This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Geography > Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What led to the Foundation of the U.S.? A) France Gave the 13 colonies its independence. B) Great Britain decided the Colonies should govern themselves. C) The 13 colonies began to resent the British Government and began the American Revolution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 13 colonies began to resent the British Government and began the American Revolution. 2. The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called? A) Cultural Landscape. B) Place. C) Location. D) Human Environment Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Landscape. 3. Under which type of government does the leader NOT usually have the best interest of the people in mind? A) Monarchy. B) Republic. C) Democracy. D) Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dictatorship. 4. What is 'Arteries of circulation'? A) Network of money. B) Network of cyber. C) Network of trade. D) Network of road, railways and waterways. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Network of road, railways and waterways. 5. Which group represents the largest stateless nation in the world? A) Abkhazians. B) Kurds. C) Roma. D) Basque. E) Palestinians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kurds. 6. The art and science of map making is called ..... A) Topography. B) Cartography. C) Physical geography. D) Spatial Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartography. 7. What is the main idea of the following passage? 'As cities grow, they often face challenges such as overcrowding, pollution, and inadequate infrastructure. Urban planners must address these issues to create sustainable environments.' A) Cities are becoming less populated. B) Urban planners have no role in city development. C) Growing cities face various challenges that need solutions. D) Pollution is the only problem cities face. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growing cities face various challenges that need solutions. 8. This refers to the people belonging to the Australian Aboriginal division of humankind: A) Austroloid. B) Negroid. C) Mongoloid. D) Caucasian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Austroloid. 9. In the new global economy, an increasing proportion of influential financial decisions are being made in A) Major corporate centers such as New York, London, and Tokyo. B) The informal sector. C) Regional centers and small towns where fax machines are used. D) The field, close to the sources of agricultural production. E) National capitals because of the increasing importance of the nation state. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Major corporate centers such as New York, London, and Tokyo. 10. Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store? A) Functional. B) Formal. C) Uniform. D) Perceptual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Functional. 11. Which physical feature is located in East Africa? A) Great Rift Valley. B) Congo Basin. C) Cape of Good Hope. D) Sahara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great Rift Valley. 12. Which of the following is the best example of a cultural element being spread by stimulus diffusion? A) The outbreak of influenza in folk regions of Europe. B) Walmart opening in metropolitan urban cores. C) Rock and Roll music in the United Kingdom. D) McDonald's in India serving Maharajah Macs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) McDonald's in India serving Maharajah Macs. 13. Which one of the following is not a source of geographical information? A) Traveller's accounts. B) Old maps. C) Samples of rock materials from the moon. D) Ancient epics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ancient epics. 14. Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately? A) Physical maps. B) General-purpose maps. C) Globes. D) Thematic maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Globes. 15. As they have more contact with popular culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to A) Be subservient to men. B) Bear more children. C) Marry at younger ages. D) Gain more opportunities outside the home. E) Obtain food for the family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gain more opportunities outside the home. 16. Which type of government will have someone use force to as a means to take over as supreme leader? A) Monarchy. B) Oligarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Absolute Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dictatorship. 17. The average number of years a person is expected to live A) Life expectancy. B) Death rate. C) Urbanization. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life expectancy. 18. What is the main drawback of subsistence farming compared to commercial farming? A) There is only enough produced to take care of a family, not build a business. B) The cost to produce anything is too high for subsistence farming. C) The materials needed are too hard for farmers to get. D) There is too much produced for even a business, so it produces too much waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There is only enough produced to take care of a family, not build a business. 19. Name the theme that this statement falls under: "We organize the Earth's areas by their common characteristics." A) Location. B) Regions. C) Place. D) HEI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regions. 20. Which factor helped human being a lot to move from a "state of necessity to a state of freedom" A) A. Technology. B) B. Listening or obeying of nature. C) C. Explorations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Technology. 21. Which seven states claim portions of the South Pole region? A) Germany, Australia, Chile, America, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom. B) Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom. C) China, Taiwan, Italy, France, New Zealand, Vietnam, South Korea. D) Spain, Mexico, Chile, Portugal, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom. 22. What was the main reason why nomads moved from place to place in medieval Arabia? A) To avoid conflict. B) To find resources. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To find resources. 23. The famous hill station kodaikanal lies in A) Palani hills. B) Javadi hills. C) Cardamom hills. D) Nilgiri hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palani hills. 24. What is the term for the way that power shapes the landscape? A) Cultural geography. B) Economic geography. C) Urban geography. D) Political geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political geography. 25. When you are watching tv on your couch, are you having high productivity or low productivity? A) High. B) Low. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low. 26. Which of the following is true about regions in the United States? A) Regions are often different because different cultural groups moved there. B) The regions are all very much alike. C) People from Mexico only live in the Southwest region. D) All regions have the same culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regions are often different because different cultural groups moved there. 27. What is an example of a state? A) Hawaii. B) Cherokee Nation. C) Greenland. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canada. 28. The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates is A) Desertification. B) Aquaculture. C) Environmental modification. D) Desalination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desertification. 29. Geographers usually categorize cultural diffusion into the two broad categories of A) Expansionand hierarchical. B) Contagiousand stimulus. C) Expansionand relocation. D) Migrantand hierarchical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expansionand relocation. 30. The reasons that act as a magnet to bring people to a particular location. A) Secondary Source. B) Primary Source. C) Pull Factor. D) Push Factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pull Factor. 31. An ethnic group is best described as: A) A religious group with shared beliefs. B) A group of people who share a common language, customs, and heritage. C) A group that governs a specific region. D) A political movement based on social equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group of people who share a common language, customs, and heritage. 32. Which of the following are possible ways that diffusion can occur? A) Migration. B) Trade Routes. C) Blending. D) All of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers. 33. Which factor helped the human to conquer nature? A) Intelligence. B) Development of new thoughts. C) Development of technology. D) Discoveries and exploration of new ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development of technology. 34. Which state of India has lowest sex ratio as per recent census? A) Assam. B) Maharashtra. C) Punjab. D) Haryana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Haryana. 35. The physical environment causes social and cultural development. A) Environmental Possibilism. B) Environmental Determinism. C) Cultural Possibilism. D) Cultural Environmentalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environmental Determinism. 36. This ecosystem is common in eastern and northern Siberian. Flora includes mosses, summer flowers, and small shrubs. Animals include wolves, reindeer, foxes and rabbits. A) Highlands. B) Coniferous forest. C) Grasslands. D) Trundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trundra. 37. How does climate relate to population distribution? A) Most people prefer to live in climates that aren't too hot or too cold. B) Hotter places are less populated than colder places. C) Areas with a cold climate are more densely populated than areas with a warm climate. D) Climate does not relate t population distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most people prefer to live in climates that aren't too hot or too cold. 38. Which of the following was the main factor in determining the type of house built by many pioneers? A) Amount of money that was available. B) Number of people available to help. C) Natural resources that were available. D) Type of houses the pioneers wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural resources that were available. 39. Which ocean does not border Asia's coasts? A) The Arctic Ocean. B) He Indian Ocean. C) The Atlantic Ocean. D) The Pacific Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Atlantic Ocean. 40. Which of the following is NOT a necessary criterion for a state? A) Sovereignty. B) Defined boundary. C) Common culture and identity. D) Recognition by other states. E) A permanent populationTagsPSO-4.A.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Common culture and identity. 41. Which religion didn't branch off of Judaism? A) Islam. B) Hinduism. C) Christianity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinduism. 42. Which lines measures horizontally? A) Longitude. B) Latitude. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitude. 43. Naturalisation of humans is also termed as ..... A) Environmental Denterminism. B) Possiblism. C) Neo Determinism. D) Stop and Go Determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Environmental Denterminism. 44. Which of the following things are not created by nature? A) Natural Vegetation. B) Soils. C) Farms. D) Landforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farms. 45. Which essential element of geography explores how people use the resources in their environment? A) World in Spatial Terms. B) Physical Systems. C) Environment and Society. D) Places and Regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environment and Society. 46. Naturalization of humans means A) Low level of technological development. B) High level of technological development. C) Moderate level of technological development. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low level of technological development. 47. Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees A) Longitude. B) Latitude. C) Scale. D) Relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitude. 48. Who would be more likely to live in a tent? A) Nomadic person. B) Settled person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nomadic person. 49. What type of community is near the city but not in the city? These people often live in a house with a backyard. A) Rural. B) Suburbs. C) Urban. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suburbs. 50. The Manchurian Plain is home to one-tenth of the world's population. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. The city of Los Angeles has hot, dry summers and mild, wet winters. This is an example of which kind of climate? A) Arctic climate. B) Temperate climate. C) Mediterranean climate. D) Tropical climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mediterranean climate. 52. What type of location is being described in the following statement: "Ridge View High is located at 4801 Hard Scrabble Road." A) Place. B) Relative location. C) Absolute location. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute location. 53. Prior to 1850 the location of all major North American cities was related, chiefly, to the presence of A) Navigable waterways. B) Defensive sites. C) Transcontinental highways. D) Railroad junctions. E) Water power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navigable waterways. 54. Which of the following is an example of an ethnic group? A) Everyone who goes to your school. B) All of the people who live in a specific country. C) The people who attend your church. D) Members of the Cherokee nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Members of the Cherokee nation. 55. Emigrate means to ..... A) Move away from home. B) Leave one's home to live in another place. C) Enter into another country. D) A new country home where family lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leave one's home to live in another place. 56. Which of the following metaphor is used for isthmus A) Face. B) Neck. C) Snout. D) Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neck. 57. "The entire way of life for a group of people, and a lens that we view the world through." This defines which part of Human Geography? A) Economics. B) Government. C) Natural Resources. D) Culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Culture. 58. "Neither is there a situation of absolute necessity and nor is there a condition of absolute freedom, human beings can conquer nature by obeying it" .Above mentioned lines are correctly defines the concept of- A) Possibilism. B) Determinism. C) Humanism. D) Neo Determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neo Determinism. 59. The push factor that caused Pioneers to migrate. A) No family or home. B) Lack of opportunity. C) Slavery. D) Racism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lack of opportunity. 60. Which of the following is NOT necessarily a characteristic of a world city? A) The presence of international companies. B) There are people from different cultures residing there. C) They are global financial centers. D) They are located on coasts. E) Major global cultural trends start here. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are located on coasts. 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