Lesson Y7-U04-L01

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 does population distribution mean?

    • How people are spread out across an area
    • The total number of people living in a country
    • The number of people per square kilometre
    • The number of births each year in a country

  2. What does 'densely populated' mean?

    • The population has been growing for a very long time
    • Very few people live there, and it is nearly empty
    • Lots of people live close together in a small area
    • The land there is covered in dense forest

  3. What does 'sparsely populated' mean?

    • Lots of people live close together in one place
    • Very few people live in the area, so it is nearly empty
    • The land there is covered in thick, tall grass
    • The population of the area is shrinking rapidly

  4. In what units is population density measured?

    • Litres per hour of rainfall collected in a town's drains
    • Tonnes per hectare of crops grown on the farms around a village
    • People per square kilometre
    • Metres per second of the river's flow at each bridge

  5. What does population density measure?

    • How much money each person earns in a year
    • How many years people have lived in one place
    • How tightly packed people are in an area
    • How far people travel to work each day

  6. Which of these is a sparsely populated part of the world?

    • Eastern North America, around the big cities
    • Western Europe, including the UK and Germany
    • The Sahara Desert, in the north of Africa
    • South Asia, including India and China

  7. Which of these is a densely populated part of the world?

    • The Sahara Desert, in the north of Africa
    • High mountains such as the Himalayas
    • South and East Asia, including India and China
    • The Arctic, in the far north

  8. Which of these is a physical factor that pulls people to live somewhere?

    • Plenty of jobs in the area
    • Good roads and railways
    • Flat, low land with fresh water
    • Schools and hospitals nearby

  9. Which of these is a human factor that pulls people to a place?

    • A mild, gentle climate all year round
    • Plenty of jobs and good transport links
    • Flat, low land that is easy to farm
    • Fresh water flowing from a river

  10. Using the data Bangladesh 1330, UK 280, Brazil 25 and Australia 3 (people per km2), which country is the most densely populated?

    • The UK, with 280 people per km2
    • Brazil, with 25 people per km2
    • Australia, with 3 people per km2
    • Bangladesh, with 1330 people per km2

  11. Using the same data (Bangladesh 1330, UK 280, Brazil 25, Australia 3), which country is the most sparsely populated?

    • The UK, with 280 people per km2
    • Australia, with 3 people per km2
    • Bangladesh, with 1330 people per km2
    • Brazil, with 25 people per km2

  12. More than half of the world's people live on less than 5% of the land. Which feature would most likely describe where most of them live?

    • High mountains covered in snow and ice
    • Coasts, river valleys and lowlands
    • The middle of the Sahara Desert
    • Thick tropical rainforest with no roads

  13. A pupil writes: 'Most people live in South and East Asia, in countries such as India and China.' What does this description do well?

    • It names a place and a continent, which makes it precise
    • It explains why the Arctic is cold
    • It gives a list of every country in the world
    • It describes the colour of the map instead

  14. Which description best describes the pattern on a world population map?

    • People are spread evenly across all continents
    • All of the land has an equal number of people per km2
    • The Arctic and the Sahara are the most crowded parts
    • Most people live in South and East Asia, far fewer in the north

  15. Why is the Arctic so sparsely populated?

    • It is covered in rainforest, which is too dense to live in
    • It is too cold, so it is hard to grow food and live there
    • It is too hot and dry for crops to grow there
    • It has no coast, so people cannot reach it by sea

  16. A hot desert is sparsely populated. Which reason best explains this?

    • Deserts are flat with plenty of soil to grow food
    • Deserts have too many rivers and lakes for people
    • Deserts have lots of jobs but no roads
    • Deserts are too dry, so water and food are hard to find

  17. Explain why a river valley that floods can still attract many people.

    • Floods never happen in river valleys, so there is no danger to people living there
    • People always avoid flat land and valleys, so they are left empty by everyone
    • The flat land and fresh water are valuable, so people accept the flood risk
    • Rivers are always too salty to be useful to people, so valleys are never settled

  18. Antarctica is empty, but Singapore is crammed. Which pair of reasons best explains this?

    • Antarctica has lots of jobs; Singapore is too cold to live in
    • Both places have mild climates and equal numbers of people
    • Singapore has no roads, so everyone walks to work in the same place
    • Antarctica is extremely cold with little food; Singapore has jobs and transport

  19. Which statement shows the difference between distribution and density?

    • Distribution counts the people, density names the continent
    • Distribution is only about the physical map, density is about the sea
    • Distribution describes how people are spread, density measures how crowded an area is
    • Distribution and density mean exactly the same thing

  20. Which conclusion is best supported by the fact that more than half of all people live on less than 5% of the land?

    • People are spread evenly across most of the Earth
    • Most of the Earth's land is crowded with the same number of people
    • The most densely populated land is also the least used by people
    • A small area of land holds a very large share of the world's population

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