This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 46 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 46 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The iron ore mined at Bailadila is mostly A) Haematite. B) Siderite. C) Limonite. D) Magnetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Haematite. 2. The groundwater can become confined between two impermeable layers. This type of enclosed water is called A) Artesian well. B) Artesian. C) Confined groundwater. D) Unconfined groundwater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artesian. 3. England gets oil from A) Atlantic Ocean. B) North Sea. C) Persian Gulf. D) Mediterranean Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North Sea. 4. How are sea formed? A) Two tectonic plates converging. B) Earthquakes. C) Two tectonic plates diverging. D) Glacier Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two tectonic plates diverging. 5. Who was nominated as the 46th president of the United States? A) Joe Smith. B) Donald Trump. C) Joe Biden. D) Mike Pence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joe Biden. 6. The shortest day (longest night) in the southern hemisphere is A) June 21. B) December 21. C) December 22. D) June 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) June 21. 7. Which of the following is most useful for measuring the shortest distance between two places on the earth and path between them? A) Atlas map. B) Thematic maps. C) Wall maps. D) Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Globe. 8. Name the imaginary line which divides Northern and Southern hemispheres A) Cardinal Direction. B) South. C) North. D) Equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equator. 9. Which economic system has the benefits of private property, economic freedom, profit and competition? A) Traditional. B) Socialism. C) Free Enterprise. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free Enterprise. 10. What is a dictatorship A) Rule by one person. B) Power is held by monarch. C) -Citizens vote on people to represent them in government. D) -Citizens rule directly or through elected representatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rule by one person. 11. Which city is a center of culture and trade located in Canada? A) Inuvik. B) Toronto. C) Santiago. D) Chicago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Toronto. 12. Type of climate that is warm year round, contains grasses and short trees, and can be found between 15-25 degrees North and South. Ex. African Savanna A) Tropical Rainforest. B) Mediterranean. C) Tropical Grassland. D) Marine West Coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tropical Grassland. 13. What is sustainable development? A) Economic development without depleting resources. B) Using as much of the resources as you want. C) Slash and burn agriculture. D) Ecotourism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic development without depleting resources. 14. The phenomenon associated with collision and subduction of the planet is A) Volcanoes. B) Island arcs. C) Earthquakes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. Which advance accelerated the settlement of western regions of the United States and Canada during the nineteenth century? A) Use of the cotton gin. B) Invention of the tractor. C) Construction of railroads. D) Introduction of irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Construction of railroads. 16. On which continent would you find India and the Himalaya Mountains? A) North America. B) Europe. C) Asia. D) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Asia. 17. The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called A) Stream flow. B) Laminar flow. C) Turbulent flow. D) Helical flow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Helical flow. 18. Is a system in which tradition habits and customs control all economic activity; exists in only a few parts of the world today. A) Traditional Economy System. B) Market Economy System. C) Free Enterprise. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional Economy System. 19. Which example best describes absolute location? A) Evans school is close to PSA. B) My house next to the LA Zoo. C) I live next to Walmart. D) Australia is 23.5$^ \circ$ S and 135$^ \circ$ E. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Australia is 23.5$^ \circ$ S and 135$^ \circ$ E. 20. What is a desert? A) *an area of land surrounded by water on three sides. B) *Physical geography relates to the natural environment. C) *a dry land with little precipitation and little to no vegetation. D) -An area containing geographically related mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) *a dry land with little precipitation and little to no vegetation. ← 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