This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Amazon Rainforest is located in which physical region? A) Northern South America. B) American midwest. C) Northern Africa. D) Northern Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern South America. 2. Urban areas located where two or more rivers merge (Pittsburgh) are said to have developed on a/an ..... A) Confluence site. B) Fall line site. C) Harbor site. D) Oasis site. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Confluence site. 3. The summer and winter seasons in a year are caused by A) Aphelion(farthest) and perihelion(nearest) positions of the Earth from the Sun during the annual revolution. B) Rotation in solar insolation. C) Variation in solar insolation. D) Revolution of the Earth on its inclined axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revolution of the Earth on its inclined axis. 4. Advances in motorized farm equipment and irrigation have resulted in (19C) A) A lower demand for food. B) Greater production of agricultural goods by fewer people. C) An increased number of people involved in agriculture. D) Periodic shortages of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greater production of agricultural goods by fewer people. 5. What are the two main factors that determine the climate of an area? A) Precipitation and humidity. B) Temperature and air pressure. C) Wind conditions and humidity. D) Temperature and precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature and precipitation. 6. What describes projected population growth diagram that shows the male and female of a city suburb? A) Population map. B) Standard of living. C) Population pyramid. D) Pyramid graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Population pyramid. 7. Where is Russia's population density the highest? A) Caucasus Mountains. B) North European Plain. C) Ural Mountains. D) West Siberian Plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North European Plain. 8. Education, Economy, Communications, Utilities, Transportation and Healthcare are a part of? A) Themes of Geography. B) Infrastructure. C) Global Grid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infrastructure. 9. What does the rain shadow effect cause? A) Dry areas to develop on the leeward sides of mountain ranges. B) Ice caps to develop on the North and South Poles. C) Monsoons to develop in the Pacific Ocean. D) Hurricanes to develop int he Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dry areas to develop on the leeward sides of mountain ranges. 10. Which of the following is an example of modifying geography to create a better lifestyle A) Terrace farming. B) Erosion. C) Medical technology. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrace farming. 11. Mountain Ranges, deserts, and bodies of water are all examples of what? A) Landforms. B) Geographic Features. C) Physical Features. D) Features of Physical Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Features of Physical Geography. 12. In which directions the Earth rotates around its axis? A) North to South. B) East to West. C) Randomly. D) West to East. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West to East. 13. The number of a topographic map is 47A/16/NW. Its scale must be A) 1 : 250,000. B) 1 : 100,000. C) 1 : 50,000. D) 1 : 25,000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 : 25,000. 14. Which ancient group of people began to migrate all over Europe and Asia? A) Indo-Euros. B) Indo-Europeans. C) Indo-Asians. D) Indo-Africans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indo-Europeans. 15. Earthquakes under the water can cause ..... A) Tsunamis. B) Tornadoes. C) Lightening. D) Hailstorms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunamis. 16. Layer of the atmosphere where weather occurs. A) Troposphere. B) Stratosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Thermosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troposphere. 17. Within the transporting medium, transport can occur by A) Suspension. B) Solution and traction. C) Solution. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. Longitude is called the ..... A) Tropic of Cancer. B) Prime Meridian. C) Equator. D) International Date Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) International Date Line. 19. The countries in the region border the Red Sea are ..... A) Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia. B) Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel. C) Oman, Abu Dhabi, Iraq, Iran. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel. 20. Winds are caused primarily by A) Humidity differences. B) Pressure difference. C) Coriolis effect. D) Rotation of earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coriolis effect. 21. The Summer solstice is the ..... day of the year. A) Coldest. B) Worst. C) Shortest. D) Longest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Longest. 22. The largest gulf in the world is A) Gulf of Mannar. B) Gulf of Mexico. C) Gulf of Carpentaria. D) Persian Gulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gulf of Mexico. 23. What allows Western Europe to be warmer than it should be? A) The Prime Meridian. B) The Equator. C) North Atlantic Drift. D) Greenhouse Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North Atlantic Drift. 24. What climates are found mainly in the Northern Hemisphere? A) Marine West Coast and Humid Continental. B) Subarctic and Tundra. C) Highland and Desert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subarctic and Tundra. 25. In Hinduism, being reborn repeatedly in different forms, until one has overcome earthly desires A) Mantra. B) Nirvana. C) Polytheism. D) Reincarnation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reincarnation. 26. The study of the location and distribution of physical features and living things on Earth's surface, and how they relate to each other. A) GPS. B) Map Projection. C) Geography. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geography. 27. The tropical easterlies wind lie at A) 60-90? latitude. B) 30-60? latitude. C) 10-40? latitude. D) 0-30? latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0-30? latitude. 28. Which type of trees lose their leaves after changing colors in the fall? A) Steppe. B) Deciduous. C) Tropical. D) Coniferous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deciduous. 29. Which geographic factor was most responsible for increasing migration to the United States and Canada during the seventeenth century? A) Available land for farming. B) European wars and famine. C) Favorable climate conditions. D) Improved education systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Available land for farming. 30. This shows political units such as countries, states, capitals and major cities A) Political Map. B) Baby map. C) Water Map. D) Physical Map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Political Map. 31. Which factor might attract a transnational corporation to a country? A) Good tourist attractions. B) Cheap raw materials. C) High average monthly wage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheap raw materials. 32. The Winter Solstice is the ..... day of the year. A) Best. B) Longest. C) Worst. D) Shortest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shortest. 33. What Physical Feature serparates North Africa and the rest of Africa? A) Amazon River. B) Himalayan Mountains. C) A desert. D) Sahara Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sahara Desert. 34. "STANOVOI" Mountain is in A) North-America. B) Australia. C) Europe. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asia. 35. Which of the following nations is located in Sub-Sahara Africa? A) Egypt. B) Algeria. C) South Africa. D) Libya. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South Africa. 36. Which of the following rivers in in South America? A) Yangtze. B) Danube. C) Nile. D) Amazon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Amazon. 37. The R-horizon of soil horizon consists of A) Unweathered bedrock. B) Weathered parent material. C) Plant litter at various levels of decomposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unweathered bedrock. 38. The uppermost epoch of the Neogene period is A) The Pleistocen epoch. B) The Pliocene epoch. C) The Miocene epoch. D) The Oligocene epoch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Pliocene epoch. 39. Which of the following is NOT used to determine a country's standard of living? A) Life Expectancy. B) Infant Mortality Rate. C) Literacy Rate. D) Land Size. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Land Size. 40. How would you know what the subject of the map is? A) The map key. B) The title. C) Map scale bar. D) In the dictionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The title. 41. Two major reasons that Saudi Arabia is important to many people around the world are A) Its economic equality and large universities. B) Its free markets and commercial agriculture. C) Its religious sites and oil resources. D) Its armed forces and modern cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its religious sites and oil resources. 42. Emissions in the United States can result in ..... in Canada, threatening timber and water resources. A) Cooler air temperatures. B) Acid rain. C) Industrial accents. D) Reduced wetlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acid rain. 43. What is the climate of Southwest India? A) Highlands. B) Humid sub-tropical. C) Tropical rainforest. D) Steppe grasslands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical rainforest. 44. Which physical features are correctly paired with the continent in which they are located? A) Ganges River and Pyrenees Mountains-Asia. B) Nile River and the Himalayan mountains-Africa. C) Amazon River and Andes Mountains-South America. D) Seine River and Lake Victoria-Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amazon River and Andes Mountains-South America. 45. The longest epoch of the tertiary period is A) Palaeocene. B) Eocene. C) Oligocene. D) Miocene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eocene. 46. A large landform that stretches above surrounding land usually in a peak. A) Lake. B) Plain. C) Mountain. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain. 47. The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately A) 0.384 million km. B) 579 million km. C) 149.6 million km. D) 227.9 million km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0.384 million km. 48. Which strait separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea? A) Strait of Magellan. B) Strait of Gibraltar. C) Bosporous Strait. D) Dardanelle Strait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strait of Gibraltar. 49. The main tributaries of Indus river system are A) The Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi. B) The Beas, the Sutlej. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 50. Which country has the most territory and population in all of Latin America? A) Brazil. B) Bolivia. C) Chile. D) Argentina. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brazil. 51. The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called A) Outer core. B) Inner core. C) Inner mantle. D) Outer mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Outer mantle. 52. Which South Asian country has a constitutional monarchy? A) Bhutan. B) Nepal. C) India. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhutan. 53. How many degrees is the equator? A) 0 degrees latitude. B) 180 degrees longitude. C) 0 degrees longitude. D) 90 degrees latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0 degrees latitude. 54. Pollution, air, wind, and oxygen are ALL a part of the A) Biosphere. B) Hydrosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Atmosphere. 55. Why are many major cities located near or on rivers? A) Necessary for farming. B) Shipping for trade. C) Transportation. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. What is the process of moving from one place to another? A) Immigration. B) Culture. C) Urban. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Migration. 57. How do wind currents affect climate? A) By distributing heat. B) By cooling air. C) By influencing seasons. D) By determining seasons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By distributing heat. 58. The temperature increases rapidly after A) Ionosphere. B) Troposphere. C) Exosphere. D) Stratosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ionosphere. 59. Geography is the study of A) Land, water, and natural resources. B) The history and development of the earth. C) The measurement and physical descriptions of places, regions, areas, and land masses. D) The distribution and interaction of Earth's physical and human features. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The distribution and interaction of Earth's physical and human features. 60. How does accretion cause continents to grow outward? A) Moving plates squeeze Earth's surface until it buckles. B) Magma builds up to fill in space between plates. C) Erosion moves soil to edges of continents. D) Debris from the leveling off of underwater mountains piles up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Debris from the leveling off of underwater mountains piles up. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesWorld Geography Quiz 1World Geography Quiz 2World Geography Quiz 3World Geography Quiz 4World Geography Quiz 5World Geography Quiz 6World Geography Quiz 7World Geography Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books