World Geography Quiz 70 (20 MCQs)

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1. How many degrees of variation can you have to still get the answer correct when doing absolute location?

Correct Answer: A) 5 degrees.

2. A tool on a map that shows cardinal directions and sometimes intermediate directions

Correct Answer: A) Compass Rose.

3. The hot, rainy tropical region is located

Correct Answer: B) Along the equator.

4. The primary religious text of Jews

Correct Answer: A) The Torah.

5. When one group adapts and joins with another culture, this is known as .....

Correct Answer: D) Assimilation.

6. Which of the following countries is famous for its Coral Reefs?

Correct Answer: C) Australia.

7. What is a Region

Correct Answer: A) Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.

8. Thunderstorm cloud

Correct Answer: A) Cumulonimbus.

9. Because of ....., some solar radiation is absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere and some is reflected back into space.

Correct Answer: D) The greenhouse effect.

10. Political maps tend to change

Correct Answer: A) Often.

11. Which continent is home to largest number of countries?

Correct Answer: C) Africa.

12. The island state of Australia is

Correct Answer: C) Tasmania.

13. When it is summer in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?

Correct Answer: C) Winter.

14. Which of the following is NOT true of map scale?

Correct Answer: C) Shows direction on a map.

15. The earth rotates on its axis once a

Correct Answer: B) Day.

16. What was the name of the Aztec capital?

Correct Answer: C) Tenochtitlan.

17. A group of Canada's Native American people

Correct Answer: C) First Nations.

18. Which of the following countries are global leaders in oil exports?

Correct Answer: D) Venezuela & Saudi Arabia.

19. The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is

Correct Answer: A) Lake Victoria.

20. GDP is defined as

Correct Answer: D) Gross Domestic Product.