Lesson Y8-U04-L05

Managing Population: China's Policy Story Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 10

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U04-L05, Managing Population: China's Policy Story: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 10: Year 8: Asia in Focus: China and India, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does the birth rate measure annually?

    • Deaths per 100 people
    • Percentage total migration
    • Average household income
    • Babies per 1,000 people

  2. What is a government population policy designed to do?

    • Map city boundaries
    • Build national roads
    • Fix weather forecasts
    • Control population growth

  3. In what year did China's one-child policy begin?

    • 1997
    • 1959
    • 2016
    • 1979

  4. In 2016, what did China change its population policy to allow?

    • Strict one-child rule
    • Zero children allowed
    • Two children per family
    • Four children minimum

  5. Roughly how many children did Chinese women have each, on average, in the 1960s?

    • About 12
    • About 2
    • About 1
    • About 6

  6. China's birth rate in 1970 was about how many per 1,000 people?

    • About 33 per 1,000
    • About 120 per 1,000
    • About 6 per 1,000 in 2023
    • About 8 per 1,000

  7. What reward was offered to families with only one child in China?

    • Lower taxes
    • Free land
    • Extra food
    • Extra pay

  8. What was a punishment for having extra children under China's policy?

    • Community labour
    • Loss of citizenship
    • Mandatory military service
    • Financial fines

  9. What term describes having many more men than women in a population?

    • Birth rate
    • Ageing population
    • Gender imbalance
    • Population density

  10. What term describes a large and growing share of older people?

    • Gender imbalance
    • Death rate
    • Ageing population
    • Birth rate

  11. China's birth rate fell from 37 to 6 per 1,000. What does this show?

    • Rapidly rising death rate
    • Sharp fall in births
    • Massive population boom
    • No change over time

  12. Which was a positive consequence of slower population growth in China?

    • Less pressure on resources
    • Severe school overcrowding
    • Too many elderly dependents
    • Massive youth unemployment

  13. Which was a negative consequence of China's one-child policy?

    • Excessive youth population
    • High infant mortality
    • Widespread food shortages
    • Severe gender imbalance

  14. Why did China relax its one-child policy in 2016?

    • Excessive food shortages
    • Too few young workers
    • Too many primary schools
    • Overcrowded hospitals

  15. Why did birth rates remain low after China introduced the two-child policy?

    • Strict government bans
    • Lack of housing
    • High living costs
    • Food shortages

  16. What was China's approximate birth rate in 1970 compared to 2020?

    • 10 rising to 40
    • 50 staying constant
    • 20 rising to 50
    • 33 falling to 8

  17. Why did China's leaders worry about rapid population growth in the 1970s?

    • Too many factories
    • Foreign invasion
    • Resource shortage
    • Climate change

  18. What long-term problem was caused by China's falling birth rate?

    • Higher death rates
    • Fewer workers
    • Food shortages
    • More schools

  19. Which major issue was caused by China's one-child policy?

    • Higher infant mortality
    • Too many workers
    • High birth rates
    • Gender imbalance

  20. How did India's population management differ from China's?

    • Enforced strict one-child laws
    • Banned all married couples
    • Ignored population growth entirely
    • Used education and planning

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