This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Long periods of summer heat and humidity; winters are mild to cool; great for agricultural activity (hint:Georgia is located in this climate region) A) Humid Subtropical. B) Tropical Wet. C) Humid Continental. D) Tropical Wet & Dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humid Subtropical. 2. A government where a God or divine ones are given the status of supreme ruler? (Examples:The Vatican, Egyptians, etc..) A) Democracy. B) Monarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Theocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theocracy. 3. Which term refers to the physical character of a location? (WG.5A) A) Site. B) Situation. C) Absolute location. D) Relative location. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Site. 4. Which of the following factors can affect the shape of a population pyramid? A) Migration patterns. B) Deaths. C) Births. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 5. Which factor will lead to increased global warming? A) Glaciation. B) Floods. C) Droughts. D) Industrialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrialization. 6. The equal voting rights for adult citizens of a country. A) Supranational. B) Universal suffrage. C) Democracy. D) Geopolitics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Universal suffrage. 7. How many branches of government are there? A) Four. B) Three. C) Five. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three. 8. Which planet experiences the volcano with the name of "Arsia Mon" ? A) Mars. B) Earth. C) Jupiter. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mars. 9. What landform stretches across France, Belgium, Germany, and Poland to Russia? A) The Western Uplands. B) The Northern European Plains. C) The Central Uplands. D) The Alpine region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Northern European Plains. 10. What is the dominant religion in North Africa and Southwest Asia? A) Christian. B) Judaism. C) Islam. D) Hindu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Islam. 11. What is the name of the line of longitude that divides the world into eastern and western hemispheres? A) Latitude. B) International Date Line. C) Prime Meridian. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prime Meridian. 12. The river Jordan drains into the A) Adriatic Garden. B) Resaca Garden. C) Gulf of Suez. D) Dead Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dead Sea. 13. The term "Latin America" refers to the languages spoken there that derived from Latin. To which languages does it refer? A) Spanish and English. B) Spanish and French. C) Spanish and Portuguese. D) Spanish and Italian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spanish and Portuguese. 14. The Siberian Region, known for its brutally cold climate pattern, is located in which country? A) North America. B) Mexico. C) New England. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russia. 15. When the central government is run by a small group of people. A) Democracy. B) Autocracy. C) Parliamentary. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oligarchy. 16. In the 6th Century BC, the ..... settled in Sri Lanka and created an advanced civilization. A) Chinese traders. B) Muslims. C) Tamils. D) Sinhalese. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sinhalese. 17. The enslavement of Africans who were then shipped to the Americas is an example of cultural change being caused by forced ..... A) Diffusion. B) Labor. C) Migration. D) Assimilation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Migration. 18. The Five Themes of Geography are the Following A) Place, Region, Interaction, Land-forms, Movement. B) Place, Region, Interaction, Location, Movement. C) People, Race, Interaction, Location Movement. D) Power, Region, Interaction, Location Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place, Region, Interaction, Location, Movement. 19. The use of the Euro and the removal of trade barriers in the European Union has created A) A large united trade zone across Europe. B) High unemployment in non-EU countries. C) Increased demand for agricultural products. D) A shift from manufacturing jobs to service industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large united trade zone across Europe. 20. The islands of Seychelles are located in the A) Pacific Ocean. B) Indian Ocean. C) Arctic Ocean. D) Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian Ocean. 21. Which name do western societies commonly use for the Arabian Gulf? A) Persian Gulf. B) Sea of Marmara. C) Gulf of Aden. D) Red Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Persian Gulf. 22. Which are examples of technology being used in the theme of movement? A) Instant messaging. B) The internet. C) Email. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. A rain forest would be LEAST likely to thrive in A) An area enriched by permafrost. B) An area of high temperature and humidity. C) An area in which broadleaf trees thrived. D) A tropical zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An area enriched by permafrost. 24. Time Zone rules-If it is 5 pm in Jackson, MS and it is 5 Pm in New Orleans, LA what rule of time is this A) West to East you add. B) East to West you subtract. C) Same Zone same time. D) North to south you multiply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Same Zone same time. 25. The Gulf Stream carries warm water from the east coast of the United States to the west coast of ..... A) South America. B) Asia. C) Europe. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Europe. 26. The HBJ Upgradation project, upgraded the capacity of HBJ pipeline from 18.2 MM SC MD to A) 29.6 MM SC MD. B) 33.4 MM SC MD. C) 22.3 MM SC MD. D) 20 MM SC MD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33.4 MM SC MD. 27. A map that shows places and boundaries such as townships, counties, states, provinces or nations is A) Climate map. B) Population map. C) Physical map. D) Political map. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political map. 28. Which planet is closet to the sun? A) Jupiter. B) Earth. C) Pluto. D) Mercury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercury. 29. How do geographers use a spatial perspective? A) To apply geographic skills to a variety of fields. B) To study how people make meaning from the world. C) To determine why things are located where they are. D) To understand how living and non living things interact. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To determine why things are located where they are. 30. Is a system of recourse management in which decisions about production and distribution of goods, and services are made by a central authority (the government normally). A) Free Enterprise. B) Capitalism. C) Mixed Economy. D) Command Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Command Economy. 31. The U.S. is made up of the ..... and House of Representatives. A) Senate. B) Cabinet. C) United States President. D) Supreme Court. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Senate. 32. The length of the day is determined in A) Astronomical units. B) Solar terms. C) Length of the hours. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Astronomical units. 33. The Middle East is an example of which? A) Relative Location. B) Human-Environment Interaction. C) Region. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Region. 34. The term for one-half of a globe or one-half of the planet Earth A) Prime Meridian. B) Legend. C) Hemisphere. D) Sphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hemisphere. 35. The dominant language in China is A) American. B) Chinese. C) Mandarin. D) Japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mandarin. 36. A language that has been simplified and modified through contact with other languages A) Native Language. B) Pidgin Language. C) Lingua Franca. D) Bird Call. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pidgin Language. 37. The Himalayan mountain system belongs to which of the following? A) Volcanic mountains. B) Block mountains. C) Fold mountains. D) Residual mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fold mountains. 38. What is the major contributor to the decrease in population of Native Americans after European Arrival? A) Infectious disease. B) Climate Change. C) Food exchange. D) Overpopulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infectious disease. 39. What happened in 1971 in South Asia? A) Pakistan became an independent country. B) Bangladesh became an independent country. C) A Tsunami hit Bangladesh. D) A war between Pakistan and India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bangladesh became an independent country. 40. What economic sector is related to services? A) Primary. B) Tertiary. C) Quaternary. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tertiary. 41. Why is life generally more comfortable in industrialized countries? A) The people are nicer. B) There are fewer people to deal with. C) There is more food and health care. D) They can enjoy the outdoors more. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is more food and health care. 42. What is the scientific theory about how Earth's largest physical features are created? A) Softening of the mantle. B) Collisions between landmasses. C) Widening of continental shelves. D) Erosion from mountain meltwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collisions between landmasses. 43. How many hemispheres does the Equator divides the earth into? A) 2. B) 4. C) 8. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2. 44. Characteristic of, belonging to, or related to the sea A) Province. B) Arid. C) Reserve. D) Maritime. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maritime. 45. The scarcity or crop failure of which of the following can cause a serious edible oil crisis in India? A) Coconut. B) Groundnut. C) Mustard. D) Linseed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groundnut. 46. What physical feature lies to the western, leeward, side of the Andes Mountains? A) Atacama Desert. B) Panama Canal. C) Amazon Basin. D) Pampas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atacama Desert. 47. The polar Easterlies lie at A) 90? latitude. B) 60-90? latitude. C) 30-60? latitude. D) 0-30? latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 60-90? latitude. 48. A transportation route opened in 1914 and once controlled by the U.S. A) Titicaca. B) Panama Canal. C) Land Bridge. D) Sedimentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Panama Canal. 49. Canada was originally a ..... of Great Britain. A) Confederacy. B) Bilingual system. C) Dominion. D) Loyalist system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dominion. 50. A type of government that is ran by representatives of the people is called a ..... A) Democracy. B) Oligarchy. C) Dictatorship. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy. 51. Canada is the world's third-largest producer of ....., which is an inexpensive source of renewable energy. A) Synthetic crude oil. B) Natural gas. C) Hydroelectricity. D) Wind and solar power. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydroelectricity. 52. The South Frigid Zone is the region A) Lying between 66(1/2)? south and 90? south. B) Lying between the Antarctic circle to the south pole. C) Has the coldest climate throughout the year. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 53. North of Venezuela and east of Cuba you will find the island of Hispaniola. It is divided into two countries, Haiti and ..... A) Dominican Republic. B) Bahamas. C) Honduras. D) Jamaica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dominican Republic. 54. The major geological events of the Palaeozoic era include A) Caledonian mountain rise, life comes ashore. B) Appalachians and Central European mountains come up. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 55. The rate at change of temperature is called A) Temperature difference. B) Temperature gradient. C) Isotherm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Temperature gradient. 56. A person who studies the earth, our home. A) Geographer. B) Eaducator. C) Historian. D) Astronaut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geographer. 57. Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission is A) A spacecraft launched by India. B) A collaborative project of ISRO and NASA. C) A spacecraft launched by USA. D) A collaborative project of NASA and European Space Agency. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A spacecraft launched by USA. 58. Which of the following is an igneous rock? A) Quartzite. B) Granite. C) Limestone. D) Slate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Granite. 59. Which map would be used to identify areas of tropical rainforest in a region? A) Vegetation map. B) Ethnicity map. C) Resource map. D) Economic activity map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vegetation map. 60. Most people of the United States and Canada are ..... or their descendants. A) Native americans. B) Republicans. C) Suburbs. D) Immigrants. 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