This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The highest sand dunes are found is A) The Sahara desert. B) The Atacama desert. C) The Kalahari desert. D) The Gobi desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Sahara desert. 2. The subatomic particles arriving from outer space having high energy are called A) Protons. B) Electrons. C) Cosmic rays. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cosmic rays. 3. The primary purpose of the irrigation of the Colorado River is to A) Reduce the water supply. B) Bring water to dry areas and farms. C) Create aqueducts. D) Increase ocean depths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bring water to dry areas and farms. 4. Using lines of latitude and longitude to find an exact location is ..... A) Absolute Location. B) Relative Location. C) Prime Meridian. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absolute Location. 5. What does the Greek word 'geographia' mean? A) Definition of the Earth. B) Description of the Earth. C) Development of the Earth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Description of the Earth. 6. Which sector of the economy includes industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in construction? A) Primary Sector. B) Tertiary Sector. C) Secondary Sector. D) Quaternary Sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary Sector. 7. Most people in Europe live in A) Rural areas. B) Urban areas. C) Highlands. D) Lowlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Urban areas. 8. Land that is completely surrounded by water. A) Island. B) Plain. C) River. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Island. 9. A regional ecosystem A) Biome. B) Ecosystem. C) Climate. D) Weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biome. 10. Which city is sacred to the three monotheistic religions? A) Istanbul. B) Jerusalem. C) Mecca. D) Cairo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jerusalem. 11. What type of map would you need to use to see a country's boundaries? A) Physical Map. B) Robinson Projection Map. C) Political Map. D) Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political Map. 12. A movement to win political, religious, or ethnic independence from another group A) Separatism. B) Equal Rights. C) Colony. D) Freedom of Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Separatism. 13. Which continent primarily colonized African territory during the late nineteenth century? A) Asia. B) Europe. C) South America. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Europe. 14. What is the most populated country A) India. B) China. C) Indonesia. D) United States of America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 15. Both Hindus and Buddhists believe that ..... A) The soul can be reincarnated. B) Faith will lead one to salvation. C) Social order is based on five key relationships. D) Daily prayer will allow one to gain entrance to heaven. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The soul can be reincarnated. 16. The place where material is excavated when the zone of maximum stream velocity approaches the stream's bed is called A) Scoured pools. B) Riffles. C) Ox-bow lakes. D) Flood plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scoured pools. 17. The North American Free Trade Agreement MOST affects this country A) England. B) Italy. C) Saudi Arabia. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canada. 18. What is latitude? A) The line that runs north and south of the equator. B) The line that runs east and west of the prime meridain. C) The movement of a group of people. D) An imaginary line around the middle of the earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The line that runs north and south of the equator. 19. Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the universe? A) Cosmography. B) Cosmology. C) Geomorphology. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cosmography. 20. Physical process of Erosion is ..... A) Wearing down of rocks by wind and water. B) Breaking of the Earth's crust that causes a fault. C) Movement of weathered materials by wind, ice, or water. D) Mixing of weathered rock with decayed plant & animal material. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement of weathered materials by wind, ice, or water. ← 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