World Geography Quiz 64 (20 MCQs)

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1. All of the following are reasons that explain why civilizations developed along rivers EXCEPT

Correct Answer: D) Easy access to railroads.

2. Which BEST describes why latitudes closest to the equator have warmer climates?

Correct Answer: B) They receive more solar energy.

3. Divides power between the national government and state or provincial governments

Correct Answer: D) Federal system.

4. African Geography is unique in many ways, one being that the continent lacks a large ..... within its interior.

Correct Answer: C) Mountain Range.

5. The exact place where a geographic feature is found on Earth.

Correct Answer: C) Absolute Location.

6. This is the movement of people into a new country or political unit, resulting in a change of personal, permanent residence.

Correct Answer: A) Immigration.

7. In an urban community, you would find .....

Correct Answer: B) Skyscrapers.

8. Which Ocean is located nearest Antarctica?

Correct Answer: A) The Southern Ocean.

9. When all the territories within a country are physically connected

Correct Answer: C) Contiguous.

10. A ..... engages in tertiary economic activity.

Correct Answer: D) Police officer.

11. Before computers, how did mapmakers create map projections?

Correct Answer: B) With mathematical formulas.

12. Which of the following is not part of the grid system?

Correct Answer: D) Location.

13. Which is an example of a command economy?

Correct Answer: D) Socialism.

14. In a free enterprise economic system, the decisions about what to produce are made in response to

Correct Answer: B) Consumer demand.

15. Physical weathering is when .....

Correct Answer: B) Large masses of rock are broken into smaller pieces.

16. Separation of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland was due to .....?

Correct Answer: D) Religion.

17. What is the name of the European sea where large amounts of oil and natural gas have been found and extracted?

Correct Answer: A) North.

18. The most recent era of the geological time scale is

Correct Answer: B) Cenozoic.

19. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas

Correct Answer: D) Land Bridge.

20. All the individuals of a species that live together in one place at the same time.

Correct Answer: A) Population.