This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope Quiz 15 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Until its demise at the end of the 1980s, the Soviet sphere of influence included which of the following countries? A) Sweden. B) Italy. C) West Germany. D) East Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) East Germany. 2. Which word best completes the sentence:'The ..... of the city was influenced by its geography.' A) Architecture. B) Population. C) Climate. D) Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Architecture. 3. What was the result of more jobs in manufacturing and services in the early 20th century? A) More land was taken up for farming. B) More people became unemployed. C) More cities (urban centers) were developed. D) The people overthrew the government. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More cities (urban centers) were developed. 4. The study of inter relationship between human and environment is known as:. A) History. B) Political science. C) Geography. D) Economics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geography. 5. This religion also has an ethnic group attached to it independent of its belief system A) Christianity. B) Judaism. C) Islam. D) Hinduism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Judaism. 6. India is one of the largest cement producers and ranked ..... in the world with an annual production capacity of 181 million tons. A) First. B) Second. C) Third. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Second. 7. The understanding of the secrets of DNA and genetics enabled us to conquer ..... A) Fire. B) Disease. C) Planes. D) Cars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disease. 8. When a resource is ..... , it means that it can be continuously replaced without there being a decrease in supply. Examples include solar panels and windmills. A) Fossil fuel. B) Gone. C) Sustainable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sustainable. 9. This refers to the indigenous people of central and southern Africa: A) Caucasian. B) Mongoloid. C) Negroid. D) Austroloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negroid. 10. Is an economic system where the government owns most of the factors of production and decides the allocation of resources and what products and services will be provided. A) Free Enterprise. B) Socialist Economic System. C) Communist Economic System. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Communist Economic System. 11. Which of the following statement best describes Physical Geography? A) The distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries. B) Branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface. C) Branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes. D) The study of Continents and Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes. 12. Type of community on the outskirts of a city that looks like a neighborhood A) Urban. B) Suburban. C) Rural. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suburban. 13. Decaying vegetable (plant) matter that can be dug up, cut into blocks, dried and used as fuel for heating A) Taiga. B) Deciduous. C) Coal. D) Peat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peat. 14. Who would be more likely to live in a house made of bricks? A) A nomadic person. B) A settled person. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A settled person. 15. The navigable rivers in Western Europe have historically impacted economic development in the region by- A) Facilitating the movement of goods and people. B) Preventing the advancement of land armies. C) Blocking the spread of epidemic diseases. D) Providing for the irrigation of arid land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Facilitating the movement of goods and people. 16. Functional Region A) Central area connected to others by transportation, communication, or economic activity. B) Area that shares common human or physical characteristics. C) Subjective image created by people's thoughts and feelings about an area. D) The predominance of Roman Catholicism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central area connected to others by transportation, communication, or economic activity. 17. What type of region is based on a person's opinions, perceptions, or thoughts about the place? An example of this would be what U.S. states are considered to be part of the "Southeast" . A) Formal Region. B) Functional Region. C) Perceptual Region. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perceptual Region. 18. 'Kari has special tyres for the winter and keeps the headlights of her powerful car switched on'. This statement is an example of which of the following concepts? A) Environmental Determinism. B) Possibilism. C) Environmentalism. D) Neo Determinism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Possibilism. 19. What lines measures at 0 degrees latitude? A) Prime Meridian. B) Latitude. C) Equator. D) Longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equator. 20. The cultural landscape of many places in Europe is characterized by- A) Historic cathedrals. B) Shopping malls. C) Bullfighting rings. D) Large national parks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historic cathedrals. 21. Which one of the following statement does not describe geography? A) An integrative disciple. B) Study of the inter-relationship between humans and the environment. C) Subjected to dualism. D) Not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not relevant in the present time due to the development of technology. 22. A group of people with a common racial, national, tribal, or cultural background A) Ethnic Group. B) Culture. C) Language. D) Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethnic Group. 23. There are plans to make the Green County airport larger but the people living nearby are protesting it. Whatis the most likely reason that people living near the airport would not want to make it larger? A) Highway safety. B) Water pollution. C) Noise pollution. D) Loss of jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Noise pollution. 24. Chinatown in New York City would be an example of what type of diffusion? A) Relocation. B) Hierarchical. C) Contagious. D) Stimulus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relocation. 25. Technology indicates the level of ..... of society A) Economic development. B) Political development. C) Social development. D) Cultural development. 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