This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What led to the Foundation of the U.S.? A) France Gave the 13 colonies its independence. B) Great Britain decided the Colonies should govern themselves. C) The 13 colonies began to resent the British Government and began the American Revolution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 13 colonies began to resent the British Government and began the American Revolution. 2. The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called? A) Cultural Landscape. B) Place. C) Location. D) Human Environment Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Landscape. 3. Under which type of government does the leader NOT usually have the best interest of the people in mind? A) Monarchy. B) Dictatorship. C) Democracy. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dictatorship. 4. What is 'Arteries of circulation'? A) Network of money. B) Network of cyber. C) Network of trade. D) Network of road, railways and waterways. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Network of road, railways and waterways. 5. Which group represents the largest stateless nation in the world? A) Basque. B) Palestinians. C) Kurds. D) Abkhazians. E) Roma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kurds. 6. The art and science of map making is called ..... A) Spatial Analysis. B) Physical geography. C) Topography. D) Cartography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartography. 7. What is the main idea of the following passage? 'As cities grow, they often face challenges such as overcrowding, pollution, and inadequate infrastructure. Urban planners must address these issues to create sustainable environments.' A) Cities are becoming less populated. B) Urban planners have no role in city development. C) Growing cities face various challenges that need solutions. D) Pollution is the only problem cities face. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growing cities face various challenges that need solutions. 8. This refers to the people belonging to the Australian Aboriginal division of humankind: A) Caucasian. B) Mongoloid. C) Negroid. D) Austroloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Austroloid. 9. In the new global economy, an increasing proportion of influential financial decisions are being made in A) Major corporate centers such as New York, London, and Tokyo. B) The informal sector. C) Regional centers and small towns where fax machines are used. D) The field, close to the sources of agricultural production. E) National capitals because of the increasing importance of the nation state. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Major corporate centers such as New York, London, and Tokyo. 10. Measuring the distance people are willing to travel to shop at a store would be creating what type of region for that store? A) Formal. B) Perceptual. C) Functional. D) Uniform. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Functional. 11. Which physical feature is located in East Africa? A) Great Rift Valley. B) Congo Basin. C) Cape of Good Hope. D) Sahara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great Rift Valley. 12. Which of the following is the best example of a cultural element being spread by stimulus diffusion? A) The outbreak of influenza in folk regions of Europe. B) Walmart opening in metropolitan urban cores. C) Rock and Roll music in the United Kingdom. D) McDonald's in India serving Maharajah Macs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) McDonald's in India serving Maharajah Macs. 13. Which one of the following is not a source of geographical information? A) Traveller's accounts. B) Old maps. C) Samples of rock materials from the moon. D) Ancient epics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ancient epics. 14. Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface the most accurately? A) Thematic maps. B) Globes. C) General-purpose maps. D) Physical maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Globes. 15. As they have more contact with popular culture, women in less developed countries are more likely to A) Bear more children. B) Obtain food for the family. C) Gain more opportunities outside the home. D) Marry at younger ages. E) Be subservient to men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gain more opportunities outside the home. 16. Which type of government will have someone use force to as a means to take over as supreme leader? A) Monarchy. B) Oligarchy. C) Absolute Monarchy. D) Dictatorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dictatorship. 17. The average number of years a person is expected to live A) Death rate. B) Urbanization. C) Life expectancy. D) Population density. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Life expectancy. 18. What is the main drawback of subsistence farming compared to commercial farming? A) The materials needed are too hard for farmers to get. B) The cost to produce anything is too high for subsistence farming. C) There is only enough produced to take care of a family, not build a business. D) There is too much produced for even a business, so it produces too much waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is only enough produced to take care of a family, not build a business. 19. Name the theme that this statement falls under: "We organize the Earth's areas by their common characteristics." A) Location. B) Place. C) HEI. D) Regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regions. 20. Which factor helped human being a lot to move from a "state of necessity to a state of freedom" A) A. Technology. B) B. Listening or obeying of nature. C) C. Explorations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Technology. 21. Which seven states claim portions of the South Pole region? A) Germany, Australia, Chile, America, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom. B) Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom. C) China, Taiwan, Italy, France, New Zealand, Vietnam, South Korea. D) Spain, Mexico, Chile, Portugal, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom. 22. What was the main reason why nomads moved from place to place in medieval Arabia? A) To avoid conflict. B) To find resources. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To find resources. 23. The famous hill station kodaikanal lies in A) Nilgiri hills. B) Palani hills. C) Cardamom hills. D) Javadi hills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palani hills. 24. The average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer A) Population Distribution. B) Urban. C) Population density. D) Rural. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population density. 25. What is the term for the way that power shapes the landscape? A) Urban geography. B) Cultural geography. C) Political geography. D) Economic geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political geography. 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