This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 25 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of the following is not a correct example of tropical cyclone A) Typhoons. B) Northwesters. C) Hurricanes. D) Tornadoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northwesters. 2. Maps that show land and water forms and other natural features A) Monochromatic maps. B) Thematic maps. C) Political maps. D) Physical maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Physical maps. 3. Why did the Portuguese bring African slaves to Brazil? A) To work on the sugar plantations. B) The build cities. C) To clear land. D) To mine gold and silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To work on the sugar plantations. 4. If two distinct places are linked together because the people share language, religion, and traditions, then geographers place them in A) Perceptual Region. B) Geographic Region. C) Functional Region. D) Cultural Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultural Region. 5. The Brazilian government is struggling against farmers, miners, and ranchers to preserve what type of ecosystem? A) Desert. B) Grasslands. C) Rainforest. D) Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rainforest. 6. How many degrees is the prime meridian? A) 0 degrees longitude. B) 0 degrees latitude. C) 180 degrees longitude. D) 90 degrees latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0 degrees longitude. 7. A diagram of a compass showing directions A) Time Zones. B) Compass Rose. C) Blue Print. D) Map Key. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compass Rose. 8. 'Jimmy know the route from his school all the way home, and he can name all the streets. "This is an example of ..... A) Mental mapping. B) Thematic mapping. C) Absolute location. D) Primary source. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mental mapping. 9. What was one reason why India was divided into two nations in 1947? A) Differences between Hindus and Muslims created religious conflict. B) Conflict over natural resources. C) Conflict over the region of Kashmir. D) Conflict over Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Differences between Hindus and Muslims created religious conflict. 10. The airports of the United States A) Landscape. B) Formal region. C) Functional region. D) Degree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Functional region. 11. The countries, connected by the Palk Strait, are A) Britain and France. B) North and South Korea. C) Pakistan and Iran. D) India and Sri Lanka. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India and Sri Lanka. 12. Because the Earth is tilted on its axis, ..... A) Ocean currents move in predictable patterns. B) The seasons occur at the same time in all parts of the world. C) Different places on the Earth receive different amounts of sunlight. D) It is never dark at the North and South Poles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Different places on the Earth receive different amounts of sunlight. 13. Place where there are cities? A) In the country. B) In urban areas. C) On islands. D) In rural areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In urban areas. 14. What was one of the main reason that India was divided into Pakistan and India? A) Religious division between Musims and Hindus. B) British Colonial Office demanded it. C) Political division between northern and southern India. D) Dispute over the province of Kashmir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Religious division between Musims and Hindus. 15. What branch of Geography that refers to the study of the different physical features and process of the Earth like movement of air and water? A) Human geography. B) Cultural geography. C) Physical geography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physical geography. 16. A major hurdle to desalination is A) Its taste. B) Its usability. C) Its availability. D) Its cost. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Its cost. 17. The south temperature zone is a region lying between A) The Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle. B) The Antarctic circle and the South pole. C) The Tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. D) The Tropic of Capricorn and the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle. 18. A state whose territory is identical to that occupied by a specific ethnic group or nation. A) Nation. B) Anarchy. C) Country. D) Nation-State. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nation-State. 19. Countryside, not a part of the city A) Urbanization. B) Internal migration. C) Rural. D) Push factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rural. 20. The mica belt of the Himalayas, the major part of it is situated in A) Andhra Pradesh. B) Bihar. C) Rajasthan. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bihar. 21. Dead sea is located between which two countries? A) Jordan and Sudan. B) Jordan and Israel. C) Turkey and UAE. D) UAE and Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jordan and Israel. 22. What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished those who were against him. A) Theocracy. B) Democracy. C) Dictatorship. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dictatorship. 23. Major floods or ..... impact the geography of the Indian sub-continent each year. A) Pontoons. B) Monspoons. C) Monsoons. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monsoons. 24. After 1776 the American colonies ruled themselves under A) The British monarchy. B) A republic. C) Industrialization. D) A dominion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A republic. 25. Which choice best describes the European Union? A) Cooperative economic organization. B) Defense organization. C) Failed political party. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooperative economic organization. 26. This is something that every country has that has history behind it A) Area 51. B) History books. C) Flag. D) Chanclas. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flag. 27. The study of weather A) Cartography. B) Topography. C) Meteorology. D) Landscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meteorology. 28. A system of government in which those who rule are regard as divinely (godlike) inspired. A) Democracy. B) Monarchy. C) Theocracy. D) Oligarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theocracy. 29. Which is most likely to have the greatest effect on a landscape? A) Wind erosion. B) Glacial erosion. C) Chemical weathering. D) Soil building. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glacial erosion. 30. The mountain range 'Alps' is located in A) Europe. B) Africa. C) South America. D) USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Europe. 31. The leading state in producing paper is A) Bihar. B) Kerala. C) West Bengal. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West Bengal. 32. The periods of different eras are further divided into A) Eons. B) Epochs. C) Stages. D) Any of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stages. 33. A geographer could place North Africa and Indonesia in the same category because most of the people living in these regions A) Elect their own rulers. B) Adhere to the same religion. C) Practice nomadic hunting. D) Rely on the monsoon season. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adhere to the same religion. 34. An address is an example of A) Formal Location. B) Optimal Location. C) Relative Location. D) Absolute Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolute Location. 35. Which of the following is a benefit of resource use? A) Environmental degradation. B) Health problems. C) Employment opportunities. D) Resource depletion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Employment opportunities. 36. What is the literacy rate? A) The amount of adults who have written a book. B) The amount of adults who can read and write per 1000. C) The amount of adults who have electricity per 1000. D) The amount of children that can read by age 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The amount of adults who can read and write per 1000. 37. Which of the following is a peninsular river of India? A) Krishna. B) Gandak. C) Kosi. D) Sutlej. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Krishna. 38. Access to major waterways fortrade of oil products A) Is common for New York, New York. B) Is common for Anchorage Alaska. C) Is common for Denver, Colorado. D) Is common for Seattle, Washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is common for Anchorage Alaska. 39. In the quote about Canada, "the crown" is referring to A) France. B) Spain. C) Scotland. D) Great Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great Britain. 40. What three areas of Earth work together so life in the biosphere thrives? A) The hydrosphere, mesosphere, and atmosphere. B) The lithosphere, mesophere, and stratosphere. C) The lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. D) The troposhere, mesosphere, and lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. 41. The primary religious text of Christians A) The Qur'an. B) Holy Bible. C) The Analects. D) The Torah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holy Bible. 42. Mount Everest is in the ..... A) Alps. B) Rocky Mountain. C) Himalayas. D) Grand Canyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalayas. 43. When discussing places and regions, which is an example of a formal region? A) The train system in Germany. B) The Corn Belt. C) The French Riviera. D) The Great Lakes shipping industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Corn Belt. 44. What is cultural diffusion? A) Cultures that have certain traits in common. B) A common language. C) An early center of civilization. D) The spread of knowledge between cultures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The spread of knowledge between cultures. 45. The Bahaman Islands are an example of which type of geographic construct? A) Archidenago. B) Archilego. C) Archipelago. D) Archi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archipelago. 46. Belief in only one god A) Monotheism. B) Polytheism. C) Dualitheism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monotheism. 47. What is one influence that urban areas have on their countries? A) Homogenous populations exist. B) Rural settlements emerge. C) Become magnets for migration. D) Environmental conservation decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Become magnets for migration. 48. A man-made waterway A) Chunnel. B) Maritime. C) Lock. D) Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canal. 49. What are intermediate directions? A) North, South, East & West. B) Tweets that cannot be erased. C) Lines of Latitude. D) The Directions between the cardinal directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Directions between the cardinal directions. 50. What part of a map shows the approximate distance between two places? A) Compass rose or directional indicator. B) Latitude and longitude. C) Legend. D) Scale guide. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scale guide. 51. Permanently frozen soil beneath the ground's surface A) Coriolis effect. B) Steppe. C) Permafrost. D) Rain shadow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Permafrost. 52. A government structure in which some powers are given to the national government and some powers are reserved for the local governments. A) Democracy. B) Supranational Government. C) Monarchy. D) Federation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Federation. 53. Which might cause death rates in a country to fall? A) Migration. B) War. C) Improved healthcare. D) Zero population growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Improved healthcare. 54. How has China and India benefited from globalization? A) Millions of people have been lifted out of poverty in India and China. B) Inequalities among the countyside are growing. C) Increased levels of carbon is being emitted in both countries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Millions of people have been lifted out of poverty in India and China. 55. Cold or warm stream of seawater that flows in the oceans, generally in circular patterns A) Currents. B) Air Circulation. C) Climate Change. D) Oceanic Winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Currents. 56. What is the largest freshwater lake in Central America? A) Lake Titicaca. B) Lake Managua. C) Lake Chapala. D) Lake Nicaragua. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lake Nicaragua. 57. What is the largest body of water? A) Pacific Ocean. B) North Sea. C) Atlantic Ocean. D) Black Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific Ocean. 58. A map which shows state/country boundary lines, names of cities, and waterways is a ..... map. A) Thematic. B) Contour. C) Political. D) Physical. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political. 59. What is the acronym to remember the Five Themes of Geography? A) COW. B) MRHELP. C) PIG. D) MAD. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) MRHELP. 60. The smallest glaciers are A) Mountain or alpine glaciers. B) Continental glaciers. C) Piedmont glaciers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain or alpine glaciers. ← 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