This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 44 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 44 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A low area between two hills. It often has a river running through it. A) Ocean. B) Valley. C) River. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valley. 2. Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures? A) LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures. B) HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures. C) HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures. 3. The transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration. A) Supranationalism. B) Devolution. C) Anarchy. D) Universal Suffrage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Devolution. 4. What is the correct term for the transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases that begun when the Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere? A) The Great Upheaval. B) The Columbian Exchange. C) The Industrial Revoultion. D) The Technology Transfer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Columbian Exchange. 5. An Islamic house of worship A) Minaret. B) Mosque. C) Muezzin. D) Fatwa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mosque. 6. When working with the time zones and time is changing from going from one zone to another what does not change? A) Minutes. B) Latitude. C) Longitude. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minutes. 7. What is the actual shape of the Earth? A) Spherical. B) Circular. C) Sphere-like. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sphere-like. 8. The low latitudes (the warmest climate zone) are located near the ..... A) Equator. B) Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. C) Arctic Circle. D) Antarctic circle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equator. 9. Which is the best example of a capital resource? A) Educational levels. B) Skilled laborers. C) Oil. D) Money for investments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Money for investments. 10. The infrared radiation by sun are strongly absorbed by A) Carbon dioxide. B) Water vapours. C) Carbon dioxide and water vapours. D) Ozone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carbon dioxide. 11. The type of soil needed for rice is A) Clayey loam. B) Rich, muddy and saturated with water. C) Deep, loamy, well drained. D) Humus, rich in Fe and potash. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rich, muddy and saturated with water. 12. The model which explains the various types of igneous rocks A) Rock cycle. B) Bowens reaction series. C) Both are similar terms. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bowens reaction series. 13. Humans are most likely to heavily populate which type of area A) On a mountain. B) In a desert. C) On a tundra. D) Along a river. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Along a river. 14. Saint Petersburg was founded by ..... A) Czar Nicholas II. B) Peter the Great. C) Catherine the Great. D) Ivan the Terrible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peter the Great. 15. How do aqueducts help support California's large population? A) By providing a natural vent for urban smog. B) By bringing freshwater from far away. C) By increasing the housing supply. D) By reducing traffic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By bringing freshwater from far away. 16. Which economy is based on the concept of free enterprise? A) A mixed economy. B) A traditional economy. C) A command economy. D) A market economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A market economy. 17. What is subsistence farming? A) Farming to make money. B) A for profit organization. C) Independently owned and operated farm. D) Farmers who grow food just for themselves and their families. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farmers who grow food just for themselves and their families. 18. What is the largest country (by land mass)? A) China. B) Canada. C) Madagascar. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Russia. 19. Imaginary lines running North to South used to pinpoint certain locations. A) ORANGE. B) Latitude. C) Longitude. D) Maybe green isnt the best option for this square. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longitude. 20. The production of wheat has increased mainly due to A) Increase in area under wheat. B) Increase in yield per hectare. C) Increase in demand for wheat. D) Increase in prices. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase in yield per hectare. ← 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