This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Physical Geography – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physical Geography Quiz 14 (49 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best describes alluvial plains? A) A large landmass that is smaller than a continent. B) Fertile farmlands. C) A small collection of islands. D) Island formed by a volcano peak emerging from the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fertile farmlands. 2. Which part of Australia gets the most rain? A) Southern. B) Central. C) Kangaroo. D) Northern. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Northern. 3. The highest peak in India is ..... A) Himalaya. B) Vindya. C) Ganga. D) Kanchenjanga. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kanchenjanga. 4. A mountain range in south-central Europe stretching from eastern France and northern Italy A) Alps Mountains. B) Pyrenees Mountains. C) Ural Mountains. D) Appalachian Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alps Mountains. 5. He known as the Father of History? A) Herodotus. B) Aristotle. C) Confucius. D) Karl Marx. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herodotus. 6. Which is not a great lake A) Quebec. B) Superior. C) Heron. D) Erie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quebec. 7. The ..... is a shipping route into the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean. A) St. Lawrence Seaway. B) Mackenzie River. C) Fraser River. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) St. Lawrence Seaway. 8. This area lies in the northern part of Europe and is responsible for most of Europe's agricultural production. A) The Scandinavian Peninsula. B) The Rift Valley. C) The Northern European Plain. D) Siberia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Northern European Plain. 9. The worlds largest inland sea; located between Europe, Africa, and Asia A) Arctic Ocean. B) Mediterranean Sea. C) English Channel. D) Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mediterranean Sea. 10. The cold air blows from this ocean to northern and central Canada A) Arctic Ocean. B) Pacific Ocean. C) Atlantic Ocean. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arctic Ocean. 11. This region has a marine west coast climate in which warm air blows west from the ocean, temperatures are mid and rainfall is heavy in some areas. A) Northern Lands. B) Quebec and Ontario. C) Atlantic Provinces. D) British Columbia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) British Columbia. 12. What term refers to areas grouped together based on similarities? (ex. Southwest US, Middle East) A) Region. B) Movement. C) Location. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Region. 13. If I wanted to live where it is warm year round which climate would I choose? A) Temperate. B) Tropical. C) Polar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tropical. 14. 'BCE' stands for A) Before Common Era. B) Common Era. C) None of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Before Common Era. 15. Landforms. Which area of geography does this fall under? A) Physical Characteristics. B) Human Characteristics. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical Characteristics. 16. The Biosphere includes all of what? A) Air. B) Water. C) Land. D) Living Things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living Things. 17. How many countries are in Western Europe A) 10. B) 11. C) 19. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 11. 18. Who are the Aborigines? A) Indigenous people of Australia. B) Voyagers. C) People sent to Australia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indigenous people of Australia. 19. Why is the population in the Volcanic Axis dense? A) There is little volcanic activity. B) There are mountains, swamp coastlands, and rainforests. C) There is fertile soil, making the highlands rich agricultural zones. D) The elevations of some of the volcanic cones are more than 12, 000 feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is fertile soil, making the highlands rich agricultural zones. 20. What is the name of the peninsula that includes Spain & Portugal? A) Jutland Peninsula. B) Balkan Peninsula. C) Iberian Peninsula. D) Scandinavian Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iberian Peninsula. 21. What mountain range forms the border between Europe & Asia? A) Pyranees Mountains. B) Ural Mountains. C) Appalachian Mountains. D) Rocky Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ural Mountains. 22. Why was Panama chosen as the site for the Panama Canal? A) Narrowest place in Americas. B) It goes into both rivers & lakes. C) Connects North & South America. D) It's long & narrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrowest place in Americas. 23. Why is the North Atlantic Drift significant to Europe? A) Because it causes there to be very little storms, which is a pull factor. B) Because it makes the fish disappear every 4 years and affects local economies. C) Because the warm ocean current and prevailing winds make it warmer in Europe than it should be based on its latitude. D) Because it provides protection from attacking armies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the warm ocean current and prevailing winds make it warmer in Europe than it should be based on its latitude. 24. The Sahara averages around ..... inches of rain per year A) 15. B) 3. C) 10. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 25. The Pyranees Mountains act as a natural border between what two places? A) The Iberian Peninsula & The Scandinavian Peninsula. B) France & Italy. C) Eastern Europe & Asia. D) The Iberian Peninsula & the rest of Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Iberian Peninsula & the rest of Europe. 26. Which river is located in northwestern Ireland? A) Rhone. B) Rhine. C) Shannon. D) Volga. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shannon. 27. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador are called the ..... A) Northwest Territories. B) Atlantic Provinces. C) Prairie Provinces. D) Yukon Territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atlantic Provinces. 28. How many days do we have on a leap year? A) 364. B) 366. C) 365 1/4. D) 365. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 366. 29. He wrote a 17 volume series called "Geographia" ? A) Ibn Batuta. B) Strabo. C) Varenius. D) Kant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strabo. 30. What does the European Plain provide? A) Clean rivers for transporting and trading goods. B) Mountains for recreational activities such as skiing. C) Flat, fertile farmland for a surplus of food to export. D) Airports for transporting and trading goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat, fertile farmland for a surplus of food to export. 31. Much of Southern Africa's coastal plain along the Atlantic coast is a ..... biome. A) Forest. B) Savanna. C) Desert. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert. 32. A temperate climate is? A) Consistently cool. B) Consistently warm. C) Consistently moderate. D) Warm and cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm and cool. 33. Climate Change (caused by natural and human activities). Which area of geography does this fall under? A) Physical Characteristics. B) Human Characteristics. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both. 34. Most rivers in Asia flow into the Plateau of ..... A) China. B) Pakistan. C) Tibet. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tibet. 35. Small river that flows NW of the Alps mountain range and flows through Germany and France A) Danube River. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) English Channel. D) Rhine River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhine River. 36. What does soil provide to forests A) Forests and soils are two other important natural resources in Northern Europe. B) Large areas of timber producing forests that cross Finland and the Scandinavian Peninsula. C) Soils provide trees with anchorage, water and nutrients. D) Fertile soils provide rich farmland for crops, such as wheat and potatoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soils provide trees with anchorage, water and nutrients. 37. What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek? A) Great beginning. B) Alluvial plain. C) Fertile land. D) Land between the rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Land between the rivers. 38. The boundary in the eastern United States that marks the place where higher land drops to the lower coastal plain is the: A) Great plains. B) Rockies. C) Great divide. D) Fall Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fall Line. 39. THE HEIGHT OF SHERVARAYAN TEMPLE IS ..... m A) 1, 623. B) 1, 643. C) 1, 653. D) 1, 633. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 623. 40. Which words best describes the climate in Australia's interior region? A) Warm and wet. B) Hot and flat. C) Warm and hilly. D) Cold and mountainous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hot and flat. 41. Most Australians live along the Eastern and Southeastern coastline because of fresh water, fertile land, and ..... A) Jobs. B) Natural resources. C) Family. D) Nightlife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Natural resources. 42. Hawaii is made of ..... in the Pacific Ocean A) Volcanoes. B) Rock. C) Lakes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcanoes. 43. What is a strong storm with heavy rains AND winds. A) Monsoon. B) Tsunami. C) Typhoon. D) Hurricane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Typhoon. 44. What is the name of the international organization which formed after WWII with the goal of preventing future world wide conflicts? A) NATO. B) The League of Nations. C) Warsaw Pact. D) United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) United Nations. 45. Which is the name of the delta where early civilizations settled? A) Yellow River delta. B) Nile delta. C) Ganges and the Brahmaputra delta. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nile delta. 46. The United States is a large country with ..... physical features, climates, and resources. A) Diverse. B) Many. C) Little. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diverse. 47. Most of South Africa's land sits at a high ....., or distance above sea level. A) Altitude. B) Escarpment. C) Climate zone. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Altitude. 48. Which landform was not talked about? A) Volcanoes. B) Jungles. C) Hills. D) Plateaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jungles. 49. Why are geothermal & hydroelectric energy important? A) Because they are major money makers for the European economy in many countries. B) Because they are clean & renewable energy sources that allow people to create energy for themselves in many countries in Europe. C) Because they allow countries detect earthquakes & tsunamis earlier. D) Because they bring in lots of tourists to view the dams and geothermal factories. 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