Lesson Y7-U04-L01

A Crowded Planet? Where People Live Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 4

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U04-L01, A Crowded Planet? Where People Live: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 4: Year 7: Population and Settlement, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes how people are spread across an area?

    • Population distribution
    • Population density
    • Urbanisation rate
    • Migration pattern

  2. What does a densely populated area contain?

    • Scattered settlements
    • Very few residents
    • Many people packed
    • Wide open spaces

  3. What does a sparsely populated area feature?

    • Crowded cities
    • Very few people
    • Massive towns
    • High density

  4. In which units is population density measured?

    • Metres per person
    • Square kilometres
    • People per km2
    • Total population count

  5. What does population density measure?

    • Birth rate per year
    • Total country wealth
    • People per area
    • Average daily income

  6. Which of these is a sparsely populated region?

    • Nile Delta
    • London basin
    • Sahara Desert
    • Gangetic Plain

  7. Which world region has the highest human population density?

    • Western and Northern Europe
    • North and Central America
    • South and East Asia
    • Central and Northern Africa

  8. Which physical factor strongly attracts human settlement?

    • Steep mountain peaks
    • Dense rainforest cover
    • Fresh water supply
    • Frozen ground layer

  9. Which of these is a human factor attracting settlement?

    • Flat low land
    • Job opportunities
    • Fertile soil
    • Mild climate

  10. Given densities of 1330, 280, 25, and 3, which is most dense?

    • 280 people per km2
    • 25 people per km2
    • 3 people per km2
    • 1330 people per km2

  11. Given densities of 1330, 280, 25, and 3, which is most sparse?

    • 280 people per km2
    • 3 people per km2
    • 25 people per km2
    • 1330 people per km2

  12. Which feature best describes where most of the world's population lives?

    • High mountains
    • River valleys
    • Dense deserts
    • Polar ice caps

  13. What does naming specific countries in a population description make it?

    • Precise
    • Incorrect
    • Random
    • Abstract

  14. Which region contains the largest cluster of the world population?

    • Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Eastern Europe
    • Latin America
    • South and East Asia

  15. Why is the Arctic sparsely populated?

    • Too dry
    • Too cold
    • Too crowded
    • Too mountainous

  16. What is the main physical reason hot deserts have low populations?

    • Heavy flooding
    • Too many trees
    • Freezing winds
    • Lack of water

  17. Why do people still settle in river valleys despite flood risks?

    • Dense forests
    • Steep slopes
    • Fertile land
    • Constant snow

  18. Which factor primarily explains why Singapore is crammed while Antarctica is empty?

    • Altitude and soil
    • Volcanic activity
    • Heavy snowfall
    • Jobs and transport

  19. What term measures how many people live within a specific area?

    • Population distribution
    • Settlement hierarchy
    • Population density
    • Urban migration

  20. What does the clustering of most people onto very little land show?

    • Equal dispersion
    • Global overpopulation
    • Urban migration
    • Uneven distribution

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