This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere? A) Europe and Africa. B) Asia and Antartica. C) North America and Austrillia. D) North America and South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North America and South America. 2. A forest region located in the Tropical Zone with a heavy concentration of different species of broadleaf trees A) Rain forest. B) Tundra. C) Steppe. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rain forest. 3. Black-sea is in? A) South-Eastern-America. B) Australia. C) South-Eastern-Europe. D) North-America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North-America. 4. The tropical and temperate deserts of the world, occupy nearly ..... of the land surface of the worlds. A) (1/4) th. B) (1/3) rd. C) (1/2). D) (1/7) th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (1/7) th. 5. The prime meridian is what degree of longitude? A) 0 degrees. B) 45 degrees. C) 90 degrees. D) 120 degrees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 0 degrees. 6. Historically, cities usually developed near (WG.6A) A) Deserts. B) Navigable waterways. C) Canyons. D) The sources of rivers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Navigable waterways. 7. The dry wind 'Santa Ana' blows in A) Siberia. B) Argentina. C) Switzerland. D) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) California. 8. An economic system in which private business operates in competition and largely free of state control is called a free enterprise or market economy. Which of the following countries are the farthest away from this type of economy? A) United States. B) England. C) France. D) North Korea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North Korea. 9. Where are desalination plants becoming increasingly popular? A) Places natural disasters are common. B) Places with plentiful oil as an energy source. C) Places experiencing a shortage of fresh water. D) Places businesses are exporting bottled water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Places experiencing a shortage of fresh water. 10. Who is noteworthy for establishing consistent content between Europe and the Americans? A) Martin Behaim. B) John Cabot. C) Giovanni Caboto. D) Christopher Columbus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christopher Columbus. 11. Magnetic meridian is an imaginary A) Line along north-south. B) Point. C) Vertical plane. D) Horizontal plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertical plane. 12. Which type of government do we have in the United States? A) Monarchy. B) Democracy. C) Dictatorship. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democracy. 13. Which of the following rivers in in Africa? A) Nile. B) Amazon. C) Danube. D) Yangtze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nile. 14. Polders are most associated with which country? A) France. B) Germany. C) Norway. D) The Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Netherlands. 15. The magnetic field generated due to magnetic storm is directed in the ..... direction to the earth's main field. A) Same. B) Opposite. C) Southward. D) Northward. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opposite. 16. A functional region focuses on A) Specific borders of an area. B) A central point and the surrounding area. C) Based around language or religion. D) A system of related regions that cover an area. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A central point and the surrounding area. 17. Which of the following is the definition of the division of a mountain region (particularly the Andes Mountains) into agricultural regions? A) Altitudinal Sections. B) Horizontal Delineation. C) Vertical Zonation. D) Linear Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertical Zonation. 18. What factors have led to high ethnic diversity levels in the Balkan Region? A) A rise of dictators. B) Economic growth. C) Multiple conflicts. D) Cultural convergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Multiple conflicts. 19. What term best fits the description of the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other? Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries. A) Interdependence. B) Isolationism. C) Nationalism. D) Command Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interdependence. 20. The way a person looks at something A) Formal region. B) Perspective. C) Degree. D) Contiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perspective. Next →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesWorld Geography Quiz 2World Geography Quiz 3World Geography Quiz 4World Geography Quiz 5World Geography Quiz 6World Geography Quiz 7World Geography Quiz 8World Geography Quiz 9World Geography Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books