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 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Non-renewable resources cannot be replaced once they are consumed A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. What is one or more features that make an area different from those around it? A) Region. B) Formal region. C) Perceptual region. D) Functional region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Formal region. 3. People from many different countries live in New York City. Children speaking many different languagesattend its public schools.Why does New York City have so many different languages? A) It has an efficient transportation system. B) It is the site of the United Nations headquarters. C) It is a port of entry for people from other parts of the world. D) It has a higher wage rate than other United States cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is a port of entry for people from other parts of the world. 4. In which zone of the city are land prices the highest? A) CBD. B) Low Class Housing (Inner City). C) Middle Class Housing (Suburbs). D) High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe). E) The land prices are the same in each zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CBD. 5. When Marco Polo how difficult the land was to navigate in Mongolia, he was showing his interest in ..... geography. A) Physical. B) Human. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical. 6. What is the largest body of water on the planet? A) Indian Ocean. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) Pacific Ocean. D) Coral Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific Ocean. 7. The students at Smith Elementary are working on a recycling project. How will this effort directly impact theenvironment? A) The students might win a community service award. B) Less waste will end up in landfills. C) The students will feel good about themselves. D) These students may become future environmental leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less waste will end up in landfills. 8. A city and its suburbs that form a large urban area are called: A) Metropolitan area. B) Dictatorship. C) Central business district. D) Regional system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metropolitan area. 9. Which map element identifies the topic of the map? A) Compass. B) Scale. C) Title. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Title. 10. If it's midnight at the Prime Meridian, then what time is it at the International Date Line? A) Noon. B) 9 AM. C) 6 AM. D) Midnight of the previous day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noon. 11. What type of community has a decent amount of land? A) Rural. B) Suburbs. C) Urban. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rural. 12. What causes the most water and air pollution? A) People. B) Animals. C) Ocean currents. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People. 13. What is the term for the meaning we give a location and the sense of belonging we derive from constructing a place physically and in our minds? A) Toponym. B) Scale. C) Region. D) Perceptual region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Toponym. 14. Cultural landscape is closest in meaning to which of the following? A) Built environment. B) Environmental determinism. C) Nonmaterial culture. D) Cultural ecology. E) Physical environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Built environment. 15. Which of the following does NOT act as a centrifugal force for a state? A) A fragmented territorial base. B) Linguistic homogeneity. C) Uneven development. D) A strong tradition of local governance. E) Substate nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Linguistic homogeneity. 16. What is the largest multinational state? A) Russia. B) Indonesia. C) USA. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 17. Which term refers to what happens when cities grow larger and spread into surrounding areas? A) Urbanization. B) Pollution. C) Population density. D) Population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urbanization. 18. Which map element identifies the ratio between distance on the map and distance in the real world? A) Legend. B) Scale. C) Compass. D) Title. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scale. 19. What type of economy is the US? A) Traditional. B) Mixed Economy. C) Command Economy. D) Market Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixed Economy. 20. The llama and alpaca were first domesticated in A) Western Europe. B) Southeast Asia. C) Central Asia. D) Latin America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latin America. 21. Which one of the following is not a Culture Trait? A) Language. B) Food. C) Physical Features. D) Norms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical Features. 22. Which of the following best describes the concept of "cultural landscape" in geography? A) The natural environment untouched by human activity. B) The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape. C) A region defined by its climate and vegetation. D) The study of landforms and their processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The visible imprint of human activity on the landscape. 23. A geographic factor that contributes to a higher population is A) Rocky soil. B) Extreme climate. C) Living far from water. D) Fertile soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fertile soil. 24. What is the term for a region that's united by how people think about or see it? A) Legal region. B) Formal region. C) Perceptual region. D) Administrative region. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perceptual region. 25. What does the field of urban geography study? A) The distribution of power and resources in cities. B) The economic opportunities in rural areas. C) The physical features of urban areas. D) The cultural expressions of different regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The distribution of power and resources in cities. 26. This is an idea or innovation that spreads by moving from larger to smaller places, often with little regard to the distance between places, and often influence by social elites A) Contagious Diffusion. B) Hierarchical Diffusion. C) Relocation Diffusion. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hierarchical Diffusion. 27. What river flows north and is the main water source in a very arid region? A) Nile River. B) Niger River. C) Congo River. D) Zambezi River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nile River. 28. What physical feature do people usually settle around? A) Mountains. B) Prairies. C) Deserts. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 29. What are the 2 most spoken languages in the U.S.? A) English & Japanese. B) English & French. C) English & Spanish. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) English & Spanish. 30. The busiest waterway in Europe. Connects industrial regions to the North Sea and runs through the most populated region of Europe A) Rivers in Western Europe. B) Tagus River. C) Rhine River. D) Danube River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhine River. 31. Dragonback Way, Frisco, TX 75034 is an example of what kind of location? A) Absolute. B) Relative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absolute. 32. Which statement about globalization is correct? A) Globalization is always a smooth and easy process. B) Because of globalization, only a handful of the world cultures now exist. C) Globalization helps spread ideas and innovations. D) Virtually everyone around the world welcomes globalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Globalization helps spread ideas and innovations. 33. Which economic activity would intellectual occupations which are advanced and specialized such as thinking, research and developing new ideas fall under? A) Primary. B) Tertiary. C) Quaternary. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quaternary. 34. Which of the following metaphor is used for river? A) Snout. B) Mouth. C) Face. D) Eye. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mouth. 35. What role does 'globalization' play in human geography? A) It leads to the isolation of cultures. B) It promotes the spread of ideas and goods across the world. C) It restricts international trade. D) It focuses on local traditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It promotes the spread of ideas and goods across the world. 36. Single, self interested person who uses force to stay in power best describes the leadership from which type of government? A) Democracy. B) Monarchy. C) Oligarchy. D) Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dictatorship. 37. Which of the following are the major components of the earth? A) Physical environment. B) Human beings. C) Both a) and b). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a) and b). 38. All of the following are aspects of commercial agriculture EXCEPT A) A heavy reliance on machinery. B) The product is consumed off the farm. C) There is little relationship to other businesses. D) A small percentage of the workforce is engaged directly in agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is little relationship to other businesses. 39. Can people's standard of living be different? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 40. Which of the following are characteristics of economically developing nations? A) Low GDP. B) Limited economic activity. C) Residents struggle to provide basic needs. D) All of these answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these answers. 41. Which characteristic of a place is most important in determining centrality or isolation? A) Toponym. B) Pattern. C) Relative Location. D) Absolute Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relative Location. 42. Demarcated boundaries can be described as what? A) Drawn on a map. B) Established by legal documents. C) Identified by physical objects. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Identified by physical objects. 43. India, China and Nigeria together forms ..... of the total growth of the world's urban population. A) 38. B) 37. C) 36. D) 35. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 37. 44. Which school of thought is mainly concerned with social well being of people? A) Radical. B) Welfare. C) Behavioural. D) Possibilism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Welfare. 45. Hong Kong is a ..... A) Semi-Autonomous Region. B) Nation-State. C) Multistate Nation. D) Autonomous Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autonomous Region. 46. What type of government is ruled by the people? A) Dictatorship. B) Culture. C) Monarchy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Democracy. 47. The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as: A) GIS. B) ENSO. C) OPEC. D) GPS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GIS. 48. Which sub-field of geography is called Demography? A) Population Geography. B) Rural Geography. C) Urban Geography. D) Gender Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population Geography. 49. What theme of geography deals with the transport of goods around the world? A) Location. B) Region. C) Human environment interaction. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement. 50. In which period grand generalizations and the applicability of universal theories became popular in geographical studies? A) 1970s. B) 1990s. C) 1850s. D) 1920s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1990s. 51. People with common racial, national, tribal, religious, or cultural backgroundExample:Indians, Spanish, and Chinese A) Custom. B) History. C) Ethnic group. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethnic group. 52. Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study. What type of region would a corn field be? A) Functional. B) Vernacular. C) Perceptual. D) Formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Formal. 53. An outward display of culture. Like a fist bump, high five, kisses on the cheek. A) Language. B) History. C) Custom. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Custom. 54. In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of A) Large heterogeneous groups. B) Indigenous groups. C) Groups that have little interaction with other groups. D) Small homogeneous groups. E) Groups living in isolated areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Large heterogeneous groups. 55. A political border that is established by a physical geographic feature such as a mountain range or a river is a A) Ethnic boundary. B) Geometric boundary. C) Cultural boundary. D) Natural boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural boundary. 56. The United States is the most powerful economy in the World A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 57. Shifting cultivation is most commonly found in which climate region? A) Warm temperate. B) Tropical. C) Dry. D) Polar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dry. 58. The term used to describe the volume of water used to produce everything that a person consumes in one year is ..... per capita. A) Factual. B) Mutual. C) Actual. D) Virtual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Virtual. 59. In which period Imperial and trade interests prompted the discovery and exploration of new areas. A) 1990s. B) Late 1950s to the late 1960s. C) Later colonial period. D) Early colonial period. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Early colonial period. 60. Corn was first domesticated in A) Northern Argentina. B) The Tibetan Plateau. C) Central Mexico. D) The Canadian Prairie. 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