World Geography Quiz 26 (20 MCQs)

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1. How would you describe the climate in which we live?

Correct Answer: B) Humid Continental.

2. Rising Sun country is called

Correct Answer: B) Japan.

3. Which of the following collects visual information about Earth?

Correct Answer: D) Satellites.

4. A construction company would seek the assistance of geographers in order to

Correct Answer: B) Locate suitable construction sites.

5. What is the best comparison to the geographic term "situation" ?

Correct Answer: D) A position relative to other places or features.

6. This climate varies with latitude, elevation, other topography, and continental location

Correct Answer: A) Highlands.

7. This theme of Geography describes what the location is like.

Correct Answer: C) Place.

8. The tide produced as a consequence of the moon and the sun pulling the earth in the same direction is called

Correct Answer: C) Spring tide.

9. The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is

Correct Answer: B) Mr. Kilimanjaro.

10. The movement of particles by rolling, sliding and shuffling along the eroded surface is called

Correct Answer: C) Traction.

11. A body of salt water not as large as an ocean and often surrounded by land is

Correct Answer: C) Sea.

12. What is the growth of population in cities and the resulting changes called?

Correct Answer: B) Urbanization.

13. A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs .....

Correct Answer: B) From the North Pole to the South Pole.

14. Why does Japan have such a high population density?

Correct Answer: B) Lack of arable land and Mountain Ranges.

15. Factors that include the functions and procedures of law and government are

Correct Answer: B) Political factors.

16. Which latitude are you more likely to get sun burnt?

Correct Answer: A) Low Latitude.

17. Newspaper delivery areas are an example of which type of region? (WG.9B)

Correct Answer: B) Functional.

18. LDCs have a higher proportion of their workforce employed in ..... industries compared to MDCs

Correct Answer: A) Primary.

19. *landforms*ocean currents*latitudeWhich of these concepts can be best categorized in a description of an area's physical geography?

Correct Answer: D) Climate patterns.

20. What do greenhouse gases do?

Correct Answer: A) Absorb Earth's outgoing infrared radiation.