Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope Quiz 13 (60 MCQs)

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1. The most important reason why most people in North China grow crops other than wet rice is
2. To enter and live in a new country
3. Choose the sentence that best describes a 'megacity':
4. Geography of tourism is a sub field of
5. Pre-existing boundaries, commonly corresponding to physical features such as rivers, lakes and mountains are called .....
6. What kind of resource can be totally replaced?
7. Population density measures:
8. Describing trees that shed their leaves in the autumn
9. According to Christaller's central place model, which of the following would most likely have the smallest range?
10. Something that attracts people to an areaExamples:to be with family and friends, attend universities, or better jobsPeople move to certain areas so their basic needs can be met.
11. When a state has ..... , it means it had control over its internal affairs without interference from other states. It is independent.
12. Which of the following country below does not have "Indo Aryan" as its major Ethnic Group?
13. Which of these is a pull factor?
14. Which period provided impetus to further explorations in order to access the resources of the regions and to obtain inventoried information?
15. What is the significance of place names in relation to power?
16. Which of the following is an example of a 'pull factor' in migration?
17. Eastern Russia is considered part of Southeast Asia.
18. A rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their value is known as this
19. All of the following are ways people modify the environment EXCEPT
20. What is the role of economic geography?
21. Concept which reflects a middle path between the two ideas of determinism and Possibilism
22. What is free trade?
23. What is the definition of nation?
24. Which of the following is not an example of Mediterranean agriculture?
25. Something that makes people want to leave their current location.
26. Which element of geography is concerned with the characteristics, distributions, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface
27. Which of the following is not a Cultural Institution?
28. Psephology is sister disciplines of which sub fields of human geography
29. Concept which reflects a middle path(Madhyam Marg) between the two ideas ofenvironmental determinism and possibilism.
30. Government control of the factors of production is
31. Name the model:Business agglomerates in the CBD, surrounding this is the zone of transition that is dominated by older housing, flats and light industry. This zone includes a large proportion of ethnic minorities. Better housing would be found further out in the suburbs. FInally, the commutor zone extended beyond the city (counterurbanisation)
32. Uses natural resources or raw materials
33. Communist governments often turn into this type of government after power struggles occur
34. A pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
35. What event caused most people to go from working in their homes to working in factories?
36. 'The neo-determinism conceptually attempts to create imbalance nullifying the either or dichotomy'.
37. The world's three major monotheistic religions originated in which of the following regions
38. Which economic system has NO government involvement? Businesses and consumers make all of the choices?
39. A military leader who becomes the head of a country, often by force:
40. The spread of material and non-material characteristics from one culture to another
41. Which of the following best defines movement?
42. Textile valley of Tamil Nadu is .....
43. McMohan line is an international boundary between
44. ..... dam was constructed across the river Thenpennai in Chengum taluk.
45. Which of the following is not an example of a culture trait?
46. The understanding of concepts of friction and heat helped us discover .....
47. Which subfield of human geography examines markers of identity across space?
48. What type of location is being described in the statement: "Kenya is south of Ethiopia and Sudan" ?
49. These are features that occur naturally. (Examples:rivers, lakes, dunes, mountains)
50. When Marco Polo wrote about the Mongolian tribe known as the Tartars, he was showing his interest in ..... geography.
51. Neo Determinism is also known as
52. Citizens are allowed to vote on laws
53. According to the concentric zone model, a city develops in a series of
54. Which early civilization developed along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
55. Which of these causes is a pull factor?
56. Push factors are things that drive people away from areas
57. Which is an example of cultural convergence
58. What have the boys been trying to collect from the forest?
59. Fishing, Mining, Farming, and Forestry are examples of what economic activity?
60. ..... is the process of settlement, formation, expansion, and change.