World Geography Quiz 49 (20 MCQs)

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1. What canal was built to enhance shipping routes in N. Africa and SW Asia?

Correct Answer: A) Aswan High.

2. In which type of government does the power belong to only one person?

Correct Answer: A) Autocracy.

3. Which of the following is most directly responsible for the variation in seasonal weather patterns?

Correct Answer: B) Tilt of the Earth's axis.

4. The theory of continental drift states that the continents once formed a large land mass called .....

Correct Answer: D) Pangaea.

5. The major pedogenic process acting on soils at the macro scale are

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

6. The low latitude zone of globe extends between

Correct Answer: A) Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer.

7. To give, to formally transfer land

Correct Answer: C) Cede.

8. The Amazon Rainforest is primarily located in .....

Correct Answer: D) Brazil.

9. In the Northern Hemisphere the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, occurs in which month?

Correct Answer: B) June.

10. What makes the Amazon Rainforest its own distinct region?

Correct Answer: C) It has its own unique climate, plants, and animals .

11. Which country is most likely to experience an earthquake?

Correct Answer: D) Japan.

12. The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is

Correct Answer: A) The Rio Grande.

13. The phosphate are a group of minerals of one or more metallic elements chemically associated with the phosphate compound .....

Correct Answer: B) Silicates.

14. One way that wealthy nations in Asia address the lack of water is by

Correct Answer: C) Building desalination plants.

15. Which of these names geometric designs that are symbols of the universe and are used to aid in meditation?

Correct Answer: D) Mandalas.

16. The Panama Canal was built to make it possible for ships to

Correct Answer: A) Travel between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

17. The city popularly known as 'Island of Cloves' is

Correct Answer: C) Zanzibar.

18. The Amazon Rainforest is located in which physical region?

Correct Answer: C) Northern South America.

19. Urban areas located where two or more rivers merge (Pittsburgh) are said to have developed on a/an .....

Correct Answer: A) Confluence site.

20. The summer and winter seasons in a year are caused by

Correct Answer: D) Revolution of the Earth on its inclined axis.