This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Palaeozoic era contains ..... time periods. A) Four. B) Seven. C) Five. D) Six. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Six. 2. In Hinduism, the sum of good and bad actions in one's present and past lives, leading to reward or punishment A) Dharma. B) Caste System. C) Dowry. D) Karma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Karma. 3. Which countries gained control of land in South America as a result of the Treaty of Tordesillas? A) United States and Portugal. B) Spain and France. C) Spain and Portugal. D) Germany and Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain and Portugal. 4. The Westerlies have their origin in the A) Polar highs. B) Sub polar lows. C) Subtropical highs. D) Equatorial lows. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subtropical highs. 5. An ethnic group is made up of people who share A) A common social class and level of education. B) A common government philosophy. C) A common trade or occupation. D) A common language, history, or place of origin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A common language, history, or place of origin. 6. The main crops of kharif are A) Rice, jowar, bajra. B) Ragi, maize. C) Cotton, jute. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. This theme answers the question "How are places similar or different? '' A) Human-Environment Interaction. B) Movement. C) Region. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human-Environment Interaction. 8. A mathematical formula used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on the flat surface of a map is A) A conic projection. B) A map projection. C) A cylindrical projection. D) A planar projection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A map projection. 9. Let's meet at Walmart near the mall is an example of which? A) Location. B) Human Interaction. C) Region. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Location. 10. A trade agreement that phases out trade barriers between Canada, Mexico, and the United States (formally called NAFTA) A) NAFTA. B) USMCA. C) European Union. D) Mercosur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) USMCA. 11. A severe weather condition that forms quickly and often without warning is a A) Blizzard. B) Typhoon. C) Tornado. D) Hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tornado. 12. Latitude is called the ..... A) International Date Line. B) Tropic of Capricorn. C) Prime Meridian. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equator. 13. The mountains which come into being after the continental drift started, with the break up of the large land mass of pangola are A) Young mountains. B) Old mountains. C) Volcanic mountains. D) Fold mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Young mountains. 14. Many communities in Africa rely on ..... agriculture to sustain their families. A) Money. B) Crops. C) Bread. D) Subsistence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsistence. 15. The largest production of mica in Asia is from A) Malaysia. B) Indonesia. C) India. D) Myanmar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 16. The Prime Meridian is a line of? A) Longitude. B) Latitude. C) Equator. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitude. 17. Which layer of the earth is responsible for plate tectonics? A) Outer Core. B) Mantle. C) Inner Core. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mantle. 18. Groups of languages that have similar roots are known as A) Language groups. B) Language families. C) Language clusters. D) Language types. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language families. 19. What is the time taken by the Earth to complete one rotation on its imaginary axis? A) 24 hr 37 min 23 sec. B) 24 hr. C) 23 hr 52 min. D) 23 hr 56 min 4 sec. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 23 hr 56 min 4 sec. 20. As part of the human systems element of geography, geographers might interview A) Immigrants to the United States. B) Cartographers in China. C) Satellite engineers in North America. D) Meteorologists in Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immigrants to the United States. 21. When does the Southern Hemisphere have the coldest climate? A) When it faces the sun exactly 12 hours a day. B) When it receives the most direct solar rays. C) When the sun does not set in the Antarctic Circle. D) When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When the sun does not set in the Antarctic Circle. 22. The time interval between one vernal equinox and the next is nearest to which of the following figures? A) 359 days. B) 365 days. C) 363 days. D) 361 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 365 days. 23. A violently rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm is a A) Volcano. B) Tornado. C) Earthquake. D) Hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tornado. 24. Africa lies in which hemisphere (s)? A) All 4 hemisphers. B) North and South. C) East and West. D) North and East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All 4 hemisphers. 25. Which of the following was NOT a major type of geography in Africa? A) Assimilation. B) Mountain Range. C) Greater Antilles. D) Frozen Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frozen Tundra. 26. Southwest Asia and North Africa are generally referred to as "The Middle East" because the people there have a shared language, religion and similar cultures. A) Region. B) Location. C) Place. D) Human Environment Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Region. 27. Which statement is false? A) The United Kingdom and Ireland are one single island, but two separate countries. B) Norway, Sweden, and Finland are the northernmost countries in Europe. C) Portugal is bordered by Spain and the Atlantic Ocean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The United Kingdom and Ireland are one single island, but two separate countries. 28. Which of the following parts of a map is used to show absolute location? A) Directional indicator. B) Latitude & longitude. C) Scale guide. D) Legend or key. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latitude & longitude. 29. The lasting legacy of the Inca is Quechua, which is their A) System of law. B) Religion. C) Form of government. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Language. 30. The soils whose parent material tend to be rich in sand are A) Aridsols. B) Spodsols. C) Ultisols. D) Alfisols. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spodsols. 31. Which of the following examples is true about gender inequality? A) Access to education for all is an issue in the U.S. B) It affects both men and women. C) Most countries don't have a problem with gender inequality. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It affects both men and women. 32. Which of the following is NOT considered an element of culture? A) Religion. B) Language families. C) Social system. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate. 33. European countries that belong to this world alliance use the same currency. A) EU (European Union). B) NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). C) NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). D) UN (United Nations). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) EU (European Union). 34. When highly skilled or educated people moving from one country to another in search of opportunity. A) Brain Drain. B) Know It All. C) Smarty Pants. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain Drain. 35. Absolute location is A) General. B) Not used on GPS. C) Is saying that Two Rivers is in East Hartford. D) Uses latitude and longitude to give a specific area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uses latitude and longitude to give a specific area. 36. Half of the earth that is divided by either a latitude or longitude line is called? A) Asia. B) Hemisphere. C) Equator. D) Prime Meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hemisphere. 37. What causes rivers to swell as they flow toward a lake, gulf, sea, or ocean? A) Water from aquifers. B) Water from lakes. C) Water from tributaries. D) Water from groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water from tributaries. 38. Rotation is ..... A) How the earth tilts. B) The earths travels around the sun. C) The earth spinning on its axis. D) One way in which the earth moves through space. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The earth spinning on its axis. 39. How many degrees of variation can you have to still get the answer correct when doing absolute location? A) 5 degrees. B) 100 degrees. C) 15 degrees. D) 25 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 degrees. 40. A tool on a map that shows cardinal directions and sometimes intermediate directions A) Map Key. B) Rose Graph. C) Legend. D) Compass Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compass Rose. 41. The hot, rainy tropical region is located A) Near the north pole. B) In the middle of the continents. C) Along the equator. D) At the south pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Along the equator. 42. The primary religious text of Jews A) The Analects. B) The Qur'an. C) Holy Bible. D) The Torah. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Torah. 43. When one group adapts and joins with another culture, this is known as ..... A) Subsistence. B) Monsoons. C) Assimilation. D) Antilles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assimilation. 44. Which of the following countries is famous for its Coral Reefs? A) Australia. B) Mangolia. C) Indonesia. D) Chile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australia. 45. What is a Region A) Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike. B) Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area. C) Tells us where people and places are. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike. 46. Thunderstorm cloud A) Stratus. B) Nimbostratus. C) Cirrus. D) Cumulonimbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cumulonimbus. 47. Because of ....., some solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere and some is reflected back into space. A) The tilt of the Earth's axis. B) The Coriolis effect. C) The greenhouse effect. D) Global warming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The greenhouse effect. 48. Political maps tend to change A) Slowly. B) Often. C) Over a long period of time. D) Only when there is a major natural disaster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Often. 49. Which continent is home to largest number of countries? A) South America. B) Asia. C) North America. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 50. The island state of Australia is A) Victoria. B) Queensland. C) Tasmania. D) New South Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tasmania. 51. When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere? A) Autumn. B) Spring. C) Summer. D) Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Winter. 52. Which of the following is NOT true of map scale? A) Shows distance between two points on a map. B) Shows direction on a map. C) Shows detail on a map. D) Measured in miles or kilometers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shows direction on a map. 53. The earth rotates on its axis once a A) Year. B) Day. C) Century. D) All of the above are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Day. 54. What was the name of the Aztec capital? A) Tenochtitlan. B) Yucatan. C) Mexico City. D) Quetzalcoatl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tenochtitlan. 55. A group of Canada's Native American people A) Maori. B) Native Canadians. C) Native Americans. D) First Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) First Nations. 56. Which of the following countries are global leaders in oil exports? A) Venezuela & China. B) Australia & Saudi Arabia. C) Venezuela & Saudi Arabia. D) Japan & United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venezuela & Saudi Arabia. 57. The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is A) Lake Malawi. B) Lake Rudolf. C) Lake Tanganyika. D) Lake Victoria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lake Victoria. 58. GDP is defined as A) Gross National Product. B) Gross Domestic Product. C) Gross Produced Products by a City. D) Per Capita Income. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gross Domestic Product. 59. A site on Earth that can be described with both physical and human characteristics is a A) Region. B) Human-environment interaction. C) Place. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Place. 60. On which continent would you find the Andes Mountains and the Amazon River? A) China. B) South America. C) Europe. D) India. 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