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WorksheetsGeography (population and general knowledge)
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 22mins
This pyramid is from a country in 2019. It is likely in which stage of the Demographic Transition:
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 4
Stage 5
This pyramid is from 2020. It is likely in which stage of demographic transition:
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
This country likely faces the following population problem:
A high old-age dependency ratio
A high young-age dependency ratio
A high fertility rate
A high replacement rate
Many low-income countries have experienced significant gains in life expectancy over the last three decades. This can most directly be explained by:
Higher incomes
Falling infant and child mortality rates
Government policies to limit family size
Falling death rates
The total fertility rate measures
The rate of children that need to be born to replace the population (2.1)
The number of children born on average per woman of reproductive age
The number of children born in a year per 1,000 people
The period of fertility for women over their lives
One common cause of infant (and child) mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa is
Housing conditions (slums)
Non-communicable diseases
Air pollution
Water supply (sanitation)
The One Child Policy in China led to the following benefit in the 1990s
A smaller old-age dependency ratio
A demographic dividend
A lower infant mortality rate
A faster 'doubling time'
China is a:
Low income country
Lower-Middle income country
Upper-Middle Income country
High Income Country
Out of these countries which has the highest population density:
China
India
Bangladesh
Singapore
Which of these countries is classified as middle income
Chad
Thailand
Afghanistan
Laos
Country A is
Indonesia
Vietnam
Philippines
Hong Kong
Country B is
South Korea
Japan
China
Philippines
The capital of country C is
Yangon
Phnom Penh
Thimphu
Dhaka
By landmass this country is the second largest in the World
China
United States
Canada
Australia
The part of the pyramid labelled with A is called
A baby bonus
The baby bust
A baby boom
The baby boom echo
The narrowing at the base of this pyramid indicates that
The birth rate has been falling
The rate of natural increase has risen
The immigration rate has stayed consistent
The baby bust is over
The narrowing at the top of the pyramid is the result of
Lower historical birth rates
High death rates
A shorter life expectancy
Which pyramid shows a demographic dividend taking place in China
The leftmost pyramid (1950)
The middle pyramid (2015)
The rightmost pyramid (2050)
Malaria, which kills between 1 and 3 million a year on average, is an example of a:
Viral infection
Protozoan infection
Bacterial infection
Fungal infection
This chart shows the relationship between GDP per capita and life expectancies by country. The hinge point (marked in red) shows:
The point at which a country moves to 'developed country' status
The point at which infectious diseases lead to less than half of all deaths
The point at which a country moves to stage 3 of a demographic transition
The point at which a population starts to age
What occurs in Stage 3 of the demographic transition
Birth rates are high and death rates are high
Both the birth rate and death rate have been low for a considerable period of time
The death rate begins rising again
Birth rates fall
Monsoons are caused by shifts in this line. This line measures pressure levels. It is called
The Hadley Cell
The Intertropical convergence zone
The line of prime meridian
The North-South oscillation zone
The angle of the earth in relation to the sun as it orbits causes the seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. What is the angle:
25 degrees
28.5 degrees
23.5 degrees
25.5 degrees
26.5 degrees
Day and night on earth is caused by
The rotation of Earth
The rotation of the Earth around the sun
The rotation of the Sun
The rotation of the Moon
Cholera is an example of which type of infection
A viral infection
A bacterial infection
A protozoan infection
A fungal infection
What state is marked with the letter A
San Francisco
Miami
Louisiana
California
Which state (corresponding letter) is home to Houston
A
B
C
The line marked with A (latitude 25 degrees S) is
The Tropic of Cancer
The Tropic of Capricorn
The Line of Prime Meridian
The equator
The Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the World, is created as a result of
One tectonic plate sinking beneath the other (subduction)
Two tectonic plates sliding against each other
Two tectonic plates moving apart
Two tectonic plates colliding against each other (folding)
The largest rodent in the world, found in Brazil, is the:
Chinchilla
Pangolin
Capybara
Serval
The word 'savannah' is a term which describes
An ice desert
The time when the sun goes down (another name for dusk)
A grassland
A point where a river meets the sea
Guinea pigs are considered a delicacy in which country:
Brazil
China
Peru
Fiji
Kazakstan
Mist is caused by
Dry ice
Ice at low temperature
Water vapour at low temperature
Carbon monoxide in solid form
The deepest trench of the world, the Marianas trench, is located in the
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
The second largest continent on earth is:
North America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Which of the following is a landlocked sea:
Timor sea
Arafura sea
Greenland sea
Aral sea
Climate change is mostly caused by the accumulation of which gas
Ozone
Hydrogen
Carbon dioxide
Sulfur dioxide
This map of Central Asia shows 3 locations. The Sea at location A is
The Black Sea
The North Sea
The Aral Sea
The Caspian Sea
The capital of the country at location B is
Tehran
Tashkent
Bishkek
Kabul
Country C on the map of Central Asia is:
Pakistan
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
China
The image shows 100 islands in the world, ranking from the largest to smaller. The third biggest island on earth is.
Borneo
Sumatra
New Guinea
Cuba
What Sea would you find at point A
The Timor Sea
The Arafura Sea
The Coral Sea
The Tasman Sea
This tree dwelling animal which lives in the Amazon is known as
Kinkajou
Coatimundi
Uakaris
Agouti
The largest river delta in the world is the:
The Nile Delta
Ganges Delta
Amazon Delta
Congo Delta
The smallest country in the World is
Monaco
Maldives
Nauru
Vatican City
Barbados
What language would you find people speaking at this location (marked with the arrow)
Lithuanian
Russian
Latvian
Estonian
Polish
By population, the largest city in Africa is
Lagos, Nigeria
Cairo, Egypt
Kinshasha, DRC Congo
Nairobi, Kenya
Luanda, Angola
The largest strait in the world (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water) is the:
Messina Strait
Bass Strait
Bering Strait
Malacca Strait
Bosporous Strait
What is the smallest mountain in the World?
Bukit Timah Hill, Singapore
Mount Tenpō, Osaka, Japan
Mount Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia
Mount Pleasant, Texas, USA
In which country would you find the capital city of Dodoma?
Malawi
Tanzania
Namibia
Botswana
Uganda
In which city of the World would you find this famous Buddhist Stupa, the Pha That Luang Stupa:
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Yangon, Burma
Thimpu, Bhutan
Vietiane, Laos
Krong Siem Riep, Cambodia
Only one country in Europe is home to active volcanoes. Which country is it?
Spain
Italy
Malta
Cyprus
Greece
Only one region in Australia has an equatorial climate. You would find this climate in and around:
Darwin
Cape York
Cairns
Stradbroke Island
In which part of Australia would you find Arnhem Land?
Western Australia
Queensland
The Northern Territory
New South Wales
This image shows two of the Twelve Apostles. The rocks were formed over thousands of years from the accumulation of the remains of ancient marine organisms. The rocks are made of:
White marble
Rhyolite
Sandstone
Limestone
Granite
What kind of rocks are common in an aquifer
Sedimentary
Igneous
Clastic
Porous
Metamorphic
In which country would you find the delicacy of crispy, deep-fried tarantulas?
China
Laos
Myanmar
Cambodia
The first type of aspirin came from the bark of which type of tree
Mahogany
Willow
Beech
Butternut
The Banyan tree is the national tree of which country:
Thailand
Indonesia
India
Malaysia
In which city of the world would you find this skyline?
Osaka, Japan
Seoul, South Korea
Taipei, Taiwan
Shenzhen, China
This map shows New York. Where would you find the borough of Manhattan?
Point A
Point B
Point C
In which US State would you find the Grand Canyon?
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado
This small amphibious creature which lives in underground caves in Southern Europe is known as:
A Blind Salamander
An Olm
A Manis
An Okapi
Which European language contains more Arabic words than any other (around 4000)?
Italian
Bosnian
Spanish
Maltese
Which clouds are fluffy and white and can be seen floating in groups?
Cirrus
Cumulus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Approximately what percentage of the earth's water is salt water?
98 - 99 percent
90 - 91 percent
96 - 97 percent
85 - 86 percent
When we look at the ocean or observe it from space, we see that it is blue, because:
water absorbs red light and scatters blue light
water scatters red light and absorbs blue ligh
water scatters both red and blue light
What does ENSO stand for?
El Niño Surface Oscillation
El Niño Southern Oscillation
El Niño Southern Ocean
El Niño Surfing Organization
