World Geography Quiz 35 (20 MCQs)

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1. Globalization is

Correct Answer: B) The breakdown of traditional barriers between nations through technology and transport.

2. What is a democracy?

Correct Answer: C) -Citizens rule directly or through elected representatives.

3. When did the inauguration ceremony happen?

Correct Answer: D) Jan 20.

4. What 20th century innovation led to a rapid increase in urban sprawl (urbanization)?

Correct Answer: A) Car.

5. What structure is known primary as a national seat of government.

Correct Answer: C) Kremlin.

6. Which of the following is measured on the Richter scale?

Correct Answer: B) Intensity of earthquakes.

7. Open land that is open for settlement

Correct Answer: C) Frontier.

8. What was the Green Revolution?

Correct Answer: A) An effort to increase crop yields using hybrid seeds and commercial fertilizers.

9. On which continent would you find the world's largest tropical rain forest which is now being threatened with deforestation?

Correct Answer: A) South America.

10. The Great Plains region of the United States and Canada is characterized by a common

Correct Answer: D) Vegetation type.

11. An example of an external force of change is

Correct Answer: A) Weathering.

12. ..... most dramatically influences a place's climate.

Correct Answer: A) Latitude.

13. The tide produced when the moon and the sun are at right angles to the earth, thus pulling in opposite directions, is called

Correct Answer: A) Neap tide.

14. This theme of Geography answers the question "Where is it? ''

Correct Answer: A) Location.

15. The imaginary line on the earth's surface, which closely follows the 180$^ \circ$ meridian, is called the

Correct Answer: A) International Date Line.

16. The ..... serves as an important transportation link between Iran and other Asian countries.

Correct Answer: B) Caspian Sea.

17. In the past 250 years Russia has been the subject of three invasions from the .....

Correct Answer: D) West.

18. The Judicial Branch of the United States government is made up of

Correct Answer: A) Supreme Court and Federal Courts.

19. The longest river in Russia is the

Correct Answer: B) Volga.

20. ..... are made up of dust and frozen gases.

Correct Answer: B) Comets.