..... A) The number of accidental deaths in a population. B) The number of deaths in the world in 1 year. C) The number of old people deaths. D) The number of deaths per 1000 of a population. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of deaths per 1000 of a population. 6. Which country should consider anti natalist policies? A) Latvia. B) Japan. C) India. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 7. A queen rules a nation. When she dies, the throne will pass to her daughter. What kind of government does this nation have? A) A monarchy. B) A theocracy. C) A representative democracy. D) A dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A monarchy. 8. How does population growth rate impact a country's development? A) Population growth rate impacts a country's development by straining resources, infrastructure, and services. B) Population growth rate decreases the need for infrastructure development. C) Population growth rate has no impact on a country's development. D) Population growth rate leads to increased efficiency in resource allocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population growth rate impacts a country's development by straining resources, infrastructure, and services. 9. When Haiti was hit by that earthquake in 2010, many countries came together to try and rebuild it again. This is an example of: A) Cultural Globalization. B) Political Globalization. C) Economic Globalization. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political Globalization. 10. What occurs when birth and death rates are equal? A) Positive population growth. B) Zero population growth. C) Negative population growth. D) No population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zero population growth. 11. The Arab world consists of ..... arabic speaking countries. A) 22. B) 23. C) 32. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 22. 12. Which statement is NOT true about the first stage of the demographic transition? A) The death rate is high. B) The birth rate is high. C) The natural rate of increase is high. D) Only tribal societies are in this stage nowadays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The natural rate of increase is high. 13. Which statement reflects Boserup's theory? A) Population will exceed food supply. B) Technological innovation can expand food supply. C) Population growth will stabilize automatically. D) Migration solves food shortages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Technological innovation can expand food supply. 14. Boundaries established by rivers, oceans, deserts, mountains, etc. A) Cultural boundaries. B) Geographic boundaries. C) Physical boundaries. D) Political boundaries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical boundaries. 15. Why are there food shortages in Africa? A) Warfare. B) Poor access to rural areas. C) Weather and pests. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. What is a separator of countries or states defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers called? A) Natural Boundary. B) Demographic Transition Model. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Boundary. 17. What exception was made to the One Child Policy in rural areas? A) Families could have a second child if the first was a girl. B) Families were allowed to have three children. C) All families could have two children. D) No exceptions were made. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Families could have a second child if the first was a girl. 18. When studying the average number of children that are born to each woman in a country (assuming the mother lives to the end of her childbearing years), a researcher is studying the country's ..... A) Maternal mortality rate. B) Infant mortality rate. C) Childhood obesity rate. D) Total fertility rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Total fertility rate. 19. Areas that have access to things like jobs and access to amenities such as shopping and entertainment A) Rural areas. B) Physical processes. C) Urban areas. D) Transportation barriers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urban areas. 20. A population pyramid which has a beehive shape suggests what level of economic development? A) Low. B) Medium. C) High. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High. 21. A national policy that encourages its citizens to increase the total fertility rate is known as what? A) Anti-natal. B) Neo-natal. C) Post-natal. D) Pro-natal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pro-natal. 22. A population pyramid with a wide base indicates: A) Aging population. B) High fertility rates. C) Gender imbalance. D) Low birth rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) High fertility rates. 23. According to the slide 'Why Might Population Increase in the Future?', name one reason why the reemergence of infectious diseases might be happening. A) Increased vaccination. B) Evolution. C) Improved sanitation. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evolution. 24. What three reasons make the study of population geography important? A) Understanding human distribution and its impact on resources. B) Studying ancient civilizations and their geography. C) Exploring the effects of climate change on wildlife. D) Analyzing economic growth in urban areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Understanding human distribution and its impact on resources. 25. The Natural Increase Rate is A) The percentage by which a population grows in a year. B) Irrelevant to the doubling time of a population. C) The same in the Gambia as it is in all countries of Africa. D) The sum of the CBR and the CDR combined. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The percentage by which a population grows in a year. 26. A term which tells us how closely the people of an area live to each other and can give us an idea about their living conditions would be ..... A) Culture. B) Population density. C) Natural increase. D) Population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population density. 27. How many people live in China and India combined? A) Over 2 billion. B) Over 3 billion. C) Over 4 billion. D) Over 1 billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Over 2 billion. 28. What are "Pull Factors" in migration? A) Negative circumstances that cause people to move away. B) Positive conditions and circumstances of a location that encourage people to move to that place. C) Barriers that hold migrants back from traveling. D) Opportunities that cause migrants to voluntarily stop traveling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive conditions and circumstances of a location that encourage people to move to that place. 29. Rapid population growth can have harm the environment. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. What factors contribute to population growth? A) Emigration, decreased birth rate, natural disasters. B) Birth rate, immigration, improved healthcare. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birth rate, immigration, improved healthcare. 31. Most more-developed countries (MDCs) are in which stage of demographic transition? A) Stage 4. B) Stage 1. C) Stage 2. D) Stage 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage 4. 32. What type of government has the Communist Party hold all political and economic control? A) Oligarchy. B) Communism. C) Democracy. D) Theocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communism. 33. The number of years it takes for a population to double in size is called what? Developed countries take longer. Undeveloped countries take much less time. A) Doubling Time. B) 365 years. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doubling Time. 34. Why has the population been able to grow so quickly in such a short period of time? A) Doctors have developed easier and safer ways to have babies. B) People needed more help to work their farms so they had more children. C) Because people stayed in one place and only moved when crowded out. D) Because of medical care, clean water and better access to nutritious food. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because of medical care, clean water and better access to nutritious food. 35. The world's population in 1900 was apporximately ..... A) Eight billion. B) Two billion. C) One billion. D) Five billion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two billion. 36. Compare two countries:Country A has a high birth rate and low death rate, while Country B has a low birth rate and low death rate. Which country is growing faster? A) Country A. B) Country B. C) Both grow the same. D) Neither is growing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Country A. 37. And the farther away a country is from it, the colder it is. There are no permanent residents on ..... because of its difficult climate. A) Antarctica. B) Greenland. C) Iceland. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antarctica. 38. What is the "Natality Rate" ? A) The rate of immigration. B) The rate of infant deaths. C) The rate of births. D) The rate of population decline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rate of births. 39. What is the term for the following definition:'The total number of people in a place divided by the total land area.'? A) Arithmetic Density. B) Carrying Capacity. C) Physiological Density. D) Population Growth Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arithmetic Density. 40. Under Population is that where- A) Standard of living is maximum. B) Per capita income is low due too many people. C) Per capita is low due to too few people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Per capita is low due to too few people. 41. In which DTM stage is a country with low birth and death rates but population decline? A) Stage 4. B) Stage 5. C) Stage 2. D) Stage 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage 5. 42. Doubling time is- A) When a high birth rate has joined with low death rates it increases population growth greatly. B) Winning twice. C) They way geographers study the world. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When a high birth rate has joined with low death rates it increases population growth greatly. 43. In stage 3 of the demographic transition A) There is a very high CBR, very high CDR, and very low NIR. B) There is a high CBR, a rapidly declining CDR, and a very high NIR. C) There is a rapidly declining CBR, a moderately declining CDR, and a moderate NIR. D) There is a very low CBR, a low or slightly increasing CDR, a 0 or negative NIR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is a rapidly declining CBR, a moderately declining CDR, and a moderate NIR. 44. Which of the following terms describes an area with a high population density? A) Developing country. B) Rural area. C) Urban area. D) Developed country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urban area. 45. New York City, Albany, Buffalo A) New York. B) Nevada. C) Utah. D) Colorado. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New York. 46. In what type of government does one individual hold complete control? A) Dictatorship. B) Theocracy. C) Monarchy. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dictatorship. 47. What happens to a population if the fertility rate is 4.2? (Click the most correct answer) A) The population grows. B) The population decreases. C) The population stays the same. D) The population doubles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The population doubles. 48. Why have many nomadic peoples left the deserts and moved to urban areas over the last 50 years? A) Civil wars drove them from the desert. B) Country borders were redrawn. C) Desert life was too difficult. D) Looking for jobs, especially after the discovery of oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Looking for jobs, especially after the discovery of oil. 49. Which of the following is an example of a "Push Factor" ? A) Cultural attractions in a new location. B) Economic opportunities in a new location. C) Favorable climate in a new location. D) War or violence in the current location. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) War or violence in the current location. 50. What word describes a pyramid shaped diagram that shows the age and gender of a population? A) Population map. B) Standard of living. C) Population pyramid. D) Pyramid graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population pyramid. 51. Which term is defined as 'The number of males per 100 females in a population.'? A) Age Structure. B) Birth Rate. C) Sex Ratio. D) Population Density. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sex Ratio. 52. What is one criticism of Thomas Malthus's theory on overpopulation? A) Ignoring population growth. B) Overestimation of food supply. C) Failure to consider technological innovation. D) Optimistic viewpoint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Failure to consider technological innovation. 53. What specific changes in public health and development does the Epidemiological Transition Model (ETM) focus on? A) Changes in patterns of disease and causes of death. B) Changes in climate and weather patterns. C) Changes in political systems and governance. D) Changes in transportation and infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changes in patterns of disease and causes of death. 54. Why has China recently relaxed the one child policy? A) There are too many men and not enough women. B) The population is now starting to age. C) There are not enough resources for the population. D) Some girls were dumped at orphanages or abandoned as people wanted a boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The population is now starting to age. 55. Fill in the blank:Countries get to Stage 4 when the CBR is equal to the CDR, so the NIR is almost ..... A) Negative. B) Zero. C) High. D) Double. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zero. 56. Fill in the blank:The Colorado River is an example of a resource that is being ..... faster than it can be replenished, according to the passage. A) Depleted. B) Polluted. C) Expanded. D) Protected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depleted. 57. Bagaimana urbanisasi mempengaruhi distribusi populasi? A) Urbanisasi menyebabkan populasi terkonsentrasi di daerah perkotaan sementara menurun di daerah pedesaan. B) Urbanisasi menyebabkan penurunan ukuran populasi secara keseluruhan. C) Urbanisasi tidak memiliki dampak pada tempat tinggal orang. D) Urbanisasi mengarah pada distribusi populasi yang merata di seluruh daerah perkotaan dan pedesaan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urbanisasi menyebabkan populasi terkonsentrasi di daerah perkotaan sementara menurun di daerah pedesaan. 58. Population Growth Rate is defined as A) The average idea of population. B) The number of people living in the world. C) The average number of citizens. D) Explains how fast a given population grows. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explains how fast a given population grows. 59. Decreasing amount of rural farmland is a A) BENEFIT of urbanization. B) CHALLENGE of urbanization. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CHALLENGE of urbanization. 60. The movement of people from cities to rural areas is called: A) Counter-urbanization. B) Internal migration. C) Suburbanization. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counter-urbanization. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 1Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 2Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 3Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 4Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 5Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 6Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 7Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books