World Geography Quiz 10 (20 MCQs)

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1. The knowledge about the topography of the ocean basins has been derived from

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

2. Which group has the greatest influence in determining what goods and services will be produced in a communist economic system?

Correct Answer: D) Government officials.

3. The Soviet Union collapsed in the .....

Correct Answer: C) Early 1990s.

4. All of the following are POSITIVE effects of the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT

Correct Answer: D) Child labor.

5. Where do most Brazilians live in their country?

Correct Answer: D) Along the eastern, coastal area.

6. Which of the following geographic factors unifies Latin America as a region?

Correct Answer: A) A shared culture.

7. The Columbian Exchange was most responsible for the spatial diffusion of which set of products to Latin America?

Correct Answer: A) Cattle, horses, sugar.

8. The Mountains located along the western edge of South America are the .....

Correct Answer: C) Andes.

9. What region do India and Pakistan disagree about the political borders?

Correct Answer: A) Kashmir.

10. Variations in the length of daytime and nighttime from seasons are due to

Correct Answer: B) The earth's revolution round the sun in an elliptical manner.

11. The Berlin Wall divided this country into east and west sections.

Correct Answer: D) Germany.

12. Which is NOT a characteristic of a developed country

Correct Answer: D) Low literacy rate.

13. A day on which the sun is directly over the Equator

Correct Answer: C) Equinox.

14. What dam was built on the world's longest river to control it for economic reasons?

Correct Answer: C) Aswan High Dam.

15. The monetary currency of Greece is called (prior to Jan 1, 2002).

Correct Answer: B) Drachma.

16. An original inhabitant; one of the original inhabitants of Australia

Correct Answer: C) Aborigine.

17. Which of the following is most accurately represented on a cylindrical projection map?

Correct Answer: B) The Equator.

18. The northern portion of the western coastal plain is called

Correct Answer: A) Konkan plain.

19. Why is it important to protect wetlands and swamps such as Florida's Everglades?

Correct Answer: D) They provide habitats for a great variety of vegetation and wildlife.

20. The unit of the light year is used for measuring

Correct Answer: C) Distance between bodies in the universe.