This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many continents are located on the Earth? A) Eight. B) Seven. C) Six. D) Nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seven. 2. What makes up the human development index? A) Life expectancy. B) Per capita income. C) Education level and literacy rate. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. When it is summer in Virginia, what season is it in Uruguay? A) Winter. B) Spring. C) Fall. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Winter. 4. The lowermost and the oldest epoch of the Tertiary Period of geologic time is A) Palaeozoic. B) Pliocene. C) Palaeocene. D) Holocene. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palaeocene. 5. The ratio of the weight of water vapour to the total weight of air (including the water vapor) is called A) Absolute humidity. B) Relative humidity. C) Mixing ratio. D) Specific humidity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specific humidity. 6. Little variation in temperature over the year; always hot, with an average temperature of 80$^ \circ$F A) Tropical Wet & Dry. B) Tropical Wet. C) Humid Continental. D) Humid Subtropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical Wet. 7. ..... is most directly responsible for the variation in seasonal weather patterns A) Rotation of the Earth on its Axis. B) Distance from the Sun. C) Phases of the Moon. D) Tilt of the Earth's Axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tilt of the Earth's Axis. 8. The amount of cars on the road has led to a high amount of smog in cities A) Place:Physical Characteristic. B) Movement. C) Absolute Location. D) Human Environment Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human Environment Interaction. 9. The time difference between each side of the International Date line is A) 24 hours. B) 36 hours. C) 12 hours. D) 48 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 24 hours. 10. What are reasons people move? A) Environmental factors. B) Social factors. C) Economic factors. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. Tariffs regulate international trade through ..... A) Quota systems. B) Taxation. C) International law. D) Domestic trading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taxation. 12. Water, wind, and other natural forces cause rocks and earth to wear away is a form of A) Erosion. B) Plate tectonics. C) Glaciation. D) Flooding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion. 13. The ionosphere includes A) Mesosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Thermosphere and exosphere. D) Thermosphere, exosphere and mesosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermosphere and exosphere. 14. The study of soils is called A) Pedology. B) Biogeography. C) Geomorphology. D) Hydrology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pedology. 15. ATLAS mountain is in which continent A) Asia. B) Australia. C) Europe. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 16. In what two Central Asian countries are the majority of people Christians? A) Armenia and Georgia. B) Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. C) Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Armenia and Georgia. 17. Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah are all part of what region of the United States? A) Mountain West. B) Midwest. C) Southwest. D) West Coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain West. 18. Region of the United States known as "America's Breadbasket" because it contains some of the most fertile land in the world for farming. A) Mountain West. B) Midwest. C) Pacific Coast. D) Northeast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Midwest. 19. The planet that takes the highest time for completing a rotation is A) Earth. B) Pluto. C) Mercury. D) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Venus. 20. Which choice best describes an ARTIFACT? A) Man-Made Object. B) Nail. C) Hammer. D) Measuring Tape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man-Made Object. 21. What term best fits the definition of self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families? A) Cattle Ranching. B) Mining. C) Industrialized or Commercial Agriculture. D) Subsistence Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsistence Agriculture. 22. North and South Korea are ..... as a result of an armistice agreement during the Korean War. A) Divided. B) Connected. C) Joined. D) Separated. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divided. 23. The period of daylight A) Is nearly constant near the equator. B) Varies with latitude and the season. C) Reaches a maximum of 24 hour in the polar zones in summer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Is nearly constant near the equator. 24. The process that creates a sub layer, which is white to gray in colour and composes of silica sand in the A horizon is called A) Calcification. B) Podsolosation. C) Laterisation. D) Gleisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Podsolosation. 25. On which continent would you find the Gobi Desert? A) Europe. B) Asia. C) Africa. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asia. 26. Agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and associations such as the European Union (EU) reflects a movement toward A) National policies of protectionism. B) Free trade zones. C) A rebirth of command economies. D) A reliance on social welfare policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free trade zones. 27. In Islam, a crier who calls the faithful to prayer five times each day A) Minaret. B) Muezzin. C) Fatwa. D) Mosque. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muezzin. 28. The important mountains of Europe include A) Andes, Alps, Pyrenees. B) Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines. C) Alps, Himalayas, Rock mountains. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Apennines. 29. Which is a middle latitude climate? A) Tropical wet. B) Highland. C) Tundra. D) Humid continental. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humid continental. 30. A system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government policy. A) Monarchy. B) Democracy. C) Federation. D) Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democracy. 31. This focuses on movement of people, products, and ideas and the impact of that movement on regions A) Erosion. B) ESPN's of Geography. C) Movement. D) Diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diffusion. 32. Which ethnic group was NOT involved in the breakup of Yugoslavia? A) Serbs. B) Azerbijanis. C) Croats. D) Bosnians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Azerbijanis. 33. A map that highlights differences in height between mountains and lower regions is called (WG.21A) A) A physical map. B) A thematic map. C) A mental map. D) Political map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A physical map. 34. As warm, moist air encounters a mountain, it does all of the following except what? A) Rises. B) Cools and condenses. C) Sinks. D) Releases moisture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sinks. 35. Eagle Rock Rd, Elkton, VA 22827 This is the ..... location of our high school. A) Definite. B) Relative. C) Absolute. D) Topographic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute. 36. The Suez canal connects the A) Baltic sea and the Caspian sea. B) Mediterranean sea and the Red sea. C) Red sea and the Caspian sea. D) Mediterranean sea and the North sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mediterranean sea and the Red sea. 37. A government in which a majority of the citizens make the decisions is a(n) A) Aristocracy. B) Monarchy. C) Democracy. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Democracy. 38. Which of the following describes the Indus River? A) Flows mainly through Pakistan. B) Flows South. C) Is known as the cradle of ancient India. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 39. New Orleans is located at 90 degrees West. A) East of the Prime Meridian. B) East of the Equator. C) West of the Prime Meridian. D) North of the Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West of the Prime Meridian. 40. Which mountain range forms the natural border between India and China A) K2. B) Indian. C) Himalayan. D) Australian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayan. 41. The highest mountain peak of Oceania is A) Mt. Victoria, Papua New Guinea. B) Mt. Kosciusko, Australia. C) Mt. Cook, South Island (New Zealand). D) Puncak Jaya, Indonesia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Puncak Jaya, Indonesia. 42. The culture of Central America differs from Mexico because it was also influenced by A) The Taino and Africans. B) Other Europeans and Africans. C) The French and Dutch. D) Native Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Other Europeans and Africans. 43. Which type of map would be best for a person traveling on a mountain trail on foot? A) A small scale relief map. B) A small scale thematic map. C) A large scale political map. D) A large scale physical map. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A large scale physical map. 44. This group was a major force behind the Indian Independence movement. A) Indian National Congress. B) NAFTA. C) Pan Africa Movement. D) United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian National Congress. 45. Factories in Mexico along the border with the U.S. are called A) Trade agreement factories. B) Finance development. C) Maquiladoras. D) Import tariff industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maquiladoras. 46. Geographers divide the world into ..... which are areas that people share common traditions like language, religion, and values. A) Cultural Regions. B) Nationalities. C) Ethnicities. D) Cultural Hearths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Regions. 47. The heavier silicates named as 'Sima' or silica + magnesium are most abundant in the A) Core. B) Mantle. C) Crust. D) Ocean floors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ocean floors. 48. Air moving across Earth's surface A) Current. B) Wind. C) Latitude. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wind. 49. Which level of economic development is typical of nations with high infant mortality rates, low literacy rates and low life expectancy rates? A) More developed. B) Tertiary. C) Newly industrialized. D) Less developed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Less developed. 50. Which direction do lines of longitude run? A) East and west. B) North and south. C) Diagonal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North and south. 51. Which places are most likely to experience hurricanes? A) Coasts. B) Floodplains. C) Valleys. D) Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coasts. 52. What does the Earth's lithosphere consist of? A) The crust, continents, and ocean basins. B) All the land and water on Earth's surface. C) Molten rock and toxic gases. D) A mix of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The crust, continents, and ocean basins. 53. Which statement is not true about Sub-Saharan Africa? A) Low per capita GDP. B) Low population growth rate. C) Low life expectancy. D) Large percentage of population under age 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low population growth rate. 54. All of the following are parts of culture EXCEPT A) Clothes. B) Religion. C) Language. D) Globalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Globalization. 55. These countries having more technology and manufacturing; most work in service or information industries and high standard of living. A) More Developed Country. B) Newly Industrialized Countries. C) Less Developed Countries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More Developed Country. 56. The four elements that influence climate include elevation/relief, winds, proximity to water, and ..... A) Latitude. B) Vegetation. C) Orientation. D) Longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 57. On what type of map would you find elevation and the shape of the land? A) Topographic. B) Resource. C) Climate. D) Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topographic. 58. What is the CAPITAL of the United States? A) California. B) Boston, MA. C) Miami, Florida. D) Washington D.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Washington D.C. 59. Which of the following does not affect climate? A) Elevation above sea level. B) Distance from the equator. C) Latitude. D) Longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Longitude. 60. On the ground it is a dangerous gas. in the atmosphere it protects the earth from the suns harmful rays. A) Minerals. B) Natural gas. C) Ozone layer. D) Fossil fuels. 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