This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 27 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The ionosphere contains ionized air that protects the earth from A) The ultraviolet rays of the sun. B) The infrared rays of the sun. C) The falling meteorites. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The falling meteorites. 2. How many oceans are there in the world? A) 7. B) 6. C) 5. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 3. The principal aim of the NAFTA and the European Union is to A) Keep communism out the Western Hemisphere. B) Reduce environmental pollution. C) Increase economic cooperation between the member nations. D) Eliminate global terrorism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase economic cooperation between the member nations. 4. Which of the following is NOT a continent? A) Africa. B) Antarctica. C) United States of America. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United States of America. 5. The country known as 'Syria' is located in A) Asia. B) Europe. C) Latin America. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 6. The term used to describe the combined effect of all shortwave losses in A) Earth scattering. B) Earth radiation. C) Earth albedo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth albedo. 7. Which continent do you live on? A) North America. B) Tennessee. C) United States. D) Westmoreland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North America. 8. The monsoon climatic regions are A) South-east Asia including Australia, Africa, America. B) Europe and South America. C) Asia, Africa and Antarctica. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) South-east Asia including Australia, Africa, America. 9. What is location? A) Tells us where people and places are. B) Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area. C) Tells how people, goods, resources, and ideas move from one place to another. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tells us where people and places are. 10. Which factor has the greatest effect on soil building? A) Time. B) Geology. C) Topography. D) Climate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climate. 11. What was a result of the creation of NAFTA for Mexico? A) Mexico's GDP decreased. B) Markets in the north have opened wider and manufacturing has increased. C) Daily life in Mexico has slowed down. D) More Americans have moved south to Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Markets in the north have opened wider and manufacturing has increased. 12. From what region did the largest group of foreign-born residents living in the United States today immigrate? A) Europe. B) Asia. C) Latin America. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latin America. 13. The process of erosion can best be described as the movement of weathered materials by A) River systems. B) Tectonic forces. C) Wind, water, or ice. D) Human environmental interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind, water, or ice. 14. The spread of material and non-material characteristics from one culture to another A) Cultural Boundary. B) Cultural Diffusion. C) Culture. D) Free Enterprise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cultural Diffusion. 15. A type of autocracy government that a king, (Emperor) or queen (Empress) hold all the power. A) Monarchy. B) Oligarchy. C) Theocracy. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Monarchy. 16. Maps that indicate special information such as land user, roads, and population are A) Physical maps. B) Political maps. C) Thematic maps. D) Monochromatic maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thematic maps. 17. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is what type of alliance? A) Humanitarian/aid. B) Military. C) Economic. D) Religious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Military. 18. Which of the following is a physical feature? A) Oceans. B) Deserts. C) Rivers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. A political border that is established by a physical geographic feature such as a mountain range or a river is a ..... A) Natural boundary. B) Geometric boundary. C) Cultural boundary. D) Ethnic boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural boundary. 20. The majority of people in Central Asia speak a ..... language. A) Slavic. B) Turkic. C) Indo-European. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Turkic. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesWorld Geography Quiz 1World Geography Quiz 2World Geography Quiz 3World Geography Quiz 4World Geography Quiz 5World Geography Quiz 6World Geography Quiz 7World Geography Quiz 8World Geography Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books