This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 26 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The term for the flat, grassy, mostly treeless plains in the tropical grassland region A) Rainforest. B) Steppe. C) Savanna. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Savanna. 2. What are steep-walled inlets, reaching like fingers of water from the sea into coastal mountains? A) Fjords. B) Glaciers. C) Geysers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fjords. 3. Which climate has the least amount of vegetation? A) Ice Cap. B) Steppe. C) Desert. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice Cap. 4. The separation of Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland is an example of A) Immigrants trying to adapt to a new government. B) Language differences affecting growth in a region. C) All citizens agreeing to a political process. D) Religion as a dividing force in a region. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Religion as a dividing force in a region. 5. The climate in the Sahara desert is really hot and dry A) Location. B) Place. C) Movement. D) Human-Environment Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place. 6. Which is a characteristic of a developed nation? A) Low per capita income. B) Few industrial activities. C) High birth rate. D) High literacy rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Few industrial activities. 7. What effect do large bodies of water have on climate? A) They experience extreme cold and extreme heat. B) They cause high temperatures year-round. C) They cause cold temperatures year-round. D) They make seasons milder (less dramatic). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They make seasons milder (less dramatic). 8. A land mass that is surrounded entirely by water is A) Mountain. B) Desert. C) Island. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Island. 9. Which sector of the economy extracts raw materials and basic goods from the earth? A) Tertiary Sector. B) Quaternary Sector. C) Primary Sector. D) Secondary Sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Primary Sector. 10. The soils common to the south eastern USA are called A) Mollisols. B) Ultisols. C) Alfisols. D) Aridsols. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ultisols. 11. Highest point on Earth A) The Mariana Trench. B) Mount McKinley. C) Mount Everest. D) Mount Denali. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mount Everest. 12. What drives the water cycle? A) The wind. B) Condensation. C) The sun. D) Precipitation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The sun. 13. Lakes and rivers are part of the A) Atmosphere. B) Asthenosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 14. The ocean water is saline due to A) Evaporation of its surface. B) Volume of fresh water added by rainfall. C) Salts are already present in sea water. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 15. Sea trade routes to Russia are difficult because ..... A) It has nothing to offer other nations in trade. B) Many of its ports are frozen for part of the year. C) It has no coastline. D) It doesn't have any ships for trading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many of its ports are frozen for part of the year. 16. Two Rivers Magnet Middle School is located at 317 East River Drive East Hartford, CT is an example of what theme. A) Location:Relative. B) Location:Absolute. C) Place. D) Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Location:Absolute. 17. What best describes a monopoly? A) When one company/group controls a product. B) When one company/group wraps a product. C) When one company/group sells a product. D) When one company/group makes a product. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When one company/group controls a product. 18. Taungup Pass is a mountain corridor connecting India with A) Myanmar. B) China. C) Afghanistan. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myanmar. 19. Magma which is forced onto the Earth's surface is known as A) Cone. B) Vent. C) Lava. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lava. 20. Which of the following features is MOST directly related to Latin America's colonial legacy? A) Extensive raw materials. B) Dangerous volcanic activity. C) Roman Catholic religion. D) Scattered natural resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Roman Catholic religion. 21. A dry grassland that has warm summers and harsh, cold winters A) Steppe. B) Rain shadow. C) Coriolis effect. D) Permafrost. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steppe. 22. What countries make up NAFTA? A) USA, Mexico, and Canada. B) Japan, China, and India. C) USA, Canada, and Brazil. D) Chile, Honduras, and Bulgaria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) USA, Mexico, and Canada. 23. A democracy in which people elect others to make laws is a A) Monarch democracy. B) Assembled democracy. C) Representative democracy. D) Direct democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Representative democracy. 24. Which of the following is an example of a government that is ruled by one person? A) Representative Democracy. B) Dictatorship. C) Direct Democracy. D) Constitutional Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dictatorship. 25. The main examples of Rabi crop are A) Wheat, barley, peas, rapeseed, mustard, grams. B) Rice, jowar, barley, wheat. C) Peas, maize, cotton and jute. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheat, barley, peas, rapeseed, mustard, grams. 26. The "N" in the ESPN's of Geography represents A) Political factors. B) Social factors. C) Economic factors. D) Environmental factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environmental factors. 27. The time at a place is determined by A) The parallels of longitude. B) The parallels of latitude. C) Distance from equator. D) Distance from prime meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The parallels of longitude. 28. The horizontal of soil profile is composed of A) Weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification. B) Material affected by translocation & organic modification. C) Unweathered bedrock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathered parent material that is not affected by translocation and organic modification. 29. Who was the last Prophet that the Muslims believe. A) Gabrial. B) Muhammad. C) Akbar. D) Allah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muhammad. 30. Connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean A) Panama Canal. B) Gulf of Mexico. C) Caribbean Sea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panama Canal. 31. Something that causes people to move from one area to another area A) Rural. B) Urbanization. C) Internal migration. D) Push factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Push factor. 32. The pennines (Europe), Appalachians (America) and the Aravallis (India) are examples of A) Block mountains. B) Fold mountains. C) Young mountains. D) Old mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old mountains. 33. The two 'equinoxes' take place respectively in the months of A) January and June. B) July and December. C) March and September. D) September and December. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) March and September. 34. Who discovered the solar system? A) Newton. B) Copernicus. C) Kepler. D) Aryabhatta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Copernicus. 35. A phenomenon that causes dry areas to develop on the leeward sides of mountain ranges A) Equinox. B) Rain Shadow. C) Coriolis Effect. D) Steppe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rain Shadow. 36. Cracks in the Earths crust is called ..... A) Continental Shelves. B) Earthquakes. C) Plates. D) Faults. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Faults. 37. Oceanic currents along the coastprovide these areas with similarclimates. A) Pacific Coast from Northern California all theway to Alaska. B) Atlantic Coast to Gulf of Mexico. C) None Of These. D) Pacific Coast to Northern Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific Coast from Northern California all theway to Alaska. 38. Which Hemisphere do you live in? A) South East. B) North West. C) South West. D) North East. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North West. 39. The moon's volume is about ..... that of earth. A) 1/20 th. B) 1/60 th. C) 1/40 th. D) 1/50 th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1/50 th. 40. Lines of Latitude run A) Parallel to Africa. B) Parallel to the Equator. C) Parallel to Latitude. D) Parallel to Longitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallel to the Equator. 41. A wind turbine is a source of ..... energy. A) Renewable. B) Fossil fuel. C) Solar. D) Geothermal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable. 42. To be labeled a geographer, one must A) Actively explore geography. B) Be consulted before construction projects. C) Serve as a geography teacher. D) Always use maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actively explore geography. 43. An imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth, halfway between the North and South Pole is A) Weather. B) Longitude. C) Equator. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Equator. 44. When finding the absolute location what is the second thing that you need to find? A) Longitude. B) Latitude. C) Direction of the Prime Meridian. D) Direction of the Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitude. 45. When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere? A) Summer. B) Spring. C) Winter. D) Autumn. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer. 46. Which country benefits most from an economic alliance with the United States? A) Chile. B) Mexico. C) Brazil. D) Guatemala. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mexico. 47. People in the United States and Canada have modified the environment to provide inexpensive electricity and recreational areas by A) Creating vast irrigation systems. B) Engaging in strip mining for coal. C) Constructing dams with reservoirs. D) Building small solar energy power plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Constructing dams with reservoirs. 48. The Nazca Plate converges with this plate, forming the Andes Mountain Range. A) South American Plate. B) Antarctic Plate. C) Cocos Plate. D) Pacific Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South American Plate. 49. What is the movement of ideas, religion, cultureETC ..... from one place to another? A) Traditional economy. B) Heterogenos. C) Diffusion. D) Sikihsm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diffusion. 50. Which natural landform joins two continents? A) Sinai Peninsula. B) Continental shelf. C) Isthmus of Panama. D) Suez Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isthmus of Panama. 51. What is the head of the government A) The elected head of a republican state. B) *a dry land with little precipitation and little to no vegetation. C) *an area of land surrounded by water on three sides. D) *term frequently used to describe the highest ranking government official. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) *term frequently used to describe the highest ranking government official. 52. The great Victoria Desert is located in A) Australia. B) Canada. C) West Africa. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Australia. 53. The gulf that separates Finland and Sweden in Europe is A) The Gulf of Bothnia. B) The Gulf of Lions. C) The Gulf of Genoa. D) The Gulf of Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Gulf of Bothnia. 54. What are some effects of the Columbian Exchange? A) Empathy. B) World citizenship. C) Scarcity. D) Interdependence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interdependence. 55. A group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity. A) Country. B) Nation. C) State. D) Nation-State. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nation. 56. Which mountain range separates Europe from Asia? A) Ural. B) Caucasus. C) Himalayas. D) Alps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ural. 57. Which system of government divides powers between the national government and state or provincial governments? A) Unitary system. B) Oligarchic system. C) Federal system. D) Autocratic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Federal system. 58. On which continent would you find the Sahara Desert? A) South America. B) Europe. C) Africa. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Africa. 59. Global Positioning System (GPS) A) It is a physical feature on the earths surface. B) It is a boundary that divides to continents. C) A database of geographic information used to create maps. D) System that uses satellite data to pinpoint exact locations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) System that uses satellite data to pinpoint exact locations. 60. The population of a country with a population pyramid with a wide base and skinny top (triangle shaped) is ..... A) Aging rapidly. B) Growing rapidly. C) Declining rapidly. D) Remaining stable. 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