This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The 5 themes of geography are:Location, ....., Region, Movement and Human/Environ. Interaction. A) Scale. B) Place. C) Population. D) Sub-Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place. 2. What environmental issues provide challenges for Sri Lanka & the Maldives? A) Air Pollution. B) Deforestation & Rising Water Levels. C) Water Pollution. D) Trash from tourists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deforestation & Rising Water Levels. 3. Who is the only person that can veto a bill? A) Speaker of the House. B) Vice president. C) President. D) Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) President. 4. What is a monarchy A) When power is held by a monarch. B) Rule by one person. C) When citizens vote for representatives. D) When citizens vote directly on things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When power is held by a monarch. 5. The major countries of Middle East are A) Iran, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait. B) UAE, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen. C) Israel, Turkey, Cyprus, Afghanistan. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 6. Is a system in which private individuals or groups has the right to own property or businesses and make a profit with limited government interference. A) Market Economy System. B) Capitalism. C) Free Enterprise. D) Traditional Economy System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free Enterprise. 7. Goods sold to another country A) Import. B) Export. C) Globalization. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Export. 8. A storm that forms over warm, tropical ocean waters A) Hurricane. B) Typhoon. C) Tornado. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurricane. 9. In the 4th Century AD, the ..... arrived in Sri Lanka, bringing with them a new culture and language. A) British. B) Tamil. C) Sinhalese. D) Muslims. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tamil. 10. Total number of oceans in the world is A) 11. B) 3. C) 5. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 11. NAFTA was an agreement between A) Mexico, US, and Spain. B) Mexico and Spain. C) Mexico and the US. D) Mexico, Canada, and the US. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico, Canada, and the US. 12. Which region of the world experiences Hurricanes? A) American Plains. B) Caribbean Sea/Islands. C) Indian Ocean and surrounding area. D) Pacific Ocean and surrounding area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caribbean Sea/Islands. 13. A map that shows physical features and landforms is called? A) Projection Map. B) Physical Map. C) Political Map. D) Growth Map. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Physical Map. 14. Following the Portuguese and Dutch, which European nation colonized and ruled Sri Lanka until 1948? A) France. B) Belgium. C) Great Britain. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Britain. 15. What is the name of the large grassland located in Argentina? A) Llanos. B) Atacama Desert. C) Pampas. D) Amazon Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pampas. 16. If you visited New York City on your road trip, in what region of the U.S. would you have visited? A) Midwest. B) Pacific Coast. C) Northeast. D) Southwest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northeast. 17. Religious conflicts between the Catholics and Protestants would most likely occur in? A) Jamaica. B) Israel. C) England. D) Northern Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern Ireland. 18. When finding the absolute location of an area what is the first thing that you have to find? A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) Direction of the equator. D) Direction of the Prime Meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 19. Southern Mexico is part of a ..... that connects N. America and S. America. A) Crossroads. B) Peninsula. C) Steppe. D) Land bridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Land bridge. 20. Which of the LACEMOPS is most important for determining climate of a region? A) Prevailing winds. B) Latitude belts. C) Ocean currents. D) Storm tracks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitude belts. 21. What is the largest country (by population)? A) China. B) Brazil. C) USA. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 22. The maximum soil fertility occurs in the pH range of A) 7.0 to 8.2. B) 6.0 to 7.2. C) 4.0 to 5.2. D) 5.0 to 6.2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6.0 to 7.2. 23. The original founders of Common wealth of Independent States, in December 1991, are A) Tadjikistan, Khirghizia and Turkemenistan. B) Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. C) Russia, Ukraine and Byelorus. D) Moldavia, Khazakhastan and Uzbekistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tadjikistan, Khirghizia and Turkemenistan. 24. What is the time period of revolution of a geostationary satellite? A) 12 hours. B) 24 hours. C) One week. D) One month. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24 hours. 25. People leaving their homes in Syria and travelling to Turkey to avoid ISIS is an example of which? A) Relative Location. B) Absolute Location. C) Movement. D) Human-Environment Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 26. It is important to conserve fossil fuels because they are A) An inexpensive source of energy. B) The least polluting source of energy. C) Scarce in the United States. D) Nonrenewable energy sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonrenewable energy sources. 27. Which of the following is when mountains block precipitation from falling in an area? A) Rain Shadow. B) Rain Blockage. C) Mountain Rain. D) Dry Mountain Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain Shadow. 28. Which layer of Earth includes Earth's surface? A) The mantle. B) The crust. C) The inner core. D) The outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The crust. 29. The population of the U.S. is most likely A) 95% Immigrants. B) 30% Immigrants. C) 1% Immigrants. D) 50% Immigrants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 95% Immigrants. 30. Islamic place of worship A) Synagogue. B) Mosque. C) Chapel. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mosque. 31. The right ascension is the equivalent of longitude on the celestial sphere, and it is given in the units of A) Degrees. B) Time-hours, minutes and seconds. C) Only hours. D) Only seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time-hours, minutes and seconds. 32. The starting point for measuring latitude is the ..... A) Tropic of Cancer. B) Prime Meridian. C) Equator. D) Tropic of Capricorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equator. 33. What is the center of the U.S. automobile industry? A) Chicago. B) Detroit. C) Atlanta. D) Houston. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Detroit. 34. Which is NOT used to show the relative location of a place? A) Direction in relation to a landmark. B) Distance from other places. C) Proximity to natural resources. D) Latitude & longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latitude & longitude. 35. What are the 7 continents? A) Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctia, Europe, Australia. B) Europe, Asia, Africa, United States, China, Germany, Seven. C) Columbia, Africa, Asia, Germany, Iceland, Six, Hopi. D) Both A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctia, Europe, Australia. 36. "A large landmass" is a ..... A) Region. B) Continent. C) Country. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Continent. 37. What is another name for latitude lines? A) Parallels. B) Meridians. C) ContoursLines. D) BoundariesLines Drawn East-West. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parallels. 38. In which ocean 'Bermuda triangle 'region is located? A) Pacific. B) Arctic. C) Atlantic. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atlantic. 39. The alpine biome has relatively cold climate because? A) Of its location in terms of longitude. B) It is located near the equator. C) It is located near the equator. D) Of its extremely high altitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Of its extremely high altitudes. 40. Which map shows natural features like mountains, rivers, and deserts? A) Physical. B) Political. C) Thematic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical. 41. Beyond the authority or jurisdiction of one national government. (United Nations, EU, NATO, NAFTA) A) Supranational. B) Universal suffrage. C) Democracy. D) Geopolitics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supranational. 42. Over the last three decades, which is the best reason for increasing numbers of Latin Americans migrating to the United States? A) Escape from unstable government. B) Escape legal prosecution. C) Desire for religious freedom. D) Desire to reunite families. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Escape from unstable government. 43. The tropical cyclones do not occur to the equator because of A) Weak coriolis force. B) Light and variable width. C) Excessive humidity. D) Connective activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weak coriolis force. 44. The primary language for most of South America countries is ..... but in Brazil, ..... is spoken. A) Spanish & Portugese. B) Brazilian & Indian. C) English & Spanish. D) Spanish & German. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spanish & Portugese. 45. The central grasslands of North America A) Savanna. B) Prairie. C) Permafrost. D) Steppe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prairie. 46. How do scientists theorize that Earth's largest physical features are created? A) Erosion from mountain meltwater. B) Widening of continental shelves. C) Collisions between landmasses. D) Softening of the mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Collisions between landmasses. 47. The thickness of biosphere is A) 8-10 km above the earth's surface. B) 5-8 km above the earth's surface. C) 5-10 km above the earth's surface. D) 10-12 km above the earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8-10 km above the earth's surface. 48. Which religion spread to the Americans through the process of European colonization? A) Christianity. B) Hinduism. C) Buddhism. D) Islam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christianity. 49. What type of feature would you be likely to find on a physical map? A) Desserts. B) Mountains. C) Deserts. D) Physical features. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical features. 50. The study of human geography includes study of A) Human society and culture. B) Behaviour and urban systems. C) Economics and politics. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 51. What rocky formation is located in Northern Canada? A) Rocky Mountains. B) Continental Divide. C) Canadian Shield. D) Appalachian Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canadian Shield. 52. The theme Place consist of A) Human and Physical characteristics. B) The movement of people and trade. C) Places that are similar with one another. D) The location of an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human and Physical characteristics. 53. Which statement best explains why nations must trade? A) All nations belong to free trade agreements. B) All nations seek out new production methods. C) No nation has all necessary resources. D) No nation can employ all of its laborers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No nation has all necessary resources. 54. The minerals resources of north-eastern zone include A) Coal, Fe, Mn, Cu, Mica, U, diamond. B) Crude Petroleum and natural gas. C) Fe, Au(gold). D) Natural gas, Fe, Au, Mn, U. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal, Fe, Mn, Cu, Mica, U, diamond. 55. Which of the following is a physical (or geographic) border? A) The border between Vermont and New York. B) The border between Egypt and Libya. C) The Nile River. D) The border between Guilford and Brattleboro. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Nile River. 56. The platform and the basement rock together form A) Craton. B) Shield. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Craton. 57. Which plate boundary is responsible for mountains and volcanoes? A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convergent. 58. What major factor helped the European Union grow so quickly? A) Nationalism. B) Spread of communism. C) Political stability. D) Cultural divergences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political stability. 59. What is the main factor that causes Earth's population distribution to be uneven? A) Geography. B) Rapid population growth. C) Negative population growth. D) Migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geography. 60. A(n) ..... is a whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the earth A) Lake. B) Ocean. C) River. D) Pond. 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