This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What human activities have had an impact on the Mediterranean Sea? A) Building canals and waterways. B) Overfishing and overdevelopment. C) Exploring other lands. D) Reclaiming seabeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overfishing and overdevelopment. 2. ..... is not a part of the contiguous United States A) Puerto Rico. B) Canada. C) Mexico. D) Alaska. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alaska. 3. Which type of landforms are found in regions that may be prone to earthquakes caused by plate tectonic forces? A) Peninusla. B) Plateau. C) Massif. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Massif. 4. Which country lies in both Europe and Asia? A) Rome. B) Russia. C) Italy. D) Ukraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russia. 5. Why are gas giant planets sometimes reffered to as "mini solar systems" ? A) They are not dense. B) They have moons. C) They are gaseous. D) They support life. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They have moons. 6. The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years before present and is commonly known as A) Holocene or ice age. B) Paleocene or ice age. C) Pleistocene or ice age. D) Pliocene or ice age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pleistocene or ice age. 7. How have cultural contacts, such as the Internet, affected the world's cultures? A) By promoting cultural change. B) By spreading industry. C) By spreading war. D) By encouraging migration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By promoting cultural change. 8. What country does NOT have a monarchy? A) Vatican City. B) East Timor. C) Canada. D) Liechtenstein. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) East Timor. 9. Countries east of the Prime Meridian are in the A) Western Hemisphere. B) Eastern Hemisphere. C) Southern Hemisphere. D) Northern Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eastern Hemisphere. 10. A Perceptual Region ..... A) Is based on formal boundaries and borders. B) Is how humans and the environment interact. C) Is perceived to be a region based on cultural similarities. D) Is based on shared feelings, opinions or attitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is based on shared feelings, opinions or attitudes. 11. What increased mobility? A) Automobiles. B) Hover boards. C) Skateboards. D) Bicycles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Automobiles. 12. What is the tendency of population to be concentrated in cities? A) Mobility. B) Urbanization. C) Industrialization. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urbanization. 13. One way in which wars, religious conflict, and natural disasters are similar is that these situations may result in A) An increase in life expectancy. B) The mass migration of people. C) Global warming. D) Economic stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mass migration of people. 14. What factor most influenced the placement of settlements of early European colonies? A) Waterways for trade. B) Mountains for defense against enemies. C) Warm climate for health. D) Broad plains with fertile soils for farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waterways for trade. 15. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers converge in ....., almost touching near the city of Baghdad. A) Iran. B) Turkey. C) Iraq. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iraq. 16. Which continent has highest number of countries? A) Asia. B) Europe. C) Africa. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Africa. 17. Flat, treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean are examples of A) Taiga. B) Chaparral. C) Steppe. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tundra. 18. The location of a city with respect to other regions, resources, and transportation routes is termed A) Security. B) Spatial division. C) Situation. D) Site. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situation. 19. The seasons of the Earth are due to which of the following? A) The moon's gravitational pull on the Earth. B) The Earth's revolution around the sun and tilt. C) The Earth's rotation around its axis and tilt. D) The movement of the continents and relation to the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Earth's revolution around the sun and tilt. 20. What percent of the earth's water is drinkable? A) 10%. B) 5%. C) 3%. D) 7%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3%. 21. A ring shaped reef made largely of coral A) Guyot. B) Atoll. C) Lagoon. D) Geyser. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoll. 22. Which is NOT one of the 5 themes of Geography? A) Location. B) Corner Stone. C) Place. D) Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corner Stone. 23. The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra Dam has been built, originates from A) Mansarovar lake. B) Near Bara Lacha Pass in Lahul. C) A spring in Vering. D) Rakas lake in Tibet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rakas lake in Tibet. 24. What are the two hemispheres to the left and right of the Prime Meridian? A) Northern & Southern. B) County & City. C) State & Nation. D) Western & Eastern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Western & Eastern. 25. The study of day-to-day variations in weather called is called A) Climatology. B) Meteorology. C) Cyclogenesis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meteorology. 26. Which of these is country? A) Europe. B) United States. C) Asia. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United States. 27. The major countries of central America are A) Belize, Costa Rica, Panama. B) China, Taiwan, Japan. C) Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Belize, Costa Rica, Panama. 28. Erosion is the wearing away of Earth's ..... A) Inner core by tectonic activity including earthquakes. B) Mantle by magma and gravitational force. C) Crust by the pull of the sun and moon. D) Surface by wind and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surface by wind and water. 29. The circle of illumination divides Earth into two hemispheres known as A) East and West. B) North and South. C) Day and Night. D) Summer and Winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North and South. 30. About 70% of Earth's surface is part of the A) Biosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Hydrosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hydrosphere. 31. What creates ridges and islands when plates spread apart? A) Magma. B) Subduction. C) Erosion. D) Faulting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma. 32. All are elements that influence regional climate patterns except? A) Proximity to water. B) Latitude. C) Clothes. D) Winds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clothes. 33. The ..... includes all liquid and frozen surface water, ground water, and water vapor. A) Biosphere. B) Atmosphere. C) Hydrosphere. D) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hydrosphere. 34. Which region will have warmer winter and cooler summer? A) Continental region. B) Coastal region. C) Mountainous region. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coastal region. 35. Based on current immigration trends, which world religion is likely to experience growth in Europe? A) Orthodox. B) Islam. C) Protestant. D) Catholic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Islam. 36. The planets that are called superior planets are A) Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Jupiter. B) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. C) Mercury, Pluto, Venus, Neptune and Earth. D) Earth, Uranus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. 37. The three recognized major fishing grounds of the world are located in the A) Northern hemisphere only. B) Southern hemisphere only. C) Two in the southern hemisphere only and one in the northern hemisphere. D) One in the southern hemisphere only and two in the northern hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Northern hemisphere only. 38. In which country, white elephant is found? A) India. B) Sri Lanka. C) Thailand. D) Malaysia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thailand. 39. Where is the rain heaviest in South Asia? A) Eastern South Asia. B) Sri Lanka. C) South Pakistan. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eastern South Asia. 40. How does the sun get its energy? A) From gravitational pressure. B) From nuclear fission. C) From nuclear fusion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) From nuclear fusion. 41. Which is more specific when discussing location? A) Command. B) Relative. C) Scientific. D) Absolute. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolute. 42. These countries are moving from primarily agricultural activities to primarily manufacturing and industrial activities; and shows improvements in socioeconomic development. A) More Developed Country. B) Newly Industrialized Countries. C) Less Developed Countries. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Newly Industrialized Countries. 43. The primary religious text of Muslims A) The Analects. B) The Torah. C) Holy Bible. D) The Qur'an. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Qur'an. 44. The progressive wave theory regarding of tides was put forth by A) William Whewell. B) R.A. Harris. C) G.B. Airy. D) Issac Newton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Whewell. 45. The Amazon Rainforest is located in a tropical climate region, which indicates that it is located in latitudes that are A) Closest to the Atlantic Ocean. B) Farthest from the equator. C) Near the equator. D) Considered mid-latitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near the equator. 46. Which modern day country was a culture hearth? A) Iraq. B) Canada. C) India. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iraq. 47. Name One Country that borders England Border also can be water. A) Scotland. B) France. C) Wales. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scotland. 48. What is the collective governing body of Canada? A) House of Representatives. B) Senate. C) House of Commons. D) Parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parliament. 49. Which of the following is desert vegetation A) Pine trees. B) Cacti. C) Evergreen Trees. D) Mango Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cacti. 50. What creates a mild climate for Iceland, even though it's near the Arctic Circle? A) Fjords. B) Gulf Stream. C) Trade Winds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gulf Stream. 51. How do soil regions influence human activities? A) By determining what vegetation can grow. B) By affecting how much rain falls. C) By affecting where settlements can be built. D) By determining how much groundwater is available. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By determining what vegetation can grow. 52. Which one listed below is not a Biome? A) Forest Regions. B) Grasslands. C) Desserts. D) Tundra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desserts. 53. The most densely populated country of Africa is A) Mauritius. B) Rwanda. C) Burundi. D) Sierra Leone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mauritius. 54. The panama canal links A) Canada with Greenland. B) North America with South America. C) Siberia with Greenland. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North America with South America. 55. Local thunderstorms 'Norwesters' are prominent in A) Punjab. B) West Bengal. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West Bengal. 56. Which of the following best describes the movement of planets, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids? A) They move faster than the speed of light. B) They move counterclockwise. C) They move in different directions. D) They revolve around the Sun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They revolve around the Sun. 57. The climate region found near the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn is ..... A) Tropical Wet. B) Humid Subtropical. C) Sub Polar. D) Polar Ice Cap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humid Subtropical. 58. The Tundra and Ice Cap climates are examples of ..... climates. A) Dry. B) Temperate Continental. C) Polar. D) Highlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polar. 59. A principle of international relations that holds that final authority over social, economic, and political matters should rest with the legitimate rulers of independent states. A) Geopolitics. B) Devolution. C) Universal suffrage. D) Sovereignty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sovereignty. 60. What can be learned from a population pyramid? A) A country's stage in the demographic transition model. B) The population density of a country. C) The natural increase of the population of a country. D) The doubling time of the population for a country. 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