This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What 2 rates do you need to consider when calculating population growth in a country? A) Birth Rate and Life Expectancy. B) Birth Rate and Death Rate. C) Infant Mortality and Fertility Rates. D) Literacy Rate and GDP. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Birth Rate and Death Rate. 2. What is "Zero Population Growth (ZPG)" ? A) When immigration stops. B) When birth rates exceed death rates. C) When population declines rapidly. D) When the number of births equals the number of deaths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When the number of births equals the number of deaths. 3. Which of the following might be considered an optimistic affect of rapid population growth? A) Increased levels of government. B) Housing shortage. C) Food shortage. D) Increased levels of technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increased levels of technology. 4. Factors that we consider when measuring the change in a nation's population are (births-deaths)+ A) Immigration-emigration. B) Births-immigration. C) Births-immigration. D) Immigration-births. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigration-emigration. 5. The world's population is currently at 6 billion and will reach 15 billion by 1950 A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. Fill in the blank:According to Neo-Malthusians, overpopulation and overconsumption may lead to resource ..... and/or environmental degradation. A) Depletion. B) Creation. C) Abundance. D) Expansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depletion. 7. The number of deaths per thousand of population per year is called A) Infant mortality rate. B) Death rate. C) Birth rate. D) Population growth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Death rate. 8. The total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a given year. A) Economic System. B) Free Enterprise Economy. C) Democracy. D) Gross Domestic Product. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gross Domestic Product. 9. A Broad-based pyramid is also known as a A) Beehive pyramid. B) Triangular pyramid. C) Rectangular pyramid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Triangular pyramid. 10. When people describe Population density, 1) ..... settings have higher population density and 2) ..... settings have lower population density. A) Rural2) Suburban. B) Rural2) Urban. C) Suburban2) Urban. D) Urban2) Rural. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urban2) Rural. 11. What do pull factors cause people to do? A) To leave an area. B) To travel temporarily. C) To stay in an area. D) To come to an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To come to an area. 12. What is also called the death rate, the number of deaths per thousand called? A) Migration rate. B) Birth rate. C) Mortality rate. D) Fertility rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mortality rate. 13. The African Union was created to: A) Control all African militaries. B) Promote political unity and economic cooperation. C) Regulate all trade with Europe. D) Organize cultural festivals only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Promote political unity and economic cooperation. 14. The enslavement of Africans who were then shipped to the Americas is an example of cultural change being caused by forced A) Migration. B) Assimilation. C) Diffusion. D) Labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Labor. 15. Higher Wages (Earning more money) A) Push Factor. B) Pull Factor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pull Factor. 16. All five of the early culture hearths, or centers where cultures developed and from which ideas and traditions spread outward, were located near a major river or source of water. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What is a pull factor? A) A cart that needs pulling. B) The movement of people from one area to another. C) Something that draws people into another area. D) Something that draws people from an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something that draws people into another area. 18. What is one reason poorer countries tend to have higher birth rates than developed countries? A) Better healthcare. B) Cultural beliefs about marriage and family. C) Higher income levels. D) Advanced technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural beliefs about marriage and family. 19. What does the word 'geo' mean in geography? A) Study. B) Describe. C) Surface. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth. 20. What are the environmental implications of overpopulation? A) The environmental implications of overpopulation include resource depletion, pollution, habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, pressure on infrastructure, waste production, and climate change. B) Reduced waste production. C) Enhanced biodiversity. D) Increased access to resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The environmental implications of overpopulation include resource depletion, pollution, habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, pressure on infrastructure, waste production, and climate change. 21. What does the Epidemiological Transition Model show? A) The average number of years a person is expected to live. B) The number of deaths per 1, 000 people in a population. C) How birth rates change as countries develop. D) How causes of death change as countries develop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How causes of death change as countries develop. 22. What is the population of Wales? A) 4 million. B) 3.17 million. C) 2.5 million. D) 5.2 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.17 million. 23. Which kind of factor causes someone to move based on a good characteristics of another place that draws them there? A) Push Factor. B) Pull Factor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pull Factor. 24. What is a system for describing city growth in terms of distinctive zones that develop from the central city outward in circles? A) Demographic Transition Model. B) Concentric Zone Model. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concentric Zone Model. 25. If we are looking for population growth, would the population percentage increase or decrease? A) Increase. B) Decrease. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increase. 26. ..... is most populated continent in the planet A) Asia. B) Europe. C) Africa. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 27. Which of the following is a benefit to settling near a mountain range? A) Make travel to other lands less complicated. B) Provide natural protection against enemy invasion. C) Provide flat, fertile soil for planting crops. D) Has beautiful scenery and hiking opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Provide natural protection against enemy invasion. 28. Stage 5:Nations in the hypothetical Stage 5 of the DTM are characterized by which demographic indicators? A) Aging population, shrinking workforce, negative RNI. B) Young population, expanding workforce, high RNI. C) Stable population, balanced workforce, zero RNI. D) Rapidly growing population, increasing workforce, positive RNI. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aging population, shrinking workforce, negative RNI. 29. Those 0-14 and 65+ are usually classified as? A) Baby Boomers. B) Dependents. C) Working Age. D) Independents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependents. 30. Which of the following is referred by population pyramid? A) Age structure. B) Sex structure. C) Population growth. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 31. Which statement best describes brain drain? A) Movement of tourists for short vacations. B) Rapid growth of city housing developments. C) Loss of skilled workers to other countries. D) Increase of elderly people in rural areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loss of skilled workers to other countries. 32. The cutting down of selected trees in a forest so the growth of other trees is not affected. A) Controlled Burn. B) Thinning. C) Clear Cutting. D) Selective Cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Selective Cutting. 33. A country that does not have access to an ocean or large body of water. A) Balkanized. B) Exclave. C) Landlocked. D) Portless. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Landlocked. 34. A ruler with complete control over their nation and it's people with no consent from the people. A) A Democracy. B) A Dictatorship. C) Oligarchy. D) A Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Dictatorship. 35. Describe the process of suburbanization. A) Suburbanization refers to the movement of people from urban areas to other urban areas. B) Suburbanization involves the movement of people from cities to residential areas on the outskirts of urban centers. C) Suburbanization involves the expansion of industrial areas within cities. D) Suburbanization is the process of people moving from rural areas to urban centers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suburbanization involves the movement of people from cities to residential areas on the outskirts of urban centers. 36. Why might a country with a high population density face challenges? A) There is more available land per person. B) Resources may become scarce. C) There are fewer people to work. D) It is easier to provide services. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resources may become scarce. 37. Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model is associated with a stable or slowly increasing population? A) Stage 3. B) Stage 4. C) Stage 2. D) Stage 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stage 4. 38. Which of the following is Asian Arab country? A) Syria. B) Egypt. C) Jordan. D) A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and C. 39. Damascus, Syria developed into a city because of its location A) In an oasis. B) On a fall line. C) On a hill. D) On an island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In an oasis. 40. This is the average number of people living in an area A) Population density. B) Carrying capacity. C) Push Factor. D) Pull Factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population density. 41. Which continent has the highest population? (a) A) North America. B) Africa. C) A. Asia. D) Europe. E) Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. Asia. 42. What is a graphic device that shows sex and age distribution of population called? A) Pie chart. B) Bar graph. C) Population pyramid. D) Scatter plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population pyramid. 43. Which of these factors do NOT go in to determining a country's standard of living? A) Education level. B) Available medical treatment. C) Total land area of the country. D) Nutrition levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Total land area of the country. 44. The 1961 Antarctica Treaty is important because it: A) Divides Antarctica into countries. B) Preserves Antarctica for scientific research and bans military activity. C) Promotes commercial mining in Antarctica. D) Creates a global fishing zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preserves Antarctica for scientific research and bans military activity. 45. If your ancestors migrated to the United States during the 1840s and 1850s, barring any other evidence, you might strongly suspect that they originated in A) Spain or Portugal. B) Norway or England. C) Italy or Poland. D) Ireland or Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ireland or Germany. 46. The first president of the US was George Washington. He can be found on the ..... bill. A) Twenty dollar. B) Ten dollar. C) Five dollar. D) One dollar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One dollar. 47. Which location on the map has the largest population? A) Indian Ocean. B) Borneo. C) East Timor. D) Java. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Java. 48. How does the demographic transition model explain change over time in the population of a country or region? A) By tracking life expectancy. B) By measuring the annual number of live births per 1, 000 people. C) By tracking birthrates and death rates. D) By measuring the immigration rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By tracking birthrates and death rates. 49. What is the term for the permanent or semipermanent movement of individuals between countries? A) Transnational Migration. B) Urbanization. C) Internal Displacement. D) Circular Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transnational Migration. 50. The permanent or semipermanent movement of individuals within a country. What is this called? A) Emigration. B) Internal Migration. C) External Migration. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal Migration. 51. The number of births per year for every 1000 people A) Natural increase. B) Death Rate. C) Birth Rate. D) Doubling time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Birth Rate. 52. What term describes the number of people living per unit of area, such as per square kilometer or mile? A) Population Distribution. B) Population Density. C) Demographic Transition. D) Migration PatternTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population Density. 53. We are people who leave a country to live somewhere else. Who are we? A) Tourists. B) Emigrants. C) Migrants. D) Refugees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emigrants. 54. What does CBR stand for? A) Crude Birth Rate. B) Cumulative Birth Rate. C) Current Birth Rate. D) Crude Base Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crude Birth Rate. 55. Stage 4 of the epidemiologic transition is characterized by delayed degenerative diseases and medical advances that ..... life. A) Complicate. B) Endanger. C) Prolong. D) Shorten. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prolong. 56. The # of children who do not survive to one year of age per 1, 000 people is known as the A) Crude Death Rate. B) Infant Mortality Rate. C) Dependency Ratio. D) Total Fertility Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infant Mortality Rate. 57. What is one of the main reasons people migrate from rural to urban areas? A) To find better job opportunities. B) To live in colder climates. C) To stay close to family. D) To escape from cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To find better job opportunities. 58. Since WWII Australia has welcomed more than ..... migrants A) 950, 000. B) 100, 000. C) 7 Million. D) 112 Million. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7 Million. 59. Which of the following is a negative consequence of rapid population growth? A) Environmental issues. B) Increased economic development. C) More job opportunities. D) Decreased pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental issues. 60. Rate of Natural Increase (RNI):How is the Rate of Natural Increase (RNI) calculated? A) By subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate. B) By adding the crude birth rate and crude death rate. C) By dividing the crude birth rate by the crude death rate. D) By multiplying the crude birth rate and crude death rate. 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