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 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Things that tend to attract people to a new area A) Push Factors. B) Pull Factors. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pull Factors. 2. The term "cultural diffusion" refers to the A) Modification of Earth's surface by human actions. B) Integration of behavioral traits within a group. C) Spread of an idea or innovation from its source. D) Relationship between human cultures and their physical environment. E) Assimilation of a minority culture into the host society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spread of an idea or innovation from its source. 3. What was the Fertile Crescent? A) A kind of bread. B) A geometrical shape. C) An area where several early civilizations arose. D) A type of weather that has higher than average rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An area where several early civilizations arose. 4. Which of the following is a characteristic of a 'developed country' in human geography? A) High levels of poverty. B) Advanced infrastructure and technology. C) Limited access to education. D) Predominantly rural population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Advanced infrastructure and technology. 5. What form of government does the United States have? A) Democracy. B) Dictatorship. C) Representative democracy. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representative democracy. 6. The way of life of a group of people who share beliefs, customs, and material items A) Culture. B) Ethnic group. C) Metropolitan area. D) Cultural diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture. 7. Which are the two hemispheres that India lies in? A) Eastern and Westerm. B) Northern and Southern. C) Eastern and Northern. D) Western and Southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eastern and Northern. 8. Jog Falls is formed by which river A) Ravivati. B) Netravati. C) Tapti. D) Saravati. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saravati. 9. The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as A) Nationalism. B) Sovereignty. C) Universal suffrage. D) Self-determination. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Self-determination. 10. Human geography is the branch of geography that deals with the study of people and their communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across space and place. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. What is the reasons why migration has always been a part of U.S. history? A) The United States welcomed Immigrants because immigrants pay to be here. B) The Regions natural wealth, abundance of natural resources, and opportunity for a better life. C) The Gold rush of 1849. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Regions natural wealth, abundance of natural resources, and opportunity for a better life. 12. Why is the Midwest called the "BreadBasket" ? A) They manufacture the most baskets in the world. B) The area is able to produce more food and feed more people than any where else in the world. C) They produce a lot of the materials needed to create bread. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The area is able to produce more food and feed more people than any where else in the world. 13. A geographic factor that contributes to a low population is A) Close proximity to water. B) Mild climate. C) Fertile soil. D) Far from water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Far from water. 14. Which of these does not affect the shape of a population pyramid? A) Migration patterns. B) Deaths. C) Education levels. D) Birth rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Education levels. 15. Which of the following is a sub field of social geography? A) Geography of Tourism. B) Geography of Resources. C) Historical Geography. D) Electoral Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical Geography. 16. How is absolute location found? A) By locating a place with coordinates of latitude and longitude. B) By comparing the location of one place to another. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By locating a place with coordinates of latitude and longitude. 17. Choose the Cultural Trait. A) Celebrations. B) Government. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Celebrations. 18. The former Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia can be classified as a A) Frontier. B) Multinational state. C) Nation-state. D) Colony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multinational state. 19. What is the term for a way of grouping and classifying similar places? A) Formal region. B) Administrative region. C) Legal region. D) Perceptual region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formal region. 20. What is a food desert? A) An area that is easy for people to purchase healthy food. B) An area that provides insurance. C) An area that is difficult for people to purchase healthy food. D) Food that was grown in a desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An area that is difficult for people to purchase healthy food. 21. ..... looks at how people try to earn a living. (industry, jobs, wealth) A) Finance. B) Physical Geography. C) Economic Geography. D) Environmental Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Economic Geography. 22. A ..... is a state that completely surrounds another one. A) Fragmented state. B) Perforated state. C) Elongated state. D) Compact state. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perforated state. 23. The most important body of water in Southern Europe. Stretches from Spain to Greece and is almost completely surrounded by land. A) Danube River. B) Mid-Atlantic Ridge. C) Caspian Sea. D) Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediterranean Sea. 24. The introduction of social well being school of thought in human geography is known by what name? A) Socialist school of thought. B) Radical school of thought. C) Welfare school of thought. D) Behavioral school of thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Welfare school of thought. 25. The transfer from the handy-craft system to machine technology and factories is called: A) Revolution. B) Industrialization. C) Civilization. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrialization. 26. A pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement. Developed countries tend to conform to this rule, while developing countries tend to have one primate city. A) City Development Rule. B) Rank-Size Rule. C) City-Size Rule. D) Primate City Size Rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rank-Size Rule. 27. Identify the sentence with correct grammar: A) The city are having a lot of skyscrapers. B) The city have a lot of skyscrapers. C) The city were having a lot of skyscrapers. D) The city has a lot of skyscrapers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The city has a lot of skyscrapers. 28. The most important factor in the interaction between people and environment ..... A) Human intelligence. B) People's perception. C) Human brotherhood. D) Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human intelligence. 29. Hunter gathers migration patterns were based upon which of the following? A) Interactions with other large groups of humans. B) Small groups would migrate long distances while most people stayed in permanent settlements. C) They tended to not migrate much since their food sources stayed on one location. D) The movement of game and seasonal grwoth of plants at various locations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The movement of game and seasonal grwoth of plants at various locations. 30. This computer system captures, stores, analyzes, and displays data. A) GPS. B) U.S. Census Tracking. C) Spatial data pattern. D) GIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) GIS. 31. What does the renaming of Denali signify? A) An attempt to erase the cultural history of the region. B) A shift in power dynamics between Ohio and Alaska. C) A political statement about the United States' control over Alaska. D) A recognition of the indigenous peoples' connection to the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A recognition of the indigenous peoples' connection to the land. 32. Cutting down trees to clear the land for farming is an example of A) Adapting to the environment. B) Modifying the environment. C) A core democratic value. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modifying the environment. 33. Is Owensville a rural or urban area? A) Rural. B) Urban. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rural. 34. Which historic event caused the greatest change to the settlement patterns in much of Europe? A) Second World War. B) First World War. C) Fall of the Soviet Union. D) Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial Revolution. 35. Which of the following would be a push factor, or something that pushes someone out of a place? A) Chance for a better life. B) Good government. C) Lack of jobs. D) Freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lack of jobs. 36. What is the definitiion of migration? A) Movement of travelers from one place to another with no intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location. B) The settlement in a country because of personal reasons. C) Movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location. D) The settlement in a new home because of personal reasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement of people from one place to another with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location. 37. The European river that carries the most traffic is the: A) MIssissippi. B) Rhine. C) Seine. D) Danube. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhine. 38. What is movement? A) The travel of ideals, cultures, and people across the globe. B) A large area unified by physical or human characteristics. C) How humanity has effected geography across the globe. D) Features that separate one place from another. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The travel of ideals, cultures, and people across the globe. 39. Culture is defined as the beliefs and actions that describe a group of people's way of life. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. What is the term for the uneven movement of economic opportunity? A) Economic geography. B) Economic disparity. C) Economic inequality. D) Economic imbalance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic geography. 41. Carlos does not understand what the blue lines on his map represent. What should he look at to find the answer? A) Title. B) Scale. C) Compass rose. D) Map key. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Map key. 42. Map that shows specialized information, such as a land-use map, or any other physical or human feature A) Topographic map. B) Climate map. C) General-purpose map. D) Thematic map. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thematic map. 43. The study of inter relationship between human and environment is? A) Economics. B) Political Science. C) Geography. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geography. 44. Type of community that looks like a city A) Urban. B) Suburban. C) Rural. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urban. 45. A monarchy is ..... A) A country where citizens elect government officials to represent the people. B) A country where the people rule and not one person is in charge. C) A country ruled by an elected committee. D) A country ruled by a king or queen, usually passed down in the family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A country ruled by a king or queen, usually passed down in the family. 46. If it's 9 AM in NYC, what time would it be in LA? A) 8 AM. B) 7 AM. C) 12 PM. D) 6 AM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6 AM. 47. Who of the following is not a sub field of social geography? A) Historical geography. B) Military geography. C) Cultural geography. D) Medical geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Military geography. 48. People of same race or nationality who share common characteristics such as nationality, ancestry and language: A) Ethnic Group. B) Culture. C) Population. D) Regional culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethnic Group. 49. Which of the following describes a dictatorship? A) The government is run by the people. B) A king or queen rules over the country. C) One person has absolute power to rule the government, people, and the economy. D) The citizens elect government officials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One person has absolute power to rule the government, people, and the economy. 50. Folk songs are more likely than popular songs to A) Be considered examples of culture. B) Feature instruments and styles of performance associated with dance clubs. C) Be transmitted in written form. D) Be written by specialists for commercial distribution. E) Tell a story about life-cycle events, work, or natural disasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Tell a story about life-cycle events, work, or natural disasters. 51. The introduction of social wellbeing school of thought in human geography is known as: A) Humanistic school of thought. B) Behavioral school of thought. C) Radical school of thought. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humanistic school of thought. 52. Why did many people leave Vietnam for the United States? A) They preferred the warmer weather in the United States. B) The cities in their country were too small. C) They didn't want to live under the new government. D) They knew they spoke the same language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They didn't want to live under the new government. 53. Where did most of the orphans who traveled on the orphan trains end up living? A) Big cities like New York City. B) California and Oregon. C) Farming areas of the Midwest. D) Small towns in Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farming areas of the Midwest. 54. These regions reflect human feelings and attitudes about areas. These are very subjective, meaning that they are based more on opinions than facts. A) Functional Region. B) Perceptual region. C) Cultural landscape. D) Free Enterprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perceptual region. 55. The time when humans first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied on hunting and gathering was the A) Environmental determinism. B) Agricultural Revolution. C) Folk culture. D) French Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agricultural Revolution. 56. Historically, the growth of North American suburbs was most constrained by A) High land values. B) Zoning ordinances. C) Housing shortages. D) Limited transportation. E) Cultural preferences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Limited transportation. 57. According to which approach of human geography does nature gets humanized? A) Determinism. B) Possibilism. C) Neo-Determinism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Possibilism. 58. Social deprivation, poverty etc are related with- A) Radical geography. B) Behavioural geography. C) Humanistic geography. D) Regional geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radical geography. 59. In the early 1900s many people migrated to Highland Park, Michigan to earn $ 5.00 a day in a new industrythat began to thrive. In 2008 the same industry began a rapid decline with some people leaving the state.Which industry was this? A) Automobile. B) Mining. C) Lumber. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Automobile. 60. Describing evergreen trees that produce cones to hold seeds and that have needles instead of leaves A) Peat. B) Invasive. C) Coniferous. D) Deciduous. 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