This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Geography > World > World Geography – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 61 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Geography is important to which type of job? A) Military. B) Land surveying. C) Piloting. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. What climate region do we live in? A) Tropical Wet. B) Mediterranean. C) Tundra. D) Humid Subtropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humid Subtropical. 3. The belief that there is no god. A) Polytheism. B) Atheism. C) Monotheism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atheism. 4. A partially self-governing country with close ties to another country is called a A) Colony. B) First Nation. C) Dominion. D) Province. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dominion. 5. The majority of the population in Mexico lives in which region? A) Central Plateau. B) Central America. C) Central Africa. D) Central Playdoh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Central Plateau. 6. This is the act of leaving one's home country to go to another country permanently. A) Immigration. B) Disrimination. C) Infrastructure. D) Emigration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emigration. 7. The highest mountains on earth namely Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located in A) The greater Himalayas. B) The Lesser Himalayas. C) The outer Himalayas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The greater Himalayas. 8. When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the time at Greenwich, London, will be A) 0800 hours. B) 1730 hours. C) Midnight,GMT. D) 0630 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0630 hours. 9. What are latitude lines? A) I don't know. B) Lines Drawn up and down. C) Lines. D) Lines Drawn East-West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lines Drawn East-West. 10. The phenomenon of an opening occurring in the earth's surface through which a jet of hot water and steam is forces out at irregular intervals is called A) Crater. B) Geyser. C) Hot spring. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Geyser. 11. A regional ecosystem with distinct plants and animals A) Greenhouse gas. B) Biome. C) Desert. D) EL Nino. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Biome. 12. Of the Five Themes of Geography, which would most likely focus on patterns of migration from one region to another? (WG.6B) A) Human-Environmental Interaction. B) Location. C) Place Movement. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement. 13. Earth is divided into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres by the prime meridian and the A) 240 degree meridian. B) 360 degree meridian. C) 90 degree meridian. D) 180 degree meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 180 degree meridian. 14. Fruit grown in South America is shipped to your local grocery store. A) Region. B) Location. C) Movement. D) Human Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 15. What was the sea faring group of traders that greatly influenced our modern alphabet? A) Africans. B) Americans. C) Phoenicians. D) Europeans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phoenicians. 16. A planar projection map is most useful for A) Finding the shortest distance between two places particularly at the Poles. B) Visualizing overall shape and size of land. C) Sea navigation. D) Mapping the continents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finding the shortest distance between two places particularly at the Poles. 17. Geographic Information System (GIS) A) Study of the earth's people. B) Computer software used to make maps. C) Conditions that impact environment. D) System that uses satellite data to pinpoint exact locations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Computer software used to make maps. 18. An increase in urbanization results from A) Industrialization. B) Urban Sprawl. C) Low Population. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrialization. 19. The science or practice of drawing maps is known as A) Sociology. B) Photography. C) History. D) Cartography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartography. 20. An independent political unit occupying a defined, permanently populated territory and having full control over its internal and foreign affairs. A) Nation-State. B) Nation. C) Country. D) State. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Country. ← 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