This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fill in the blank:The largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can support is called ..... A) Ecological Footprint. B) Birth Rate. C) Population Density. D) Carrying Capacity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carrying Capacity. 2. Differentiate between urban and rural population. A) Urban population resides in rural areas, while rural population resides in urban areas. B) Urban population resides in cities and towns, while rural population resides in the countryside or remote areas. C) Urban population has less access to amenities compared to rural population. D) Urban population is less densely populated than rural population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urban population resides in cities and towns, while rural population resides in the countryside or remote areas. 3. Families in Asia, Africa, and Latin America traditionally large because of cultural beliefs about marriage and family. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. The United States has good medical services available to most and promotes healthy reproductive habits. Where does the U.S. stand in the demographic transition model? A) High Stationary (Stage 1). B) Early Expanding (Stage 2). C) Low Stationary (Stage 4). D) Late Expanding (Stage 3). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low Stationary (Stage 4). 5. In which stage of the ETM do chronic diseases become the main causes of death? A) Stage 3. B) Stage 4. C) Stage 1. D) Stage 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage 3. 6. What does a Resettlement Program do? A) Moves People out of Overcrowded Cities. B) Helps Keep Populations Under Carrying Capacities. C) Helps Immigrants with the Immigration Process. D) Forces People to Leave Their Homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Helps Immigrants with the Immigration Process. 7. Which term refers to someone who is forced to leave their home country due to fear of persecution or violence? A) Emigrant. B) Migrant. C) Refugee. D) Immigrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Refugee. 8. What two key characteristics of a population does a population pyramid visually represent? A) Age and gender. B) Income and education. C) Occupation and ethnicity. D) Birth rate and death rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Age and gender. 9. Where do the majority of people on Earth live? A) Europe. B) North America. C) Asia. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asia. 10. How would you describe a Less Developed Country? A) A country that has begun transitioning from primarily agricultural to primarily manufacturing. B) Also known as a developing country, a country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development. C) A country characterized by high income per person. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Also known as a developing country, a country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development. 11. There are many ..... in Hawaii. Some are active and some are dormant. A) Rivers. B) Volcanoes. C) Lakes. D) Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcanoes. 12. Crowded neighborhoods, where people live in extreme poverty; they are often dirty and unsafe A) City. B) Town. C) Slum. D) Suburb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slum. 13. Climate change is mostly caused by the accumulation of which gas A) Sulfur dioxide. B) Ozone. C) Hydrogen. D) Carbon dioxide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide. 14. Neo-Malthusians believe that overpopulation alone is responsible for environmental degradation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Relatively few Chinese have had more than one child since the policy was changed as they are now used to small families and fear the cost of additional children. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. High infant mortality and poor sanitation are not common consequences of Stage 5. A) Balanced population growth and resource stability are not typical of Stage 5. B) High birth rates and rapid population growth are common in Stage 5. C) Increased urbanization and industrialization are typical of Stage 5. D) High levels of infant mortality and poor sanitation are characteristic of Stage 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Balanced population growth and resource stability are not typical of Stage 5. 17. A temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially following WWII. A) Death rate. B) High fertility rate. C) Birth rate. D) Baby boom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baby boom. 18. What process do plants use to create food energy? A) Photosynthesis. B) Respiration. C) Fermentation. D) Oxidation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 19. Yaren is the capital of A) Benin. B) Guyana. C) Palau. D) Nauru. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nauru. 20. What is a common characteristic of countries in Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model? A) High birth and death rates. B) Low birth and death rates. C) High birth and low death rates. D) High death and low birth rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low birth and death rates. 21. What does the term 'latitude' refer to? A) The distance between two points on a map. B) The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. C) The distance north or south of the Equator (colder at the North and South Poles). D) The angle of the sun's rays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The distance north or south of the Equator (colder at the North and South Poles). 22. The current president is Joe Biden. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. The shape of a country's population pyramid A) Is determined primarily by the combination of its crude birth rate and its crude growth rate. B) Is determined primarily by its crude birth rate. C) Has no correlation to its crude death rate. D) Cannot be used to estimate the country's sex ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is determined primarily by its crude birth rate. 24. Being landlocked is a disadvantage because: A) It provides more coastline for fishing. B) It makes international travel easier. C) It limits access to sea trade routes. D) It increases opportunities for naval power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It limits access to sea trade routes. 25. Identify the type of migration described:movement within the same country. A) Rural to urban migration. B) International. C) Domestic (internal). D) Seasonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domestic (internal). 26. What are reasons why people migrate called? A) Push-pull factors. B) Border laws. C) Migration zones. D) Travel incentives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Push-pull factors. 27. Which city was on the Trans-Siberian Railroad? A) Siwa. B) Sacramento. C) Novosibirsk. D) Omaha. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Novosibirsk. 28. Which of the following is an impact of migration on urban areas? A) Decreased housing prices. B) Improved air quality. C) Less cultural diversity. D) Increased population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased population density. 29. Which country has a larger proportion of older people compared to another country, according to population pyramids? A) Japan compared to India. B) India compared to Japan. C) Brazil compared to Canada. D) Canada compared to Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan compared to India. 30. The dependency ratio is most useful for indicating the A) Reliance of a country on imported fossil fuels. B) Degree of gender equality within a country. C) Relationship between the total fertility rate and the infant mortality rate. D) Percentage of foreign ownership within the secondary sector of a country's economy. E) Relationship between the potential labor force and the remainder of a country's population. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Relationship between the potential labor force and the remainder of a country's population. 31. Ravenstein's Laws of Migration can be summed up as: A) Most migrants move short distances, migration occurs in steps, and urban areas attract long-distance migrants. B) Migration is always voluntary and never forced. C) All migration is from rural to rural areas only. D) Migration patterns are random and unpredictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most migrants move short distances, migration occurs in steps, and urban areas attract long-distance migrants. 32. I am the average number of people living in an area. You can express me as persons per square mile. What am I? A) Death rate. B) Population density. C) Migration rate. D) Birth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population density. 33. What does zero population mean? A) The birth rates and death rates are equal. B) The birth rates are higher than death rates. C) The death rates are higher than birth rates. D) The birth rates are not equal to death rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The birth rates and death rates are equal. 34. What is Crop Rotation? A) Growing multiple or different types of crops in the same area in different seasons. B) Crop growing then chaging after a day. C) Every two. D) Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Growing multiple or different types of crops in the same area in different seasons. 35. A government is an organization that keeps order, set rules, and provide services for a society. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. If a country's birth rate and death rate are almost equal, what will happen to the population? A) Increase quickly. B) Double every year. C) Stay about the same. D) Decrease quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stay about the same. 37. If a country is experiencing a decline in both birth and death rates, which stage of the Demographic Transition Model is it likely in? A) Stage 1. B) Stage 2. C) Stage 4. D) Stage 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stage 3. 38. What are "Population Pyramids" ? A) Diagrams showing migration patterns. B) Charts showing age and sex distribution of a population. C) Maps of population density. D) Graphs of birth and death rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charts showing age and sex distribution of a population. 39. Which of the following languages is a word language? A) Japanese. B) Dutch. C) Arabic. D) French. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arabic. 40. What policy might a government implement to control a rapidly increasing population? A) Tax Incentives for Large Families. B) Subsidized Housing for Families. C) Free Education for All Children. D) Anti-natal policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anti-natal policies. 41. Countries that are more developed have lower birth rates than countries that are less developed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. How have immigrants impacted the United States? A) They have brought new holidays. B) They have brought new foods. C) They have brought new cultures and ideas. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 43. Why is the city of Timbuktu important? A) It has a land bridge. B) Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. C) On the Trans-Saharan trade route. D) On the Silk Road. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the Trans-Saharan trade route. 44. Which of these is a cause of internal conflict within countries? A) Shared language only. B) Disputes over political control and ethnic identity. C) Uniform economic prosperity. D) Natural disasters only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disputes over political control and ethnic identity. 45. Refugees are people who flee to escape ..... or disaster. A) Celebration. B) Persecution. C) Employment. D) Vacation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Persecution. 46. A country that has a High Literacy Rate (greater than about 95%) A) More Developed Country. B) Less Developed Country. C) Newly Industrialized Country. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More Developed Country. 47. Refers to an idea in which population compromises in a growing percentage of growing people. A) Amenities. B) Aging population. C) Population density. D) Population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aging population. 48. The movement to one part of something to another. A) Maturation. B) Emigration. C) Migration. D) Immigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Migration. 49. When the first synchronous census in India was held? A) 1951. B) 1872. C) 1945. D) 1881. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1881. 50. What is the Arab world? A) A continent in Europe. B) A region with 22 Arabic-speaking countries. C) A type of ancient civilization. D) A historical empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A region with 22 Arabic-speaking countries. 51. The place where cultures first developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward is called what? A) Cultural Diffusion. B) Culture Hearth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Culture Hearth. 52. What term describes people moving from one country to another? A) Urbanisation. B) Immigration. C) Migration. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Migration. 53. Two countries are compared:Country X has high birth rates, high death rates. Country Y has low birth rates, low death rates. Which is most likely true? A) Country X grows faster than Country Y. B) Country Y grows faster than Country X. C) Both grow at the same rate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Country Y grows faster than Country X. 54. What is the term for migration within a country? A) Rural migration. B) International migration. C) Internal migration. D) Urban migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internal migration. 55. What are the challenges faced by rural populations? A) Overpopulation leading to increased competition for resources. B) Limited access to healthcare, education, employment opportunities, infrastructure, and technology. C) Lack of access to fast food chains, shopping malls, and entertainment venues. D) Abundant access to healthcare, education, employment opportunities, infrastructure, and technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Limited access to healthcare, education, employment opportunities, infrastructure, and technology. 56. Birth rates in some areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America have been slow to decline because of cultural beliefs regarding larger families. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 57. This kind of farming provides for the basic needs of the farmer's family, with little or nothing left over to sell- A) Irrigation. B) Subsistence. C) Deforestation. D) Desertification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsistence. 58. Shantytowns often form when people flock to areas looking for work or a better way of life. Which area is NOT experiencing this problem? A) Northern Europe. B) Africa. C) Asia. D) Latin America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern Europe. 59. Physiological density is the number of A) Acres of farmland per the total area of a country. B) Farmers per area of farmland. C) People per area suitable for agriculture. D) People per area of flatland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People per area suitable for agriculture. 60. In population distribution, what is the opposite of sparse? A) Thick. B) Uneven. C) Even. D) Dense. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dense. ← 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