World Geography Quiz 15 (20 MCQs)

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1. The metamorphism which involves the chemical replacement of elements in rock minerals when gases and liquids permute into bedrock is called

Correct Answer: A) Metasomatic metamorphism.

2. Movement in the same country or state

Correct Answer: A) Internal migration.

3. The Changes in Shape, Size, and Position of features that occur when representing the Earth on a flat map take place because of .....

Correct Answer: D) Distortion.

4. The island of Sri Lanka formerly known as

Correct Answer: C) Ceylon.

5. How many kilometers and represented by 1$^ \circ$ of latitude?

Correct Answer: C) 111 km.

6. Job opportunities, political and religious freedoms are examples of

Correct Answer: A) Pull factors.

7. Which of the following is likely a characteristic of rural communities in the United States and Canada?

Correct Answer: D) Agricultural cooperatives.

8. Water is what percent of the Earth?

Correct Answer: B) 70%.

9. The elevation, layout and shape of the land

Correct Answer: B) Topography.

10. Which of these factors most influence the climate of Death Valley?

Correct Answer: A) Rain-shadow effect and low elevation.

11. A large number of the early colonists of Canada were

Correct Answer: B) Loyalists who left the American colonies.

12. As air passes over the mountain, it does all of the following except what?

Correct Answer: A) Releases more moisture on the other side.

13. Which of the following aspects of the earth are sometimes distorted on maps?

Correct Answer: C) Area, distance, direction & shapte.

14. All of the following are examples of ideas that have changed culture EXCEPT

Correct Answer: C) Region.

15. The second largest island (next to Greenland) in the world is

Correct Answer: C) New Guinea.

16. Which is the proper way to write relative location?

Correct Answer: B) Russia is 324 miles East of China.

17. What nave was given to the network of safe houses that assisted people escaping slavery in the 1800s?

Correct Answer: B) The Underground Railroad.

18. The humidity of the air depends upon

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

19. Which of the following is an inland sea?

Correct Answer: B) Caspian sea.

20. The process that involves the eroded material being dissolved and carried along in water as individual ions is called

Correct Answer: A) Solution.