This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere? A) Europe and Africa. B) Asia and Antartica. C) North America and Austrillia. D) North America and South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North America and South America. 2. A forest region located in the Tropical Zone with a heavy concentration of different species of broadleaf trees A) Tundra. B) Steppe. C) Savanna. D) Rain forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rain forest. 3. Black-sea is in? A) North-America. B) South-Eastern-America. C) South-Eastern-Europe. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North-America. 4. The tropical and temperate deserts of the world, occupy nearly ..... of the land surface of the worlds. A) (1/2). B) (1/4) th. C) (1/3) rd. D) (1/7) th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (1/7) th. 5. The prime meridian is what degree of longitude? A) 120 degrees. B) 0 degrees. C) 45 degrees. D) 90 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0 degrees. 6. Historically, cities usually developed near (WG.6A) A) Navigable waterways. B) Deserts. C) Canyons. D) The sources of rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navigable waterways. 7. The dry wind 'Santa Ana' blows in A) Siberia. B) Argentina. C) Switzerland. D) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) California. 8. An economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control is called a free enterprise or market economy. Which of the following countries are the farthest away from this type of economy? A) United States. B) England. C) France. D) North Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North Korea. 9. Where are desalination plants becoming increasingly popular? A) Places with plentiful oil as an energy source. B) Places businesses are exporting bottled water. C) Places experiencing a shortage of fresh water. D) Places natural disasters are common. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Places experiencing a shortage of fresh water. 10. Who is noteworthy for establishing consistent content between Europe and the Americans? A) Giovanni Caboto. B) Martin Behaim. C) John Cabot. D) Christopher Columbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christopher Columbus. 11. Magnetic meridian is an imaginary A) Line along north-south. B) Point. C) Vertical plane. D) Horizontal plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertical plane. 12. Which type of government do we have in the United States? A) Monarchy. B) Democracy. C) Dictatorship. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democracy. 13. Which of the following rivers in in Africa? A) Nile. B) Danube. C) Amazon. D) Yangtze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nile. 14. Polders are most associated with which country? A) France. B) Germany. C) Norway. D) The Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Netherlands. 15. The magnetic field generated due to magnetic storm is directed in the ..... direction to the earth's main field. A) Southward. B) Same. C) Opposite. D) Northward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opposite. 16. A functional region focuses on A) Specific borders of an area. B) A central point and the surrounding area. C) Based around language or religion. D) A system of related regions that cover an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A central point and the surrounding area. 17. Which of the following is the definition of the division of a mountain region (particularly the Andes Mountains) into agricultural regions? A) Vertical Zonation. B) Horizontal Delineation. C) Linear Mountains. D) Altitudinal Sections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertical Zonation. 18. What factors have led to high ethnic diversity levels in the Balkan Region? A) Economic growth. B) Cultural convergence. C) A rise of dictators. D) Multiple conflicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Multiple conflicts. 19. What term best fits the description of the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other? Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries. A) Interdependence. B) Isolationism. C) Nationalism. D) Command Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interdependence. 20. The way a person looks at something A) Formal region. B) Degree. C) Perspective. D) Contiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perspective. 21. Which continent MOST impacted culture in North and South America? A) Africa. B) Asia. C) Europe. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Europe. 22. If you spoke Arabic, how would you greet someone and say "Good Morning" ? A) Shubh Prabhaat. B) Selamat Pagi. C) Sabah Alkhyr. D) Bonjour. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sabah Alkhyr. 23. The heavenly bodies that revolve around their respective planets are called ..... . A) Stars. B) Constellations. C) Satellites. D) Asteroids. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satellites. 24. The belief in and worship of many gods. A) Polytheism. B) Atheism. C) Monotheism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polytheism. 25. A group of special advisers to the President of the U.S. is A) Workers. B) Representatives. C) Officers. D) Cabinet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cabinet. 26. The high speed rail in Europe has contributed to what change? A) Geographic isolation. B) Environmental pollution. C) Cultural convergence. D) Economic integration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Economic integration. 27. Which of these has contributed to the economy of Mexico? A) NAFTA. B) Human-Environment Interaction. C) Rising Populations. D) The National Action Party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NAFTA. 28. The model that describes how various geological processes create, modify and influence rock is called A) Water cycle. B) Energy cycle. C) Rock cycle. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rock cycle. 29. The percentage of sun's radiation reflected back into space is about A) 36 percent. B) 47 percent. C) 17 percent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 36 percent. 30. What is the climate of the Northern edge of South Asia? A) Highlands. B) Steppe grasslands. C) Tropical rainforest. D) Humid sub-tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Highlands. 31. Deserts, mountains, and tropical rain forests have affected the history of many regions by A) Encouraging foreign invasions. B) Promoting political reform. C) Isolating peoples and cultures. D) Increasing social mobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isolating peoples and cultures. 32. Rancho Cordova is A) A rural community. B) An urban community. C) Is both urban and rural. D) Is neither urban or rural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An urban community. 33. This term refers to a landlocked country that is found completely inside of another country. A) Exclave. B) Enclave. C) Fragmented. D) Perforated. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enclave. 34. The original landmass, pangola split into A) Laurissa in the north and Godwanaland in the south. B) Laurissa in the south and Godwanaland in the north. C) Laurissa in the east and Godwanaland in the west. D) Laurissa in the west and Godwanaland in the east. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laurissa in the north and Godwanaland in the south. 35. What is the primary economic activity of the Maldives? A) Textiles & industry. B) Steel production. C) Farming. D) Fishing & tourism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fishing & tourism. 36. Luxembourg is a.. A) Parliamentary monarchy. B) Republic. C) Federation. D) Grand Duchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Grand Duchy. 37. Crust and top layer of mantle are a part of the A) Hydrosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Biosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 38. Which of these names a type of government in which a ruler's powers are limited by a constitution? A) Constitutional monarchy. B) Democracy. C) Dictatorship. D) Theocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Constitutional monarchy. 39. Earth is one of the four A) Terrestrial planets. B) Dwarf planets. C) Asteroids in the solar system. D) Gas giant planets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrestrial planets. 40. In order for land to be used for industrial, commercial, and agricultural purposes, many of Canada's ..... have been drained. A) Lakes. B) Rivers. C) Forestland. D) Wetlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lakes. 41. The Continental Divide follows the same path as what physical feature in the United States? A) Andes Mountains. B) Appalachian Mountains. C) Pacific Coastal Range. D) Rocky Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rocky Mountains. 42. Based on the language map, which language should be easier for an English speaker to learn? A) Spanish. B) Italian. C) Russian. D) German. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) German. 43. The average weather in an area. The average temperature in a region. The typical wind conditions that may occur. These three statements all describe? A) Weather. B) Physical Maps. C) Climate. D) Landforms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climate. 44. Which of the following is the founder of Buddhism? A) Ramadan. B) Muhammad. C) Siddhartha Gautama. D) Rabindranath Tagore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Siddhartha Gautama. 45. ..... rulers, or sultans, governed the Maldives for many years. A) Sinhalese. B) British. C) Tamil. D) Muslim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muslim. 46. How many major languages are there? A) 15. B) 25. C) 3. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 47. Which continent is north of South America? A) North America. B) Antarctica. C) Europe. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North America. 48. Which is true about subduction? A) It involves two continental plates colliding. B) It involves an oceanic plate moving beneath a continental plate. C) It involves a continental plate moving beneath an oceanic plate. D) It involves two oceanic plates colliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It involves an oceanic plate moving beneath a continental plate. 49. What kind of climate does Southern (Mediterranean) Europe have? A) Warm, moist all year round. B) Hot, wet summer with mild dry winters. C) Warm summers and cold winters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Warm summers and cold winters. 50. Which of the following makes the most use of a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers to determine precise and absolute locations on earth. A) GPS. B) Robinson Map Projection. C) GIS. D) Mercator Map Projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GPS. 51. Which is the staple agricultural product of Southern China? A) Rice. B) Sausage. C) Soup. D) Grain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rice. 52. What are the two ways to talk about location? A) First & Last. B) Left & Right. C) Absolute & Relative. D) Top & Bottom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute & Relative. 53. Which of the following is a political border? A) The Amazon River. B) The border between Vermont and Massachusetts. C) The Himalaya Mountains. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The border between Vermont and Massachusetts. 54. The largest glaciers are A) Continental glaciers. B) Alpine glaciers. C) Mountain glaciers. D) Piedmont glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental glaciers. 55. The strict social segregation of people-specifically in India's Hindu society-on the basis of ancestry and occupation A) Caste System. B) Dowry. C) Dharma. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caste System. 56. What do geographers use to indicate the absolute location of any place on Earth? A) A compass rose. B) A Global Grid. C) A map legend. D) A map scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A map legend. 57. Which factor determines whether there will be precipitation? A) Elevation. B) Cloud cover. C) Water vapor. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water vapor. 58. The typical soil of tropical region, formed by the weathering of laterite rock, which promotes leaching of the soil is A) Laterite soils. B) Black soil. C) Red and yellow soil. D) Peat and marshy soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Laterite soils. 59. The obscuring of one celestial body by another, particularly that of the sun or a planetary satellite A) Elliptic. B) Ecliptic. C) Eclipse. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eclipse. 60. ..... geography is the study of the way people live. A) Physical. B) Human. C) Landscape. D) Spatial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human. 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