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 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best defines 'sustainability' in human geography? A) The ability to maintain economic growth indefinitely. B) The practice of using resources in a way that does not deplete them for future generations. C) The emphasis on cultural preservation. D) The focus on technological advancements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The practice of using resources in a way that does not deplete them for future generations. 2. In this style of government the people govern themselves by voting on individual issues directly. A) Representative Democracy. B) Totalitarianism. C) Direct Democracy. D) Constitutional Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct Democracy. 3. Which economic system is usually seen as the MOST FAIR for all groups involved (government, business, and consumers)? A) Traditional. B) Command. C) Market. D) Mixed Market. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed Market. 4. What is the main focus of human geography? A) The study of Earth's physical features. B) The analysis of human activities and their relationship to the environment. C) The exploration of outer space. D) The examination of geological processes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The analysis of human activities and their relationship to the environment. 5. What kind of economy is distributed mainly through families? A) Market economy. B) Traditional economy. C) Mixed ecomony. D) Command economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traditional economy. 6. One thing that was not an impact on the United States based on Immigration. A) Housing Styles. B) Many different types of food. C) Many different clothing styles. D) One type of religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One type of religion. 7. Which of the following approach marked by the use of computers and sophisticated statistical tools A) Regional analysis. B) Areal differentiations. C) Spatial organization. D) Exploration & description. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spatial organization. 8. People who consider themselves part of a stateless nation share all of the following characteristics EXCEPT A) A similar ethnic identity. B) A religion that most people practice. C) A formal government recognized by other countries. D) A history that people remember. E) A widely spoken language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A formal government recognized by other countries. 9. Which one of the following is not an approach in human geography? A) Spatial organization. B) Quantitative revolution. C) Exploration and description. D) Areal differentiation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quantitative revolution. 10. Folk cultures are spread primarily by A) Hierarchical diffusion. B) Relocation diffusion. C) Contagious diffusion. D) Stimulus diffusion. E) Epidemic diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relocation diffusion. 11. What is the process by which nations, cultures, and economies mix? A) Globalization. B) Urbanization. C) Transportation. D) Civilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Globalization. 12. Which of The Five Themes of Geography does this statement describe: "How people shape, change, and depend on the environment." A) Movement. B) Location. C) HEI. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HEI. 13. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Which of the following is an example of the spatial analysis tradition in geography? A) A checkerboard pattern created by agricultural use of land. B) The number of ships constructed in New England. C) The sizes of major oceans. D) Natural vegetation on hillsides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A checkerboard pattern created by agricultural use of land. 15. A place where few people live A) Rural area. B) Green Revolution. C) Urban area. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rural area. 16. What is most responsible for hierarchical diffusion as opposed to contagious diffusion? A) Some people need multiple contacts before they adopt an innovation. B) Spatial network link between major nodes. C) Distance decay effects. D) Proximity of the innovation to the major nodes of diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spatial network link between major nodes. 17. Why are place names important? A) They determine the physical characteristics of a location. B) They have no significant impact on how we perceive a space. C) They are used to navigate economic systems. D) They reflect the cultural identity and history of a place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They reflect the cultural identity and history of a place. 18. Any plant cultivated by people A) Physiological density. B) Crop. C) Lingua franca. D) Arithmetic density. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crop. 19. Is the action of going away from your own country? A) Refugee. B) Migration. C) Immigration. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emigration. 20. Osama Bin Laden's death would be an example of this. Only a few new of the death and then the information was spread from the top to the rest of society A) Relocation. B) Stimulus. C) Contagious. D) Hierarchical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hierarchical. 21. US government agency responsible for counting & collecting info about the country's inhabitants A) FBI. B) Federal Reserve Board. C) Central Intelligence Agency. D) Census Bureau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Census Bureau. 22. People who make maps are known as? A) Geographers. B) Scientists. C) Veterinary. D) Cartographers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartographers. 23. Deccan Traps are largely made of A) Lava flows alternating with sedimentary deposits. B) Limestone. C) Alternate sheets of granitic Lava. D) Flow of Flood Basalt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flow of Flood Basalt. 24. Barley and Wheat were first domesticated in A) Southwest Asia. B) Latin America. C) Sub-Saharan Africa. D) East Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Southwest Asia. 25. Neo-determinism was introduced by: A) Marx. B) Griffith Taylor. C) Newton. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Griffith Taylor. 26. The government owns certain factors of production, but business are allowed to innovate and compete for other products/services A) Communism. B) Free Market. C) Socialism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Socialism. 27. The ..... Plain stretches across northern India and is home to one-tenth of the world's population. A) Ganges. B) Manchurian. C) North Chinese. D) West Siberian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ganges. 28. In which period the focus was on identifying the uniqueness of any region and understanding how and why it was different from others. A) 1930s through the inter-war period. B) Late 1950s to the late 1960s. C) Early colonial period. D) Later colonial period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1930s through the inter-war period. 29. Places that are near each other and have something in common with each other are called ..... A) States. B) Regions. C) Locations. D) Places. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Regions. 30. What do lines of latitude measure? A) Distance from the equator in degrees north or south of the equator. B) A distance from the prime meridian in degrees north or south of the prime meridian. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distance from the equator in degrees north or south of the equator. 31. Between birth and death, the human body goes from having 300 bones to just ..... bones. A) 206. B) 288. C) 350. D) 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 32. Neo Determinism is also termed as ..... A) Environmental Denterminism. B) Possiblism. C) Stop and Go Determinism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stop and Go Determinism. 33. In Tamil Nadu ..... has large lignite source. A) Chennai. B) Salem. C) Neyveli. D) Virudhunagar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neyveli. 34. Where is Abujh Maad area? A) Central India. B) Western India. C) Eastern India. D) North-eastern India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central India. 35. Which economic system would a country most likely have if they have a dictatorship government? A) Command. B) Market. C) Traditional. D) Mixed Market. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Command. 36. Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica, and the Sub-Saharan regions were all A) Leaders in the Columbian Exchange. B) Sites where the Second Agricultural Revolution began. C) Areas for widespread terracing. D) Regions where the Third Agricultural Revolution failed. E) Hearths of plant domestication. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hearths of plant domestication. 37. What significant system has historically restricted access to social services for migrants in China? A) Immigration system. B) Visa system. C) Passport system. D) Hukou system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hukou system. 38. Which of the following innovations impacted travel time within the U.S. and refined mass production in manufacturing?Hint-Henry Ford A) Assembly line. B) Interstate highway system. C) Telegraph. D) Steam engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assembly line. 39. Which of the following would be most helpful in understanding why people moved from other countries to the United States? A) Chart showing where immigrants came from. B) Diaries of immigrants. C) Book about pioneers living on the Plains. D) Map of the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diaries of immigrants. 40. Supply and demand drive the factors of production A) Communism. B) Free Market. C) Socialism. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Market. 41. All of the following are assumptions made in the von Thunen model EXCEPT A) Terrain has forested areas with several small lakes and rivers. B) Farmers sell all of their harvest. C) The city is located centrally within an isolated state. D) Soil and climate are the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrain has forested areas with several small lakes and rivers. 42. A person who specializes in geographical research and study A) Environmental engineer. B) Geographer. C) Industrial engineer. D) Biochemistry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geographer. 43. Mathematical calculations using latitude and longitude allow us to determine A) Toponym of a particular place. B) Arrangement of objects on Earth's surface. C) Absolute location of a particular place. D) Physical site characteristics of all places on Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute location of a particular place. 44. Everyone belongs to one culture. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. The Roman Empire using Ancient Greece technologies and architecture is an example of ..... A) Culture Diffusion. B) Culture Hearth. C) Culture. D) Culture Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture Diffusion. 46. Limestone is available in Kancheepuram. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 47. An ethnic group are people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. French, Italian, and Spanish all derived from the Latin language. This is an example of ..... A) Language Families. B) Familiar Languages. C) Romantic Languages. D) Differentiated Languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Language Families. 49. Behavioural School of Thought laid emphasis on: A) Past experience. B) Present experience. C) Live experience. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Live experience. 50. What two states does the Basque nation exist within? A) Northern Spain and France. B) Southern Spain and Morocco. C) Catalonia and Spain. D) Western Spain and Portugal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern Spain and France. 51. A ..... is a large aggregate of people united by common decent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular state. A) Nation-state. B) State. C) Multi-national state. D) Nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nation. 52. Developed countries can feed large numbers of people with less farmers due to A) High tech machinery. B) Better climates. C) Fewer diseases. D) Less food consumption occurs in developed countries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High tech machinery. 53. This is NOT part of the tertiary sector A) Transport. B) Trade. C) Construction. D) Education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Construction. 54. Kosovo might not be considered a sovereign state because A) Its capital and largest city is Pristina. B) Ethnic cleansing was practiced there. C) The United States and many European countries recognize its sovereignty. D) Serbia, Russia, and many other countries do not recognize its sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Serbia, Russia, and many other countries do not recognize its sovereignty. 55. True or false? People change how they live based on their environment. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. What does acculturation mean? A) The expansion of natural resources. B) The growth of ethnic diversity in a region. C) The decline of traditional religions. D) The adoption of new cultural traits by a society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The adoption of new cultural traits by a society. 57. The Himalayan Mountains acted as a barrier for India. How did this impact the people in India? A) Helped protect them from invasions but also separated them from the outside world. B) Helped improve communication and spread new ideas with Asia and Europe. C) Helped build relationships with the government and military. D) Helped make traveling easier to trade with the rest of Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Helped protect them from invasions but also separated them from the outside world. 58. What is the doctrine or belief that there is only one God? A) Polytheism. B) Monotheism. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monotheism. 59. A ..... lacks a direct outlet to a sea because it is completely surrounded by several other countries. A) Fragmented state. B) Elongated state. C) Landlocked state. D) Perforated state. 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