World Geography Quiz 9 (20 MCQs)

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1. One of Mexico's main economic challenges has been to develop a modern

Correct Answer: B) Industrial economy.

2. Which one country belongs more to the Less Developed Countries (LDCs)?

Correct Answer: A) Nigeria.

3. What type of landform is Central America?

Correct Answer: A) An isthmus.

4. Growth of cities as more people leave rural areas

Correct Answer: B) Urbanization.

5. People who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or place of origin

Correct Answer: C) Ethnic group.

6. What are the various climate zones in Latin America?

Correct Answer: B) Mountainous terrain.

7. What Mountains separates India from China?

Correct Answer: A) Himalaya Mountains.

8. The percent of people in a country who can read and write.

Correct Answer: C) Literacy rate.

9. The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as

Correct Answer: A) Polygenetic landforms.

10. What is not one of the world's major religions

Correct Answer: A) Taoism.

11. The decision by Brazil to bid for and host the 2014 Soccer World Cup was most likely influenced by

Correct Answer: A) Public passion for the sport.

12. Agricultural terracing most directly affects which landform?

Correct Answer: A) Mountains.

13. The linking of places by common traits or characteristics is defined as (WG.9B)

Correct Answer: C) Region.

14. The use of terrace farming by the Inca and Japanese cultures is an example of

Correct Answer: C) Adaption to the surrounding geography.

15. The oldest rocks found in ocean basins are ..... than the oldest continental rocks.

Correct Answer: B) Younger.

16. What was the greatest physical barrier to the westward migration of the early American settlers?

Correct Answer: A) The Appalachian Mountains.

17. A ..... map gives specific data or information on a single topic.

Correct Answer: A) Thematic.

18. Which physical process formed the landform long the northeastern border of India?

Correct Answer: D) The collision of tectonic plates.

19. What is a huge, moving mass of ice?

Correct Answer: C) A glacier.

20. What man-made feature creates a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?

Correct Answer: B) Panama Canal.