This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called A) Laminar flow. B) Turbulent flow. C) Stream flow. D) Helical flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helical flow. 2. Is a system in which tradition habits and customs control all economic activity; exists in only a few parts of the world today. A) Capitalism. B) Free Enterprise. C) Traditional Economy System. D) Market Economy System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional Economy System. 3. Which example best describes absolute location? A) Evans school is close to PSA. B) My house next to the LA Zoo. C) I live next to Walmart. D) Australia is 23.5$^ \circ$ S and 135$^ \circ$ E. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia is 23.5$^ \circ$ S and 135$^ \circ$ E. 4. What is a desert? A) *an area of land surrounded by water on three sides. B) *Physical geography relates to the natural environment. C) *a dry land with little precipitation and little to no vegetation. D) -An area containing geographically related mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) *a dry land with little precipitation and little to no vegetation. 5. Generally, countries with access to oil in the Middle East have a higher HDI rank and as a result have higher A) Taxes. B) Literacy rates and life expectancy. C) Birth rates. D) Population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literacy rates and life expectancy. 6. El Paso climate is considered a A) Tropical region. B) Semi-Arid region. C) Arid region. D) Tundra region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semi-Arid region. 7. What side of a mountain range is in a rain shadow? A) Windward. B) East. C) Leeward. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leeward. 8. Monotheism is a belief in how many gods? A) Two. B) Twenty. C) Many. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One. 9. Christians, Jews, and Muslims are the three major ..... World Regions. A) Indo. B) Polytheistic. C) Oasis. D) Monotheistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monotheistic. 10. Which nation sold to the United States the largest tract of land west of the Mississippi? A) Spain. B) England. C) France. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) France. 11. Population density is the average number of people A) Living in countries with smaller land areas. B) Living in rural areas. C) Living on a square mile or square kilometer of land. D) Living in cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Living on a square mile or square kilometer of land. 12. The loss of local traditions, increased levels of pollution, and the risk of pandemics are negative aspects of:(7D) A) Ethnic Cleansing. B) Cottage Industries. C) Genocide. D) Globalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Globalization. 13. Which climate type gets the MOST rain per year? A) Tropical. B) Dry. C) Midlatitude. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical. 14. What European country colonized Brazil? A) England. B) Spain. C) Portugal. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Portugal. 15. The continued extraction of natural resources-particularly coal, oil, and natural gas from the tar sands in Alberta-fuels a growing concern among many people about A) Wetlands. B) Climate change. C) The fishing industry. D) Old-growth forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate change. 16. Belief in a single God A) Polytheism. B) Economy. C) Monotheism. D) None of the given. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monotheism. 17. A compass helps the reader of a map determine ..... A) Relief. B) Distortion. C) Orientation. D) Scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orientation. 18. Though modern geographers use information from economics, sociology, history, and many other academic disciplines, before modern computers, geographers relied heavily on skills in (WG.21A) A) Math. B) Geology. C) Botany. D) Physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Math. 19. What forces created the Andes Mountains? A) Erosion. B) Inversion. C) Precipitation. D) Subduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subduction. 20. The sediment deposited at the base of the glacier is called A) Till. B) Moraine. C) Glacial sand. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Till. 21. Which maps show the boundaries of states and countries? A) Population Density. B) Physical. C) Resource. D) Political. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political. 22. The 0 degree latitude line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres. A) Time zone. B) International Dateline. C) Equator. D) Prime Meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equator. 23. Earthquakes are measured using which scale? A) Richter scale. B) Enhanced Fujita scale. C) Yates-Worthing scale. D) Saffir-Simpson scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Richter scale. 24. What is an advantage to building a city at a confluence site? A) Increased access to trade routes. B) Decreased regional conflicts. C) Improved technological innovations. D) Reduced risk of natural disasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased access to trade routes. 25. What is the time difference between longitude? A) 5 minutes. B) 5 minutes 10 seconds. C) 4 minutes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4 minutes. 26. The iron and steel industries of which of the following countries are almost fully dependent on imported raw materials? A) Britain. B) Japan. C) Poland. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japan. 27. MR HELP, also known as movement, region, human environment interaction, location, and place, are collectively known as A) Physical processes. B) Glaciation. C) Five Themes of Geography. D) ESPN's of Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five Themes of Geography. 28. Which climate subregion is suitable for growing rice? A) Tundra. B) Semiarid. C) Humid continental. D) Humid subtropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humid subtropical. 29. Which structure is known primarily as a national seat of government? A) Taj Mahal. B) Kremlin. C) Kaaba. D) Eiffel Tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kremlin. 30. The transverse, longitudinal and surface waves in an earthquake originate from A) The focus within the body of the earth. B) The epicentre on the body of the earth. C) The focus on the surface of the earth. D) The epicentre within the body of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The focus within the body of the earth. 31. The following are renewable resources except ..... A) Coal. B) Rocks. C) Trees. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 32. How people and their surroundings interact A) Location. B) Human/environment interaction. C) Region. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human/environment interaction. 33. Huge temperature variations occur in this subregion between summer and winter; summers are short and cool while winters are always very cold; temperatures at or below freezing last 5-8 months of the year A) Semiarid. B) Desert. C) Ice Cap. D) Subarctic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subarctic. 34. The snow line on the northern side of greater Himalayas range about A) 4,500 to 6,000 metres. B) 5,500 to 6,000 metres. C) 3,500 to 6,000 metres. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4,500 to 6,000 metres. 35. Which of the following countries is in North America? A) Japan. B) Chile. C) Greece. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canada. 36. Which describes zero population growth? A) Birthrate is lower than death rate by 50 percent. B) Birthrate is higher than death rate by 60 percent. C) Death rate is higher than birthrate by 30 percent. D) Birthrate is higher than death rate by zero percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Birthrate is higher than death rate by zero percent. 37. Large natural elevation on the Earth's surface; higher than a hill A) Valley. B) Mountain. C) Ocean. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountain. 38. Which of these negative effects is most likely to occur because of global warming? A) Rising sea levels. B) Shorter growing seasons. C) Increased volcanic eruptions. D) Falling sea levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rising sea levels. 39. Birch and cottonwood trees are A) Examples of deciduous trees. B) Examples of coniferous trees. C) Particularly drought resistant. D) Examples of trees that thrive on the savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Examples of deciduous trees. 40. The tide of minimum rise is called A) Spring tide. B) Low tide. C) Ebb tide. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low tide. 41. The main percentage of the volume of water in the hydrosphere is in A) Oceans and seas. B) Oceans and seas. C) Glaciers and ice sheets. D) Freshwater lakes and water vapours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceans and seas. 42. The hunting and gathering economy can support only A) 1 person per sq. km. B) 3 persons per sq. km. C) 5 persons per sq. km. D) 7 persons per sq. km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1 person per sq. km. 43. On which continent would you find the Baltic Sea, the Pyrenees Mountains and the Danube River? A) China. B) North America. C) Africa. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Europe. 44. What canal was built to enhance shipping routes in N. Africa and SW Asia? A) Suez. B) Tigris. C) Nile. D) Aswan High. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aswan High. 45. In which type of government does the power belong to only one person? A) Theocracy. B) Oligarchy. C) Autocracy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autocracy. 46. Which of the following is most directly responsible for the variation in seasonal weather patterns? A) Distance from the Sun. B) Tilt of the Earth's axis. C) Rotation of the Earth on its axis. D) Phases of the Moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tilt of the Earth's axis. 47. The theory of continental drift states that the continents once formed a large land mass called ..... A) Pangaea. B) Central Plateau. C) Gulf of Mexico. D) Katrina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pangaea. 48. The major pedogenic process acting on soils at the macro scale are A) Laterisation and podsolisation. B) Calcification and salinisation. C) Salinisation and gleisation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 49. The low latitude zone of globe extends between A) Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer. B) North pole to South pole. C) Tropic of Capricorn and equator. D) Equator and Tropic of Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer. 50. To give, to formally transfer land A) Emancipation. B) Secede. C) Annex. D) Cede. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cede. 51. The Amazon Rainforest is primarily located in ..... A) Europe. B) China. C) Brazil. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brazil. 52. In the Northern Hemisphere the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, occurs in which month? A) July. B) April. C) June. D) March. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) June. 53. What makes the Amazon Rainforest its own distinct region? A) It is surrounded by areas with identical characteristics. B) Its rivers were first mapped out by European explorers. C) It has its own unique climate, plants, and animals . D) It is located in Mexico in South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has its own unique climate, plants, and animals . 54. Which country is most likely to experience an earthquake? A) England. B) France. C) Brazil. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Japan. 55. The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is A) The Rio Grande. B) The Amazon. C) The Mississippi. D) The Colorado. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Rio Grande. 56. The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound ..... A) Silicates. B) Carbonates. C) Oxides. D) Phosphates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Silicates. 57. One way that wealthy nations in Asia address the lack of water is by A) Trading oil for irrigation. B) Constructing large dams. C) Building desalination plants. D) Draining wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Building desalination plants. 58. Which of these names geometric designs that are symbols of the universe and are used to aid in meditation? A) Yaks. B) Treks. C) Bhotes. D) Mandalas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mandalas. 59. The Panama Canal was built to make it possible for ships to A) Travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. B) Stop and refuel. C) Take on cargo. D) Carry tourists into Latin America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. 60. 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