This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Height above a given level best defines what? A) Latitude. B) Diffusion. C) Elevation. D) Equinox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elevation. 2. The largest gold producing country in the world(in 2006) is A) South Africa. B) China. C) USA. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South Africa. 3. How might a weathered mountain appear different than an unweathered mountain? A) Weathered mountain would be taller. B) Weathered mountain would be rounder and less jagged. C) Weathered mountain would be more jagged and less rounded. D) Weathered mountain would have no trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weathered mountain would be rounder and less jagged. 4. Which of the following is a warm current? A) Kurosiwo current. B) Benguela current. C) South Pacific current. D) Labrador current. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kurosiwo current. 5. Which mountain chain passes through seven countries in South America and is the longest chain in the world? A) Appalachians. B) Rockies. C) Himalayas. D) Andes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andes. 6. Which of the following is a characteristic of a developed country? A) Low population growth rate. B) Low literacy rate. C) Low per capita GDP. D) High infant mortality rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low population growth rate. 7. If there are a variety of cultures in the same area, people would say that this area has A) Interdependence. B) Dynamic. C) Cultural diversity. D) Cultural diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cultural diversity. 8. At least one in ..... women will experience some form of violence during their lifetime. A) Seven. B) Fifty. C) Twenty. D) Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Three. 9. All of the following developments marked the beginning of the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT A) The use of horsepower to replace human effort. B) The use of machine power to replace muscle power. C) The use of steam power to replace water power. D) Improvements in agricultural production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The use of horsepower to replace human effort. 10. The products of ..... are a major source of sediments for erosion and ..... A) Rocks, deposition. B) Weathering, deposition. C) Deposition, weathering. D) Rocks, weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weathering, deposition. 11. The horizontal lines on the globe run from East to West. What are these lines called? A) Latitude. B) Verticals. C) Longitude. D) Horizontals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude. 12. Which climate has hot and dry summers with clear sunny skies, and moderate, wet winters? A) Tundra. B) Subarctic. C) Arctic. D) Mediterranean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mediterranean. 13. Russia is the ..... A) Wealthiest country in the world. B) Biggest country in the world. C) Oldest country in the world. D) Happiest country in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biggest country in the world. 14. Which of the following is an example of cultural diffusion? A) Baseball or clothing styles. B) Tsunami. C) Volcano. D) Diversity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Baseball or clothing styles. 15. Which direction do lines of latitude run? A) East and west. B) North and south. C) Diagonal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) East and west. 16. Which Ancient Kingdom's regional dominance created an "intellectual provincialism? '' A) Brooklyn. B) Birmingham. C) London. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China. 17. The lowest point, on land, in the world is A) Death valley, USA. B) Caspian sea, Russia. C) Dead sea, Jordan/Israel. D) Lake Eyre, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dead sea, Jordan/Israel. 18. What resource is Sri Lanka famous for mining? A) Gemstones. B) Coal. C) Uranium. D) Iron ore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gemstones. 19. Which European country colonized most of Latin America by 1800? A) Britain. B) Portugal. C) France. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spain. 20. What external force most likely formed the Great Lakes? A) Strong winds wore down the ground. B) Plate separation made the ground sink. C) Rivers eroded the ground. D) Glaciers scraped the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glaciers scraped the ground. 21. What is NOT true about polar projections? A) They are examples of azimuthal projections. B) They can show all the earth at one time. C) They are round in shape. D) They show true compass direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can show all the earth at one time. 22. Geography is the study of human activity, the natural environment and the ..... between the two. A) Contrast. B) Comparison. C) Differences. D) Relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relationship. 23. Most of the countries of Central Asia are ....., meaning they have no access to the sea. A) Low-lying. B) Landlocked. C) Peninsular. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landlocked. 24. What is the world's tallest mountain? A) Pike's Peak. B) K2. C) Mt. Everest. D) Mt. Vesuvius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mt. Everest. 25. Which thematic map would be best used to determine the type of natural vegetation that might grow in a particular region? A) Population. B) Economic. C) Resource. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate. 26. War, famine, disease, and unemployment are all examples of A) Push Factors. B) Forced Migration. C) Pull Factors. D) Emmigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Push Factors. 27. What is the general temperature for an area that high latitudes? A) Tropical and humid. B) Cold. C) Mediterranean. D) Moderate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold. 28. Jog Falls is formed by which river A) Ravivati. B) Saravati. C) Netravati. D) Tapti. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saravati. 29. The cutting of "steps" into the side of a hill in order to farm is a practice called ..... A) Terracing. B) Polders. C) Reservoirs. D) Deforestation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terracing. 30. What physical barrier between South Asia and the rest of Asia? A) Rocky Mountains. B) Hindu Kush. C) Himalaya Mountains. D) Andes Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Himalaya Mountains. 31. The highest and lowest values of a weather element observed over the entire period of record are A) Average extremes. B) Extremes. C) Absolute extremes. D) Relative extremes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolute extremes. 32. Which of the following is the world's largest desert? A) Sahara. B) Arctic. C) Antarctica. D) Australian Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sahara. 33. Which is an advantage for a small, developing country in joining an economic union? A) Greater access to international markets. B) Replacing family farms with agribusiness. C) Access to natural resources with restrictions. D) Closing of inefficient industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greater access to international markets. 34. Trees that are cone shaped with needle shaped leaves that don't lose (shed) their leaves are called ..... A) Coniferus. B) Mixed. C) Tropical. D) Deciduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coniferus. 35. One of Mexico's main economic challenges has been to develop a modern A) Agricultural economy. B) Industrial economy. C) System of transportation. D) Education system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial economy. 36. Which one country belongs more to the Less Developed Countries (LDCs)? A) Germany. B) Nigeria. C) China. D) Ukraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nigeria. 37. What type of landform is Central America? A) An isthmus. B) An island. C) A continent. D) An alluvial fan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An isthmus. 38. Growth of cities as more people leave rural areas A) Rural. B) Urbanization. C) External migration. D) Pull factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanization. 39. People who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin A) Population pyramid. B) Ethnic group. C) Federal system. D) Metropolitan area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethnic group. 40. What are the various climate zones in Latin America? A) Scrub vegetation. B) Mountainous terrain. C) Consistent elevation. D) Wind and water currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountainous terrain. 41. What Mountains separates India from China? A) Himalaya Mountains. B) Andes Mountains. C) Rocky Mountains. D) Amazon River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalaya Mountains. 42. The percent of people in a country who can read and write. A) Literacy stimulation. B) Cultural characteristics. C) Literacy rate. D) Standard of living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literacy rate. 43. The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as A) Polygenetic landforms. B) Structural landforms. C) Polycyclic landforms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Polygenetic landforms. 44. What is not one of the world's major religions A) Hinduism. B) Taoism. C) Judaism. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taoism. 45. The decision by Brazil to bid for and host the 2014 Soccer World Cup was most likely influenced by A) Public passion for the sport. B) Donations made by elite businessmen. C) Petitions signed by college soccer players. D) Results of public opinion polls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public passion for the sport. 46. Agricultural terracing most directly affects which landform? A) Deserts. B) Deltas. C) Plains. D) Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mountains. 47. The linking of places by common traits or characteristics is defined as (WG.9B) A) Area. B) Region. C) Place. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Region. 48. The use of terrace farming by the Inca and Japanese cultures is an example of A) Social change through assimilation. B) Destruction of the environment. C) Adaption to the surrounding geography. D) Economic improvement through trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adaption to the surrounding geography. 49. The oldest rocks found in ocean basins are ..... than the oldest continental rocks. A) Older. B) Younger. C) Larger. D) Smaller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Younger. 50. What was the greatest physical barrier to the westward migration of the early American settlers? A) The Arctic Ocean. B) The Pacific Ocean. C) The Appalachian Mountains. D) The Alps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Appalachian Mountains. 51. A ..... map gives specific data or information on a single topic. A) Topographic. B) General purpose. C) Physical. D) Thematic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thematic. 52. Which physical process formed the landform long the northeastern border of India? A) The deposition of sediment by floods. B) The erosion of surfaces by wind. C) The eruption of active volcanoes. D) The collision of tectonic plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The collision of tectonic plates. 53. What is a huge, moving mass of ice? A) A glacier. B) A plain. C) A plateau. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A glacier. 54. What man-made feature creates a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans? A) Panama Canal. B) Suez Canal. C) Amazon River. D) Ganges River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Panama Canal. 55. The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from A) Seismic surveying. B) Echo sounder. C) Side-scan sonar. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. Which group has the greatest influence in determining what goods and services will be produced in a communist economic system? A) Consumers. B) Government officials. C) Business Leaders. D) Farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government officials. 57. The Soviet Union collapsed in the ..... A) Early 1990s. B) Late 1970s. C) Mid 1980s. D) Early 2000s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Early 1990s. 58. All of the following are POSITIVE effects of the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT A) Creation of jobs. B) Increased national wealth. C) Improved standard of living. D) Child labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Child labor. 59. Where do most Brazilians live in their country? A) Along the Amazon River. B) In the interior. C) In the Amazon rain forest. D) Along the eastern, coastal area. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Along the eastern, coastal area. 60. Which of the following geographic factors unifies Latin America as a region? A) A common currency. B) A shared culture. C) A large political boundary. D) A single trade border. 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