This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Physical > Physical Geography – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physical Geography Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In an effort to strengthen the European economy and create more trading opportunities, independent European countries developed this organization. A) NATO. B) The Warsaw Pact. C) The European Union. D) The Alliance of Lyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The European Union. 2. Cardamom hills are also known as: A) Yelamalai. B) Pachaimalai. C) Kalvarayan. D) Servarayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yelamalai. 3. What occurs on or about June 21 in the Norther Hemisphere? A) Summer Solstice. B) Spring Equinox. C) Fall Equinox. D) Winter Solstice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer Solstice. 4. What force has caused the fastest change in Earth's environments in the last 50 years? A) Erosion. B) Weathering. C) Volcanic Eruptions. D) Human Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human Action. 5. On the Iberian peninsula you will find which two countries? A) Italy and Greece. B) Spain and Portugal. C) Denmark and Sweden. D) Croatia and Bosnia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spain and Portugal. 6. The diversity and abundance are much like the rainforests of the Congo River Basin and Amazon Basin except under the ocean. This is biodiversity underwater is related to which area? A) Rocky Mountain. B) Ural Mountain. C) Great Barrier Reef. D) Appalachian Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Barrier Reef. 7. What desert covers most of northern Africa? A) Sahel. B) Kalahari. C) Sahara. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sahara. 8. Which of the following crops is not grown in the tropical climates of Asia? A) Wheat. B) Yams. C) Rubber. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheat. 9. Source of the Indus River A) Arabian Sea. B) Himalayas. C) Bay of Bengal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalayas. 10. Which of the following is NOT the name of a hemisphere A) Southern hemisphere. B) Equator hemisphere. C) Western hemisphere. D) Northern hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equator hemisphere. 11. What province is the capital of Canada A) Alberta. B) British Columbia. C) New Brunswick. D) Ontario. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ontario. 12. Why are many Africa countries promoting ecotourism? A) To allow tourists to distribute African plants. B) To attract more industry and investments. C) To encourage trade with other nations. D) To help preserve the rain forest and boost economies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To help preserve the rain forest and boost economies. 13. The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem. A) Balkanization. B) Biodiversity. C) Invasive. D) Deciduous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biodiversity. 14. Which of the following would MOST LIKELY have the warmest climate? A) 60oN. B) 35oS. C) 50oS. D) 5oN. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5oN. 15. What are the imaginary lines that run north and south called? A) Latitude. B) Longitude. C) Parallels. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitude. 16. What is the most common type of vegetation in the central area of southern Canada and the United States? A) Desert and dry shrub. B) Tropical grassland. C) Deciduous and mixed forest. D) Temperate grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperate grassland. 17. Most of China's population lives A) In the western interior of the country. B) In the Himalaya. C) In the plains and valleys along its three major rivers. D) In Inner Mongolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the plains and valleys along its three major rivers. 18. The only landlocked country of East Asia is: A) China. B) North Korea. C) Mongolia. D) Taiwan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mongolia. 19. What is the sun's effect on the Earth? A) Solar radiation has no measurable effect on the Earth at all. B) Solar radiation combined with the tilt of the Earth makes the seasons. C) Solar radiation influences volcanic activity below the Earth's crust. D) Solar radiation prevents plants from releasing oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solar radiation combined with the tilt of the Earth makes the seasons. 20. Capital of Sweden A) Vilnius. B) Stockholm. C) Bern. D) Kyiv. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stockholm. 21. The Namib and the Kalahari are two of Africa's A) Savanna. B) Highest mountains. C) Deserts. D) Rainforests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deserts. 22. This Ocean lies to the North of Canada A) Arctic. B) Pacific. C) Atlantic. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arctic. 23. Which river starts in the Czech Republic then flows through Germany? A) Po. B) Oder. C) Danube. D) Elbe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elbe. 24. Which mountain range separates Spain from the rest of Europe? A) Alps. B) Andes. C) Pyrenees. D) Rockies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pyrenees. 25. The Apennines are often called the "spine" of this country. A) Italy. B) Switzerland. C) Monaco. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italy. 26. Used to make drills and grinding tools A) Industrial diamonds. B) Sapphires. C) Succulent. D) Diamonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial diamonds. 27. Which of the following best describes how climates and ecosystems of some parts of Central America further from the Equator change with elevation? A) The higher the elevation, the warmer the climate. B) The higher the elevation, the wetter the climate. C) The higher the elevation, the greater the biodiversity. D) The higher the elevation, the colder the climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The higher the elevation, the colder the climate. 28. MUGANUR HAS A HEIGHT OF ..... m A) 1, 635. B) 1, 280. C) 1, 277. D) 1, 279. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 277. 29. Florida is considered to be what landform? A) Archipelago. B) Peninsula. C) Island. D) Isthmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peninsula. 30. This region is located north of the Great Lakes A) Atlantic Provinces. B) Quebec and Ontario. C) British Columbia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quebec and Ontario. 31. A person who moves from place to place to make a living A) Settler. B) Resident. C) Nomad. D) Camel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nomad. 32. The Amazon Basin is a giant ..... A) River. B) Flat flood plain. C) Flat estuary. D) Rugged plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat flood plain. 33. Which of these is NOT an Australian State? A) Victoria. B) Queensland. C) New South Wales. D) Australian capital. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australian capital. 34. A long, narrow & deep inlet of a sea that is created by glaciers cutting through a mountain, then melting away A) Fjord. B) Polder. C) Glaicer. D) Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fjord. 35. Body of water that forms Mexico's east coast A) Gulf of California. B) Gulf of Aden. C) Gulf of Mexico. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gulf of Mexico. 36. What forms the natural barrier between western China and Mongolia? A) Himilaya Mountains. B) Yellow River. C) Taklimakan Desert. D) Altay Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Altay Mountains. 37. Places for catching fish and other sea animals is known as: A) Supercell. B) Tributaries. C) Fisheries. D) Headwaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fisheries. 38. Where do most people in Hong Kong live? A) Urban areas. B) Rural areas. C) The mountains. D) On landfill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urban areas. 39. What is Siberia? A) A tropical island. B) An extremely cold region in Eastern Russia. C) An active volcano. D) A low mountain range. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An extremely cold region in Eastern Russia. 40. This region is made up of mountains, deep valleys, and plateaus, inlets and cliffs on the coast A) British Columbia. B) Quebec and Ontario. C) Atlantic Provinces. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British Columbia. 41. A major renewable energy resource in Iceland, as they are able to harness the heat from inside the earth and convert it to electricity A) Coal. B) Geothermal Energy. C) Hydroelectricity. D) Wind Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geothermal Energy. 42. Which best describes the Northern European Plain? A) An area of soft rolling hills and flat valleys. B) An area of plateaus and dry basins. C) An area of low plateaus and high mountains. D) An area of relatively flat and low-lying land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An area of relatively flat and low-lying land. 43. Which river starts in Russia and flows through Belarus and the Ukraine? A) Volga. B) Don. C) Dneiper. D) Danube. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don. 44. The Coral Sea is located off the ..... coast of Australia. A) Northwest. B) Southwest. C) Northeast. D) Southeast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Northeast. 45. What is the world's largest inland body of water? (Not one of the Great Lakes) A) Caspian Sea. B) Lake Superior. C) Black Sea. D) Baltic Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caspian Sea. 46. What is the definition of physical geography? A) Geography dealing with human-made features. B) Geography dealing with Earth's natural features. C) Geography dealing with animals only. D) The study of mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geography dealing with Earth's natural features. 47. These winds blow from west to east and keep most of Western Europe and coastal Northern Europe warm A) Subarctic. B) Humid Continental. C) Westerlies. D) Siberia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Westerlies. 48. The largest continent is A) Africa. B) Asia. C) Australia. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asia. 49. Which of the following countries is not included in the Northern European Plain? A) Latvia. B) Estonia. C) Denmark. D) Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Austria. 50. A sudden shift in the tectonic plates will cause a A) Earthquake. B) Tornado. C) Hurricane. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 51. The climate of India is affected by seasonal winds called A) Tornadoes. B) Monsoons. C) Hurricanes. D) Typhoons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monsoons. 52. China's large river systems have been used: A) To provide crop irrigation, hydroelectric power, and transportation. B) To create man made floods to control overpopulation. C) To flow into the ocean, emptying pollution into the sea. D) To allow Chinese access to the Great Wall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide crop irrigation, hydroelectric power, and transportation. 53. What feeds the Great Barrier Reef? A) Coral Sea. B) Great Victoria Desert. C) Amazon River. D) Ayers Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coral Sea. 54. Why is the Strait of Gibraltar an important water form in Europe? A) Because it is the only water passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean and gives access to most European countries to trade in the Atlantic. B) Because it is a great tourist attraction that brings money to Europe's economy. C) Because it there is a lot of geothermal energy created there, which helps the people of the region. D) Because fish are attracted to it because of its cold ocean currents and this is a major industry in the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because it is the only water passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean and gives access to most European countries to trade in the Atlantic. 55. Which river is Italy's largest river? A) Po. B) Tagus. C) Dnieper. D) Volga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Po. 56. How high a place is above sea level is called ..... A) Climate. B) Valleys. C) Plains. D) Elevation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elevation. 57. What is the only continent smaller than Europe? A) Oceania. B) Africa. C) North America. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oceania. 58. Which of the following statements is closest to the Essential Standard for Europe Physical Geography? A) How do humans make money and keep their societies alive in Europe?. B) How do landforms in Europe interact with one another to create storms and other major geographic events?. C) How do landforms in Europe affect the migration, settlement, population distribution and culture of humans in Europe over time?. D) How do humans interact with other humans in different countries to create culture?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How do landforms in Europe affect the migration, settlement, population distribution and culture of humans in Europe over time?. 59. Which river starts in Spain and flows through Portugal? A) Shannon. B) Oder. C) Loire. D) Tagus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tagus. 60. Where in Africa are you most likely to find elephants, lions, and giraffes? A) In the rain forest. B) In the savanna. C) In the steppes. D) In the mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the savanna. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesPhysical Geography Quiz 1Physical Geography Quiz 2Physical Geography Quiz 3Physical Geography Quiz 4Physical Geography Quiz 5Physical Geography Quiz 7Physical Geography Quiz 8Physical Geography Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books