This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Maquiladoras are A) US workers that move to other countries for jobs. B) Mexican factories on the US border that are owned and operated by US companies. C) Mexican workers who enter the US legally on a work visa. D) Mexican and American workers who migrate to Canada for higher paying jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mexican factories on the US border that are owned and operated by US companies. 2. What is "Arithmetic Population Density" ? A) The number of people per unit of arable land. B) The average age of a population. C) The number of births per year. D) The total population divided by total land area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The total population divided by total land area. 3. Afro-Asiatic, Dravidian, and Indo-European are examples of A) Geographic associations. B) Language families. C) Ethnic groups. D) Climate regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language families. 4. The Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the World, is created as a result of A) One tectonic plate sinking beneath the other (subduction). B) Two tectonic plates sliding against each other. C) Two tectonic plates moving apart. D) Two tectonic plates colliding against each other (folding). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Two tectonic plates colliding against each other (folding). 5. Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) is characterized by both low birth rates and low death rates, resulting in a stable or slowly growing population? A) Stage 3. B) Stage 1. C) Stage 2. D) Stage 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stage 4. 6. At the most basic level, humans need which of the following to establish a successful inhabitable settlement. A) Arable land. B) Cooler climates. C) Mineral resources. D) Transportation technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arable land. 7. Long ago, the original purposes (functions) for building many cities and towns centered on trade, security and defense, or being what kind of location? A) Transportation centers. B) Education providers. C) Religious locations. D) Government administration centers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Religious locations. 8. What is energy defined as in its most simple form? A) The ability to do work. B) The ability to produce light. C) The ability to create food energy. D) The ability to generate heat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ability to do work. 9. What does the Demographic Transition Model illustrate? A) How causes of death change as countries develop. B) The average number of children a woman is expected to have. C) How birth rates, death rates, and population growth change as countries develop. D) The number of people living per unit of land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How birth rates, death rates, and population growth change as countries develop. 10. Urban area populations are more ..... populated than rural area A) Sparsely. B) Densely. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Densely. 11. Which area is best described as rural? A) Dense coastal port neighborhoods. B) Low-density farmland communities. C) High-rise downtown districts. D) Crowded transit hub corridors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low-density farmland communities. 12. Little medical care, no birth control, children seen as an asset, plagues and famines are characteristics of stage A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1. 13. Stage 1:The key birth rate and death rate characteristics of a country in Stage 1 of the DTM, and the resulting population growth rate, are: A) High birth rate, high death rate, low population growth rate. B) Low birth rate, low death rate, high population growth rate. C) High birth rate, low death rate, high population growth rate. D) Low birth rate, high death rate, high population growth rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High birth rate, high death rate, low population growth rate. 14. An example of a developing nation is A) France. B) Haiti. C) Germany. D) UK. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haiti. 15. Which disease is more common in HICs? A) Malaria. B) Heart disease. C) Malnutrition. D) Cholera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart disease. 16. Arjun and Grace discussed how cash incentives for having babies, rising retirement ages, and family-friendly workplace policies are all responses to declining ..... A) Birth rates. B) Living standards. C) Immigration. D) Migration streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Birth rates. 17. When the central government is run by a small group of people. A) Theocracy. B) Democracy. C) Oligarchy. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oligarchy. 18. What is an example of forced migration? A) Spanish moving to Mexico. B) African slaves brought to the Americas. C) Syrians moving to Turkey. D) African Americans moving north at the end of the civil war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) African slaves brought to the Americas. 19. How do people living in areas around Africa's rainforest usually make a living? A) Mining. B) Logging and Agriculture. C) Raising Camels. D) Living as nomadic herders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Logging and Agriculture. 20. Which country's elongated shape presents challenges in transportation and communication? A) Chile. B) Switzerland. C) Lesotho. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chile. 21. Diagram that shows the age and male/female distribution of a population, where the youngest are at the base and the oldest at the top A) Dependent population. B) Population pyramid. C) Food pyramid. D) Population density distribution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Population pyramid. 22. What was one effect of China's one-child policy on the population of the country? A) It greatly increased the average age of the population. B) Balanced gender ratio. C) Higher birth rates. D) Increased urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It greatly increased the average age of the population. 23. What is a demographic transition? A) A four-stage model showing birth, death, and natural increase rates used to help define a country's level of development. B) A process of industrialization. C) A type of agricultural revolution. D) A method of farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A four-stage model showing birth, death, and natural increase rates used to help define a country's level of development. 24. How can a country's relative location impact its economic opportunities? A) Being near trade routes or borders can boost trade. B) Location has no effect on economics. C) Remote countries always have economic advantages. D) Only islands benefit from location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being near trade routes or borders can boost trade. 25. What is the process used by plants to combine sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make carbohydrates? A) Photosynthesis. B) Fermentation. C) Respiration. D) Chemosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 1Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 2Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 3Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 5Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 6Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 7Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 8Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 9Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 10Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books