This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the rate at which the population is growing called? A) Population density. B) Rate of natural increase. C) Death rate. D) Birth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rate of natural increase. 2. A country with very strict roles for women is associated with which level of development? A) Lesser Developed Countries. B) Developing Countries. C) More Developed Countries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lesser Developed Countries. 3. How could population density be described in locations where natural resources are scarce (limited) and trade routes are inaccessible? A) Below average. B) Above average. C) Average. D) Unaffected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Below average. 4. The Ganges River flows through India and which other country? A) Indonesia. B) Japan. C) Sri Lanka. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pakistan. 5. We attract people to live in a new location. For example, we could be a better job or higher wages. What are we? A) Emigration. B) Push factors. C) Pull factors. D) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pull factors. 6. What is the maximum population an environment can support long term with a given set of natural resources called? A) Carrying capacity. B) Sustainability limit. C) Population cap. D) Resource threshold. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carrying capacity. 7. What is the definition of 'Natural increase rate'? Fill in the blank:The natural increase rate is ..... A) The percentage by which a population grows in a year (it does not account for migration). B) The total number of births in a year. C) The difference between immigration and emigration. D) The rate at which a population declines due to deaths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The percentage by which a population grows in a year (it does not account for migration). 8. Which of the following is a pull factor that attracts people to a new country? A) War and conflict. B) Fredom of Speech. C) Poor health services. D) Lack of jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fredom of Speech. 9. What do population pyramids illustrate? A) The geographical distribution of a population. B) The breakdown of the population by age group. C) The historical events affecting a population. D) The economic growth of a country. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The breakdown of the population by age group. 10. The number of babies born per woman in her life time is ..... A) The dependency ratio. B) The birth rate. C) The population growth rate. D) The fertility rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The fertility rate. 11. What is the measure of deaths in a population? A) Death rates. B) Disease rates. C) Fertility rates. D) Birth rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Death rates. 12. Which of the following countries has a negative rate of natural increase? A) Nigeria. B) Mali. C) Russia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia. 13. Australia's life expectancy rate is ranked within the top 5 countries globally A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. How does industrialization typically affect population growth in a country? A) It decreases both birth and death rates immediately. B) It increases birth rates and decreases death rates. C) It decreases death rates, leading to population growth. D) It has no effect on population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It decreases death rates, leading to population growth. 15. ..... is a statistic that tells you how many people live in a certain area. A) Population density. B) Globalization. C) Culture. D) Geo-literacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population density. 16. Which of the following countries is most likely in Stage 2 of the DTM? A) Chad-high birth rates and rapidly declining death rates due to improved sanitation and vaccines. B) Canada-low birth and death rates with a stable population. C) Japan-aging population and shrinking labor force. D) Brazil-declining birth rates and increasing urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chad-high birth rates and rapidly declining death rates due to improved sanitation and vaccines. 17. Making copper wire is associated with which economic sector? A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary. 18. Which pair correctly matches migration terms with direction? A) Immigration means leaving; emigration means entering. B) Immigration means entering; emigration means leaving. C) Both immigration and emigration mean entering. D) Both immigration and emigration mean leaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immigration means entering; emigration means leaving. 19. Who is renowned as 'Father of Population Geography'? A) Karl Marx. B) Tim Cresswell. C) G.T. Trewartha. D) Wilbur Zelinsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) G.T. Trewartha. 20. The name of the large company that controls much of the GMO seed products A) Multisato. B) Monsanto. C) Monstatic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsanto. 21. The major causes of an aging population are a rise in life expectancy and A) Cash benefits for families. B) Drop in birth rates. C) Higher pension pay rates. D) Fewer schools and babies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Drop in birth rates. 22. What role does migration play in population change? A) Migration leads to a decrease in population size. B) Migration plays a crucial role in altering population size and demographic composition. C) Migration only affects economic factors, not demographics. D) Migration has no impact on population dynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Migration plays a crucial role in altering population size and demographic composition. 23. The migration of a large number of people from one place to another in a noticeable pattern. (Fill in the blank with the correct term) A) Migration Flow. B) Population Density. C) Cultural Diffusion. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Migration Flow. 24. The world's most populated country is A) Indonesia. B) India. C) China. D) Nigeria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 25. What is natural increase in population studies? A) Immigrants plus emigrants. B) Average people per household. C) City growth through migration. D) Birth rate minus death rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birth rate minus death rate. 26. What is the main focus of Chapter 4, Lesson 2? A) Population Geography. B) Economic Geography. C) Climate Change. D) Cultural Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population Geography. 27. In the United States, a census is taken every ..... years. A) 10. B) 5. C) 15. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10. 28. Crude birth rate of more than 10 per 1 000 are considered high. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. The time it takes for the world population to go from 3 billion to 6 billion or 6 billion to 12 billion is called A) Doubling time. B) Natural increase. C) Life expectancy. D) Overpopulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Doubling time. 30. A more developed country is most likely associated with which economic sector? A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tertiary. 31. How are people spread out on the earth's surface? A) Evenly. B) Unevenly. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unevenly. 32. In a ..... a king or queen rules the society. A) Monarchy. B) Oligarchy. C) Democracy. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monarchy. 33. ..... percent of soybeans in the US are GMO A) 90. B) 85. C) 80. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 90. 34. According to EG Ravenstein, which of the following is NOT true? A) Migration is most often for economic reasons. B) Most migrants are young adults. C) Most migration is over very long distance. D) Migration occurs in steps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most migration is over very long distance. 35. A decline in a country's crude birth rate would result in an increase in that country's A) Natural increase rate. B) Total fertility rate. C) Doubling time. D) Life expectancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doubling time. 36. What did Thomas Malthus believe? A) The World population would be limited by the amount of food we can produce. B) The World population would be limited by total land resources. C) The World population would be limited by technological high marks. D) The World population would be limited by cultural appropriation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The World population would be limited by the amount of food we can produce. 37. Which continent has the highest number of international migrants? A) Africa. B) Antarctica. C) Europe. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asia. 38. The annual worldwide natural increase rate is A) 12 trillion. B) 12%. C) 12 million. D) 1.2%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1.2%. 39. This is a way to look at demographics of a country. A) Population pyramid. B) A country's borders. C) Birth rates. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population pyramid. 40. A country with a stable government is associated with which level of development? A) Lesser Developed Countries. B) Developing Countries. C) More Developed Countries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More Developed Countries. 41. If a country has a high population density, what does this mean? A) There are many people living in a small amount of space. B) There are few people living in a large amount of space. C) There are many animals in the country. D) The country has a lot of mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There are many people living in a small amount of space. 42. Stage 3 of demographic transition is characterized by moderate growth due to decreasing birth rate and death rate. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. What is the number of live births per thousand population called? A) Death rate. B) Migration rate. C) Birthrate. D) Fertility rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birthrate. 44. Which example best demonstrates a pull factor? A) Somalia is continuing to experience high rates of deaths due to famine. B) The United States has one of the highest average incomes in the world. C) Southern Africa has experienced long-term drought conditions. D) Cuba has been ruled by a military dictator since 1959. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The United States has one of the highest average incomes in the world. 45. Humans are most likely to heavily populate a ..... area. A) Mountaintop. B) Tundra. C) Desert. D) River delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) River delta. 46. Which term describes a person who moves from one country to another? A) Migrant. B) Emigrant. C) Tourist. D) Resident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Migrant. 47. Is it a developed nation or developing nation? Country has a Low Life Expectancy Rate A) Developed Nation. B) Developing Nation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developing Nation. 48. Population Increases when ..... rate is higher than ..... rate A) Birth rate and death rate. B) Birth rate is equal to the death rate. C) Death rate and birth rate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth rate and death rate. 49. Which of the following statements about the experiences refugees face is false? A) Humanitarian aid organizations seek ways to help relocate refugees. B) The cost of health care is a major challenge to host countries of refugees. C) Many refugees are challenged by the need to find employment in their host countries. D) Refugees cannot receive funding from nongovernmental organizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Refugees cannot receive funding from nongovernmental organizations. 50. An oasis is an area in a dry, desert region that has ..... A) Snow. B) Conflict. C) Water. D) Monsoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 51. In which region are some of Africa's most populated cities located? A) Sahara. B) Sahel. C) Savanna. D) Tropical Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Savanna. 52. Trait based on ancestry ..... A) Race. B) Assimilation. C) Ethnicity. D) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethnicity. 53. Over the last 50 years, people have been leaving the nomadic life to live here A) Cities. B) USA. C) Mountains. D) Deserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cities. 54. Which term refers to a group of human beings whose members identify with one another based on common language, culture, or history? A) Minority. B) Religious group. C) Ethnic group. D) Clan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethnic group. 55. Which of the following is NOT something geographers look at when measuring growth? A) Babies born. B) People who have died. C) Movement into an area. D) Amount of rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amount of rainfall. 56. Pro-natalism is a governmental policy that A) Discourages its population to have more children. B) Encourages its population to have more children. C) Encourages growth through migration. D) None of these options. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Encourages its population to have more children. 57. The act of coming to a new country A) Emigration. B) Immigration. C) Internal Migration. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immigration. 58. What effect do the early marriages have on the population? A) Many years of child rearing mean that the population decreases. B) Few years of child rearing mean that the population increases. C) Few years of child rearing mean that the population decreases. D) Many years of child rearing mean that the population increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many years of child rearing mean that the population increases. 59. What is overpopulation? A) When a country has a high standard of living. B) When the birth rate is lower than the death rate. C) When people consume more resources than necessary. D) When the number of people exceeds the resources available. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the number of people exceeds the resources available. 60. Which disease is associated with Stage 2:Receding pandemics in the epidemiologic transition? A) Malaria. B) Cholera. C) Influenza. D) The Black Plague. 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