This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The process that directs precipitation down plant branches and stems is called A) Through flow. B) Interception. C) Canopy drip. D) Stem flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stem flow. 2. Which example best describes relative location? A) Sam's school is located at 6998. B) My house is 30$^ \circ$ N and 10$^ \circ$ E. C) I live south of Fredericksburg. D) Australia is 23.5$^ \circ$ S and 135$^ \circ$ E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I live south of Fredericksburg. 3. What are tornadoes born from? A) Warm hurricanes. B) Heavy snow. C) Strong thunderstorms. D) Cold rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strong thunderstorms. 4. The traditional lands of the nomads of Central Asia are A) Mongolia and Tibet. B) Sinkiang and Turkistan. C) Kirghiz steppe. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. A low area between two hills. It often has a river running through it. A) Ocean. B) Valley. C) River. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valley. 6. Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures? A) LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures. B) HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures. C) HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures. 7. The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration. A) Supranationalism. B) Anarchy. C) Universal Suffrage. D) Devolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Devolution. 8. What is the correct term for the transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases that begun when the Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere? A) The Industrial Revoultion. B) The Great Upheaval. C) The Columbian Exchange. D) The Technology Transfer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Columbian Exchange. 9. An Islamic house of worship A) Muezzin. B) Minaret. C) Fatwa. D) Mosque. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mosque. 10. When working with the time zones and time is changing from going from one zone to another what does not change? A) Minutes. B) Equator. C) Longitude. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minutes. 11. What is the actual shape of the Earth? A) Spherical. B) Sphere-like. C) Circular. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sphere-like. 12. The low latitudes (the warmest climate zone) are located near the ..... A) Equator. B) Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. C) Arctic Circle. D) Antarctic circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equator. 13. Which is the best example of a capital resource? A) Educational levels. B) Skilled laborers. C) Money for investments. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Money for investments. 14. The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by A) Carbon dioxide. B) Water vapours. C) Carbon dioxide and water vapours. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 15. The type of soil needed for rice is A) Clayey loam. B) Rich, muddy and saturated with water. C) Deep, loamy, well drained. D) Humus, rich in Fe and potash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rich, muddy and saturated with water. 16. The model which explains the various types of igneous rocks A) Rock cycle. B) Bowens reaction series. C) Both are similar terms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bowens reaction series. 17. Humans are most likely to heavily populate which type of area A) On a tundra. B) In a desert. C) Along a river. D) On a mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Along a river. 18. Saint Petersburg was founded by ..... A) Peter the Great. B) Ivan the Terrible. C) Czar Nicholas II. D) Catherine the Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peter the Great. 19. How do aqueducts help support California's large population? A) By reducing traffic. B) By bringing freshwater from far away. C) By increasing the housing supply. D) By providing a natural vent for urban smog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By bringing freshwater from far away. 20. Which economy is based on the concept of free enterprise? A) A mixed economy. B) A traditional economy. C) A command economy. D) A market economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A market economy. 21. What is subsistence farming? A) Farming to make money. B) A for profit organization. C) Independently owned and operated farm. D) Farmers who grow food just for themselves and their families. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farmers who grow food just for themselves and their families. 22. What is the largest country (by land mass)? A) Madagascar. B) China. C) Russia. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia. 23. Imaginary lines running North to South used to pinpoint certain locations. A) Maybe green isnt the best option for this square. B) Longitude. C) ORANGE. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitude. 24. The production of wheat has increased mainly due to A) Increase in area under wheat. B) Increase in yield per hectare. C) Increase in demand for wheat. D) Increase in prices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase in yield per hectare. 25. Why do some places in highland climate subregions experience warmer temperatures than other places? A) The slopes of mountains face different directions. B) Some places have more humidity. C) Some places receive less precipitation. D) The shade of trees allows varying sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The slopes of mountains face different directions. 26. Is a system of resource management in which the government supports and regulates enterprise thought decisions that affect the marketplace. A) Free Enterprise. B) Capitalism. C) Mixed Economy. D) Command Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mixed Economy. 27. North America is in the ..... Hemisphere. A) Northern and Southern. B) Southern and Eastern. C) Northern and Western. D) Eastern and Western. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northern and Western. 28. Political maps show A) Major leaders of a nation. B) Boundaries of countries, states & cities. C) Major political parties of a nation. D) Features such as lakes, rivers & mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Boundaries of countries, states & cities. 29. What was the term for a group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin? A) Ethnic enclave. B) Culture region. C) Ethnic group. D) Language family. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethnic group. 30. The construction of polders in the Netherlands is an example of changing the landscape to A) Improve transportation. B) Increase the amount of arable land. C) Increase oil production. D) Strengthen foreign relations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase the amount of arable land. 31. In condensation, warm air cools and A) Water vapor rises from bodies of water. B) Liquid water becomes vapor. C) Rain and snow fall to the Earth. D) Water vapor becomes liquid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water vapor becomes liquid. 32. What physical feature was most important for the development of ancient civilizations? A) Deserts. B) Rivers. C) Mountains. D) Permafrost. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rivers. 33. Which social change occurred during the Industrial Revolution? A) Development of the extended family. B) Growth of the working class. C) Expansion of privileges for the nobility. D) Increased status for religious leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Growth of the working class. 34. The major motion of the planet earth includes A) Rotation. B) Revolution. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Any of these depending upon the questionunder construction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 35. Which of the following is true about ice ages? A) Periods where glaciers receded to the poles. B) Eras where the Earth's orbit was farthest from the sun. C) Times of human life thriving in history. D) Periods of time where the Earth was covered in glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periods of time where the Earth was covered in glaciers. 36. The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is A) Palaeozoic era. B) Pre-Cambrian era. C) Cainozoic era. D) Mesozoic era. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre-Cambrian era. 37. The earth divides the earth into what two hemispheres? A) Southern & Western. B) Eastern & Norther. C) Northern & Southern. D) Field of Streams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northern & Southern. 38. During World War II, many women experienced a change in role in that they A) Served in military combat positions. B) Controlled most non-war related corporations. C) Chaired congressional committees. D) Worked in jobs formerly held by men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Worked in jobs formerly held by men. 39. The Eiffel Tower is part of the cultural landscape of A) Rome. B) Stockholm. C) Paris. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paris. 40. The main dividing line between the geological regions of the Indo Gangetic plain and the peninsula is A) The Vindhya range. B) The Aravallis. C) The Nilgiri hills. D) The Satpwas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Vindhya range. 41. Industrial growth in the United States has most directly contributed to the process of A) Multiculturalism. B) Innovation. C) Cultural diffusion. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Urbanization. 42. What types of regions are created by the man-made borders shown on the above map? A) Vegetation regions. B) Climate regions. C) Cultural regions. D) Political regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political regions. 43. The radiation belts are zones in space around the A) Earth. B) Jupiter and Saturn. C) Mercury. D) Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. 44. Supreme Court justices are nominated by the ..... A) House of Representatives. B) Senate. C) President. D) Speaker of the House. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) President. 45. The iron ore mined at Bailadila is mostly A) Haematite. B) Magnetic. C) Siderite. D) Limonite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haematite. 46. The groundwater can become confined between two impermeable layers. This type of enclosed water is called A) Artesian well. B) Confined groundwater. C) Unconfined groundwater. D) Artesian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artesian. 47. England gets oil from A) Mediterranean Sea. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) Persian Gulf. D) North Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North Sea. 48. How are sea formed? A) Glacier Action. B) Earthquakes. C) Two tectonic plates diverging. D) Two tectonic plates converging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two tectonic plates diverging. 49. Who was nominated as the 46th president of the United States? A) Donald Trump. B) Joe Biden. C) Mike Pence. D) Joe Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joe Biden. 50. The shortest day (longest night) in the southern hemisphere is A) June 21. B) December 22. C) December 21. D) June 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June 21. 51. Which of the following is most useful for measuring the shortest distance between two places on the earth and path between them? A) Atlas map. B) Thematic maps. C) Wall maps. D) Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Globe. 52. Name the imaginary line which divides Northern and Southern hemispheres A) Cardinal Direction. B) South. C) Equator. D) North. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equator. 53. Which economic system has the benefits of private property, economic freedom, profit and competition? A) Socialism. B) Communism. C) Traditional. D) Free Enterprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free Enterprise. 54. What is a dictatorship A) Rule by one person. B) -Citizens vote on people to represent them in government. C) -Citizens rule directly or through elected representatives. D) Power is held by monarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rule by one person. 55. Which city is a center of culture and trade located in Canada? A) Chicago. B) Santiago. C) Inuvik. D) Toronto. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Toronto. 56. Type of climate that is warm year round, contains grasses and short trees, and can be found between 15-25 degrees North and South. Ex. African Savanna A) Tropical Rainforest. B) Mediterranean. C) Tropical Grassland. D) Marine West Coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical Grassland. 57. What is sustainable development? A) Economic development without depleting resources. B) Using as much of the resources as you want. C) Slash and burn agriculture. D) Ecotourism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic development without depleting resources. 58. The phenomenon associated with collision and subduction of the planet is A) Volcanoes. B) Island arcs. C) Earthquakes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. Which advance accelerated the settlement of western regions of the United States and Canada during the nineteenth century? A) Construction of railroads. B) Invention of the tractor. C) Introduction of irrigation. D) Use of the cotton gin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Construction of railroads. 60. On which continent would you find India and the Himalaya Mountains? A) South America. B) North America. C) Asia. D) Europe. 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