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INDUSTRY and Map of ASIA GRADE 8

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is not a negative impact of tourism?

a)

Air pollution

b)

Crime

c)

Jobs

d)

Deforestation

2.

Which of the following are examples of environmental sustainability?

a)

Reusing water

b)

Using locals as guides

c)

Solar panels

d)

Electric vehicles

3.
What is a Tourist?
a)
A person who travels overseas for less than 1 year
b)
A person who travels away from where they usually live for at least one night but no more than 1 year
c)
A person who travels from place to place for more one year
d)
A person who stays at home and never visits anywhere
4.

True or False- Ecotourism has been developed to increase the negative impacts of tourism

a)

True

b)

False

5.
What is a domestic tourist?
a)
A person who travels place to place to learn its history
b)
A person who travels around their own country, outside where they live
c)
A person who doesn't go anywhere
d)
A person who likes to eat chocolate
6.
What country would you visit to see the "Leaning Tower of Pisa"?
a)
France
b)
Greece
c)
Spain
d)
Italy
7.
What country would you find the "River Nile"?
a)
Tunisia
b)
Sudan
c)
Libya
d)
Chad
8.

The people who live in the place you are visiting are ....

a)

natives

b)

locals

c)

originals

9.

The place you travel to is your ..................

a)

destination

b)

destiny

c)

departure

10.

Functions of the tourist industry are

a)

Arranging for transportation

b)

Ensuring that tourists are relaxed and enjoying.

c)

Teaching them craft work

d)

Looking after the tourists while they are at the destination

11.

More income and leisure time has lead to the ____________ of tourism.

a)

decrease

b)

stagnation

c)

growth

d)

decline

12.

______________ is an important way of promoting tourism.

a)

Surfing

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Advertisement

d)

Cycling

13.

Tourism benefits the following businesses

a)

Agriculture

b)

Fishing

c)

Forestry

d)

Local Vendors

14.

Abandonment of traditional culture is ______________ of tourism.

a)

Advantage

b)

Regulation

c)

Disadvantage

d)

Benefit

15.

Tourism may cause shortage of local _____________

a)

resources

b)

wealth

c)

development

d)

jobs

16.

The industry that produces microchips, mobile phones, etc is known as

a)

Sunset Industry

b)

High Tech Industry

c)

Power Industry

d)

Primary Industry

17.

What are the factors influencing location of high tech industry?

a)

Near motorways and good roads.

b)

Near sites of pleasant housing and open spaces.

c)

Near research facilities in universities.

d)

Near waterbodies

18.

Weaving and dyeing, furniture, toys are the examples of

a)

High Tech Industries

b)

Secondary Industry

c)

Sunset Industry

d)

Tertiary Induatry

19.

Capital is required by industries for the following

a)

Labour charges

b)

To improved machinery and technology

c)

River water

d)

Buying suitable land in a good location

20.

Name the feature number 1

a)

Oman

b)

UAE

c)

Arabian Peninsula

d)

Kamchatka Peninsula

21.

Where would you go to see Statue of Liberty?

a)

Italy

b)

Paris

c)

Brazil

d)

United States of America

22.

Name feature number 2

a)

Arabian Peninsula

b)

Atacama Desert

c)

Russia

d)

UAE

23.

Identify Feature number 4

a)

Ural Mountain

b)

Black Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Aral sea

24.

Identify Feature number 5

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Caspian Sea

c)

Baltic Sea

d)

Sea of Japan

25.

Name the feature numbered 10

a)

Mongolia

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Thar Desert

d)

Kalahari Desert

26.

Name Feature number 3

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Arabian Sea

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

27.

Name the feature numbered 7.

a)

Bangladesh

b)

India

c)

Srilanka

d)

Pakistan

28.

Identify the feature numbered 6

a)

Korea

b)

Mongolia

c)

China

d)

Russia

29.

Name the feature numbered 8

a)

China

b)

Himalayas

c)

Mount Everest

d)

Western Ghats

30.

Name the feature numbered 9

a)

Mount Kilimanjaro

b)

Mount Everest

c)

Mount Kenya

d)

Mount Kanchanjunga

31.

Name the feature numbered 11

a)

Gobi Desert

b)

Thar Desert

c)

Plateau of Tibet

d)

Deccan Plateau

32.

Name the feature numbered 12

a)

River Ganges

b)

River Mekong

c)

River Nile

d)

River Yangtse

33.

Name the feature numbered 13

a)

Ganges River

b)

Yangtse river

c)

Sikiang River

d)

Indus River

34.

Name the feature numbered 14

a)

Korea

b)

Japan

c)

Taiwan

d)

Indonesia

35.

Name the feature numbered 15

a)

Taiwan

b)

Korea

c)

Japan

d)

Bali

36.

Name the feature numbered 17

a)

Mount Kenya

b)

Mount Elbruz

c)

Mount Krakatoa

d)

Mount K2

37.

Name the feature numbered 18

a)

Arabian Sea

b)

Bay of Bengal

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

38.

Name the feature numbered 19

a)

Pacific ring of fire

b)

Archipelago

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Islands

39.

Name the feature numbered 20

a)

Russia

b)

Siberia

c)

Verkhoyansk

d)

Atlas Mountains

40.

Name the feature numbered 16

a)

Malaysia

b)

Thailand

c)

Laos

d)

Philippines

41.

INDUSTRIES ARE OFTEN LOCATED NEAR SOURCES OF RAW MATERIAL.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

42.

THE FOLLOWING ARE PERISHABLE GOODS.

a)

MILK

b)

PICKLE

c)

SUGARCANE

43.

IDENTIFY THE ADVANTAGE THAT INDUSTRIES ENJOY WHEN THEY LOCATED NEAR THEIR MARKETS:

a)

SAVES TRANSPORTATION

b)

COST OF INTERMEDIARIES

c)

TRANSPORTATION EXPENSE

d)

LATE DELIVERY

44.

THESE ARE NEEDED FOR THE MOVEMENT OF RAW MATERIAL AND FINISHED GOODS.

a)

RAILWAYS

b)

WATERWAYS

c)

ROADWAYS

d)

MAN POWER

45.

CHEAP AND STEADY SOURCE OF POWER IS ESSENTIAL FOR INDUSTRIES.

a)

TRUE

b)

FLASE

46.

OIL CANNOT BE TRANSPORTED THROUGH PIPELINES

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

47.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES PROVIDE THESE TO DRAW INDUSTRIES TO PARTICULAR AREAS:

a)

LAND

b)

POWER

c)

RAW MATERIAL

d)

GOODS

48.

In early days of industrialisation, coalfields were the most important factor in determining location because:

a)

transportation cost were higher taking the goods to the market

b)

availability of labour near coalfields

c)

transportation cost were higher taking the raw materials to a business

d)

none of the above

49.

Which of the following industries should be located near the vicinity of raw materials?

a)

Cycles

b)

Televisions

c)

Sewing machines

d)

Steel mills

50.

Iron and steel industry is known as backbone of the industrial economy.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

Capital is a geographical factor required to start up an industry

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Location Y is more suitable for location of an industry than X because

a)

Close to resources like iron ore and chuna( limestone)

b)

Has proposed railway and supply of river water

c)

It is close to the port

d)

It is close to the forest

53.

Why is transportation important for an industry?

a)

To transport raw materials

b)

Transport finished products

c)

Transportation of people

d)

All of the above

54.

A factory should be located

a)

In places where skilled/unskilled labour is available

b)

in places that have good transportation

c)

In between the forest for wood supply

d)

Close to markets or ports.

55.

Land, money, infrastructure and machinery needed to start an industry.

a)

Product

b)

capital

c)

Land

d)

Labour

56.

Power supply is important for an industry because

a)

It is needed to run machinery

b)

It is used to continue production

c)

It is used to light up the industry

d)

All of the above

57.

Firms that make high-tech products are grouped together on pleasant, newly developed

a)

Science Park

b)

Business Park

c)

Science and Business Park

d)

None of the above

58.

Industries that make products such microchips, computers, mobile phones, pharmaceuticals and scientific equipment are called

a)

Large Scale ndustries

b)

Small Scale Industries

c)

High Tech industries

d)

All of the above

59.

industries that are declining such as chemical manufacture and textile industries in London

a)

High Tech Industry

b)

Sunset Industry

c)

Sunrise Industry

d)

Business Park

60.

modern industries that are growing, using modern machinery, and often having their own research and development units. For example, the high-tech industry.

a)

Sunrise Industry

b)

Science Park

c)

High Tech industry

d)

Sunset Industry

61.

High Tech industries should be located near motorways.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

High Tech industries should be located near the pool of skilled and unskilled workers

a)

True

b)

false

63.

Science park and business parks are interdependent

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Research facilities and universities are associated with business parks

a)

True

b)

False

65.

Good Housing and open spaces are important for the location of science and business parks

a)

True

b)

False

66.

International airports establish important business links to different parts of the world.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

Motorways allowing movement between cities and encouraging the flow of new ideas and workers.

a)

True

b)

False

68.

Similar to London, Dubai too has several science and business parks. This industry heavily depends upon unskilled workers. It is located in the city center.

Write down the wrong sentence as it is in the paragraph.



(a)  

69.

Car parts are moved in to the factory minuets before assembling it. This is __________ system

a)

Just a minute

b)

Just in Time

c)

Just around time

d)

Just about time

70.

Just in time system is possible only if

a)

The industry is surrounded by water body

b)

If there are small car part manufacturing units around the car industry

c)

If the car parts are light and can be transferred easily

d)

If car industry has good connectivity through railways and motorways.