This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Geography Chapter 1 Human Geography Nature And Scope Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Google Earth is an example of what? A) GIS (Geographic Information Systems). B) Map scale. C) GPS (global positioning system). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GIS (Geographic Information Systems). 2. Telecommunication networks, whose areas of service radiate outward from central nodes best represent which of the following types of culture? A) Vernacular. B) Formal. C) Folk. D) Functional. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Functional. 3. How people, products, information, & ideas go fromone place to another A) Region. B) Longitude. C) Movement. D) Human interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 4. The Southeast Asian city model always includes a business sector dominated by businesses from what country? A) India. B) England. C) China. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 5. A set of principles for community planning that focuses on strategies to encourage the development of sustainable, healthy communities. A) Highway Trust Fund. B) Zoning. C) Smart Growth. D) Induced Demand. E) Zoning Ordinances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smart Growth. 6. What is the name of the highest point in North America that was known as Mount McKinley and later renamed as Denali? A) Denali. B) Mount Everest. C) Mount Kilimanjaro. D) Mount McKinley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denali. 7. An example of a centripetal force in politics is A) A terrorist attack on a major city. B) Religious divisions among major regions. C) One region of a country getting preferential treatment over another. D) A paramilitary group specifically targeting an ethnic minority. E) Partisan political debates that upset the balances of power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A terrorist attack on a major city. 8. What is the most heavily populated region on the planet? A) Southern Latin America. B) Western Europe. C) South Asia. D) Sub-Saharan Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Asia. 9. Underdeveloped A) A group/country thats reliant on mostly bartering and has very little global interaction. B) A group/country that has widespread poverty and a very low standard of living. C) A group/country that is raising their standard of living but still has some low economic indicators. D) A group/country with a high standard of living and high economic indicators. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A group/country that has widespread poverty and a very low standard of living. 10. Which of the Indian Island lies between India and Srilanka A) Elephanta. B) Nicobar. C) Rameshawaram. D) Salsette. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rameshawaram. 11. The building of the Erie Canal in the 1820s to connect New York with the midwest was paid for by the state of New York. It is an example of A) A subsidy. B) An economy of scale. C) A supply chain. D) Vertical integration. E) Agribusiness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A subsidy. 12. Problems:not enough work, houses, diseases spread easily and an increased demand for resources A) History. B) Export. C) Fast growing population. D) Immigrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fast growing population. 13. How is a megalopolis formed? A) Cities growing and connecting. B) Cities losing jobs. C) Less people moving into an area. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cities growing and connecting. 14. Argentina and Chile previously fought over a physical boundary involving what mountain range? A) Alps Mountains. B) Pyrenees Mountains. C) Andes Mountains. D) Ural Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Andes Mountains. 15. Which human geographic factor has facilitated the growth of the European Union? A) Nationalism. B) Political stability. C) Cultural divergence. D) Spread of communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Political stability. 16. The average number of people living in a specific geographic area A) Natural increase. B) Population pyramid. C) Population density. D) Ethnic group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population density. 17. Which of the following separates South Asia from the rest of Asia? A) Oceans. B) Mountains. C) Alluvial plain. D) Coast line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountains. 18. You being able to watch and learn on YouTube is an example of what spatial concept? A) Distance decay. B) Tobler's first law of geography. C) Time-space compression. D) Scale of inquiry. E) Clustering of information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Time-space compression. 19. What type of economic activity is it when a country imports timber and makes different types of wood for construction use? A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Tertiary. D) Quarternary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary. 20. Native Americans migrated from ..... to ..... A) States in the South to states in the North and Canada. B) Large Cities in the East to small towns in the Midwest. C) States in the South to big cities in the North. D) Eastern U.S. to Western U.S. like Kansas and Oklahoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eastern U.S. to Western U.S. like Kansas and Oklahoma. 21. Which of the following defines a society? A) A group of people with a shared culture living in a specific area. B) The natural environment of a country. C) A specific type of government system. D) The production of goods in an economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of people with a shared culture living in a specific area. 22. A group of people who share similar and distinct physical characteristics. A) Race. B) Population. C) Culture. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Race. 23. What four states does Kurdistan exist within? A) Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Armenia. B) Turkey, Armenia, Iran, and Georgia. C) Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. D) Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. 24. 'Idiographic' denotes A) Law making. B) Theorising. C) Description. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theorising. 25. Ethnic groups are people of the same race or nationality who share common characteristics such as nationality, regional culture, ancestry, and language. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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