TCI Japan Multiple Choice Quiz

What is population density?

• The pattern of weather over a long period of time

• A large piece of the Earth's crust that floats on the liquid mantle

• The number of people living in a square mile

• A break in the Earth's crust where magma erupts

What is a tsunami?

• A huge, destructive wave caused by an earthquake or a volcanic eruption

• Land suitable for growing crops

• The population of a country divided by its total land area

• A family made up of parents and their children

What does arable land refer to?

• An area where earthquakes are likely

• Land suitable for growing crops

• The amount of time spent traveling to and from work

• Building methods used to make structures safer during earthquakes

What is the arithmetic population density?

• The population of a country divided by its arable land

• The pattern of weather over a long period of time

• The number of people living in a square mile

• A family made up of parents, children, grandparents, and sometimes aunts, uncles, and cousins

What is the physiologic population density?

• The population of a country divided by its arable land

• The population of a country divided by its total land area

• The amount of time spent traveling to and from work

• A break in the Earth's crust where magma erupts

What does commute time measure?

• The amount of time spent traveling to and from work

• The population distribution in a country

• The number of people living in a square mile

• The pattern of weather over a long period of time

What is the definition of extended family?

• A family made up of parents and their children

• A family made up of parents, children, grandparents, and sometimes aunts, uncles, and cousins

• The population distribution in a country

• The population of a country divided by its arable land

What is the primary factor explaining the appearance of capsule hotels in Japan?

• Mountains

• Flat land for building is scarce

• Japan's life expectancy

• Terracing hillsides

How does Japan's population distribution resemble that of the rest of the world?

• People live near the coastline

• People live in the mountains

• People are evenly spread across the countryside

• People live in earthquake zones

What does terracing hillsides involve?

• Creating new flat land into hillsides

• Building methods used to make structures safer during earthquakes

• The pattern of weather over a long period of time

• Land suitable for growing crops