World Geography Quiz 52 (20 MCQs)

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1. Emissions in the United States can result in ..... in Canada, threatening timber and water resources.

Correct Answer: B) Acid rain.

2. What is the climate of Southwest India?

Correct Answer: C) Tropical rainforest.

3. Which physical features are correctly paired with the continent in which they are located?

Correct Answer: C) Amazon River and Andes Mountains-South America.

4. The longest epoch of the tertiary period is

Correct Answer: B) Eocene.

5. A large landform that stretches above surrounding land usually in a peak.

Correct Answer: C) Mountain.

6. The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately

Correct Answer: A) 0.384 million km.

7. Which strait separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Mediterranean Sea?

Correct Answer: A) Strait of Gibraltar.

8. The main tributaries of Indus river system are

Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b).

9. Which country has the most territory and population in all of Latin America?

Correct Answer: A) Brazil.

10. The layer of the earth, immediately below the crust, is called

Correct Answer: D) Outer mantle.

11. Which South Asian country has a constitutional monarchy?

Correct Answer: D) Bhutan.

12. How many degrees is the equator?

Correct Answer: A) 0 degrees latitude.

13. Pollution, air, wind, and oxygen are ALL a part of the

Correct Answer: A) Atmosphere.

14. Why are many major cities located near or on rivers?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

15. What is the process of moving from one place to another?

Correct Answer: A) Migration.

16. How do wind currents affect climate?

Correct Answer: A) By distributing heat.

17. The temperature increases rapidly after

Correct Answer: C) Ionosphere.

18. Geography is the study of

Correct Answer: D) The distribution and interaction of Earth's physical and human features.

19. How does accretion cause continents to grow outward?

Correct Answer: C) Debris from the leveling off of underwater mountains piles up.

20. The main vegetation of the steppe type climatic regions is

Correct Answer: C) Large grasslands.