This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 8 Population Quiz 48 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The period in the 1700s and 1800s during which many countries experienced rapid cultural change as they developed power-driven machines and fcatories to mass-produced goods is known as the A) Communist Revolution. B) Information Revolution. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Agricultural Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial Revolution. 2. Death rates are low, birth rates decrease, usually due to an improved economy, women's status. A) Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model. B) Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model. C) Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model. D) Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model. 3. What is the term used for moving herds between pastures with the change of seasons? A) Transhumance. B) Migration. C) Nomadism. D) Herding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transhumance. 4. What term is given to the difference between birth and death rate? A) Death Rate. B) Population Distribution. C) Birth Rate. D) Natural Increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Increase. 5. Something that makes people want to leave where they are is called a ..... A) Push factor. B) Pull factor. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Push factor. 6. According to the slide 'Why Might Population Increase in the Future?', what is a possible stage 5 of the epidemiologic transition? A) Decline of chronic diseases. B) Reemergence of infectious diseases. C) Increase in birth rates. D) Decrease in migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reemergence of infectious diseases. 7. What factors contribute to urban population growth? A) Agricultural productivity. B) Multiple factors such as rural to urban migration, natural population growth, economic opportunities, healthcare and education facilities, infrastructure development, and urbanization trends contribute to urban population growth. C) Social media influence. D) Weather patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multiple factors such as rural to urban migration, natural population growth, economic opportunities, healthcare and education facilities, infrastructure development, and urbanization trends contribute to urban population growth. 8. Virtually all population growth today occurs in less developed countries (LDCs). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Around the world, urban populations in cities are growing at a much higher rate than rural populations A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. What occurs in Stage 3 of the demographic transition A) Birth rates are high and death rates are high. B) Both the birth rate and death rate have been low for a considerable period of time. C) The death rate begins rising again. D) Birth rates fall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birth rates fall. 11. If a graph is going up, should we assume that the population is increasing or decreasing? A) Increasing. B) Decreasing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing. 12. Lowest CDR occurs during stage A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 13. Which stage of the epidemiologic transition involves medical advances that prolong life? A) Stage 1. B) Stage 2. C) Stage 3. D) Stage 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stage 4. 14. URBANIZATION fits best under what THEME of geography? (Remember, urbanization is a PROCESS) A) Movement. B) Place. C) Region. D) Human Environment Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 15. Age-sex composition graphs that can provide information on birth and death rates, life expectancy, economic development, migration, and past events like natural disasters or war. (Fill in the blank with the correct term) A) Population Pyramid. B) Pie Chart. C) Scatter Plot. D) Bar Graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population Pyramid. 16. Which of the following is the worlds fastest growing country? A) India. B) China. C) U.S. D) South Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 17. What is the US census? A) A yearly survey of consumer preferences. B) A constitutionally mandated count and survey of the population conducted regularly. C) A database of immigration records only. D) A voluntary poll run by private organizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A constitutionally mandated count and survey of the population conducted regularly. 18. Which term means the time it takes for a population to double in size? A) Population pyramid. B) Migration. C) Doubling time. D) Natural increase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doubling time. 19. What could cause someone to migrate involuntarily? A) If they wanted to go on holiday. B) If they wanted to move closer to their friends. C) If the country they live in was at war. D) If they wanted to go to university in another country. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If the country they live in was at war. 20. By landmass this country is the second largest in the World A) China. B) United States. C) Canada. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canada. 21. Access to education for women affects fertility rates in which of the following ways? A) It generally leads to lower fertility rates. B) It causes fertility rates to increase significantly. C) It has no impact on fertility rates. D) It results in unpredictable changes in fertility rates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It generally leads to lower fertility rates. 22. What does "Sex Ratio" refer to? A) The ratio of births to deaths. B) The ratio of males to females in a population. C) The ratio of urban to rural populations. D) The ratio of married to single individuals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ratio of males to females in a population. 23. What does population density refer to? A) The number of deaths per 1, 000 people in a population. B) The average number of years a person is expected to live. C) The way people are spread out across an area. D) The number of people living per unit of land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of people living per unit of land. 24. Why did large numbers of Africans migrate to the Americas? A) Countries competed over resources during the Age of Exploration, and many African explorers sailed to the New World in search of riches. B) Large numbers of Africans were forcibly taken to the Americas during the slave trade. C) Large numbers of Africans came to the Americas to find employment and to work on the railroads. D) Africans crossed the land bridge from Asia to Alaska during the Ice Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large numbers of Africans were forcibly taken to the Americas during the slave trade. 25. What term refers to people who move into a country? A) Emigrants. B) Immigrants. C) Population Density. D) Dependency Ratio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immigrants. ← 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 4Class 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books