This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Geography > World > World Geography > World Geography – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Define a formal region. A) An area characterized by a certain unifying quality or characteristic. B) An area that includes a central place and the related places around it. C) An area connected by feelings or impressions, but not by factual data or specific qualities. D) A way of looking at human and physical patterns and their relationships. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An area characterized by a certain unifying quality or characteristic. 2. What is population density? A) The number of inhabitants of a place per square kilometer. B) The total number of inhabitants that live in a town. C) The total number of inhabitants in a country. D) Total number of inhabitants of a place minus the old and the young. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The number of inhabitants of a place per square kilometer. 3. Plant roots can grow into crevices in rock and eventually break the rock apart. This is an example of-(3C) A) The lithosphere affecting the atmosphere through erosion. B) The hydrosphere affecting the biosphere through tectonic activity. C) The biosphere affecting the lithosphere through mechanical weathering. D) The atmosphere affecting the hydrosphere through chemical weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The biosphere affecting the lithosphere through mechanical weathering. 4. What regions of the Earth experience six months of darkness and six months of daylight A) The continents that cross the Equator. B) The Tropics. C) The Temperate Zones. D) The polar regions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The polar regions. 5. How did industrialization (factory creation) lead to changing uses of Earth's physical features? (2B) A) Humans began to dig and drill to obtain fossil fuels to burn for energy. B) Humans learned to plant seeds to grow food to eat. C) Humans built the first canals to connect different regions by water. D) People introduced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to handle natural disasters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humans began to dig and drill to obtain fossil fuels to burn for energy. 6. Why does poverty affect certain regions of the world? A) Need jobs. B) No money. C) Lack of supplies and poor living conditions and no industrial. D) Bad housing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lack of supplies and poor living conditions and no industrial. 7. Which statement about human population trends is true? (7C) A) Africa currently has the highest growth rate, but it will soon be surpassed by Oceania. B) Latin America is the most populous region, but is growth will slow in the near future. C) North America has the world's lowest growth rate, and its population is projected to steadily decline. D) Asia has the largest population, and it is projected to remain most populous over the next few decades. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asia has the largest population, and it is projected to remain most populous over the next few decades. 8. In eastern Canada, damage has been caused to trees, plants, fish, and buildings by pollutants from factories. This type of pollution is called- A) Acid rain. B) The ozone layer. C) The greenhouse effect. D) Mercury poisoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acid rain. 9. A map that shows man-made features such as boundaries, countries, and cities. A) Thematic. B) Physical. C) Political. D) Elevation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political. 10. Falling off or shed seasonally or periodically, trees such as oak and maple, which lose their leaves in autumn A) Deciduous. B) Coniferous. C) Mixed Forests. D) Prairie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deciduous. 11. Ruviland is half the size of the United States but has twice the population. It is primarily an agrarian society, though it has growing industries in its two largest cities. Per capita income is about $ 4, 000. Unemployment is relatively high. After decades of civil wars, Ruviland established a democracy only two years ago. The new government of Ruviland plans to establish a public school system that will educate all young people.Ruviland is a ..... country. A) Developing. B) Third world. C) More developed. D) First world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Developing. 12. What does human geography examine? A) The relationships between physical environments and people. B) The relationships between living and inanimate things on Earth. C) The relationships between the people in the past, present, and future. D) The relationships between climate, land, water, plants, and animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The relationships between physical environments and people. 13. Which country is in the continent of Europe? A) Canada. B) France. C) China. D) Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) France. 14. What effect is caused by a rain shadow? A) Drier, warmer areas develop on the leeward side of mountains. B) Wetter, cooler areas develop on the leeward side of mountains. C) Drier, cooler areas develop on the windward side of mountains. D) Wetter, warmer areas develop on the windward side of mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drier, warmer areas develop on the leeward side of mountains. 15. What lesson can be learned from the flooding of North Carolina after Hurricane Matthew? A) A hurricane is unlikely to reach North Carolina again. B) International cooperation can prevent hurricanes. C) The human response to a natural disaster can influence its destructiveness. D) Hurricanes are a major contributor to pollution in the Gulf of Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The human response to a natural disaster can influence its destructiveness. 16. Which of the following describes an example of a tropical wet climate? A) Wet and dry seasons and high year-round temperatures. B) Warm summers with heavy rain, and harshly cold winters. C) Hot and dry conditions with a small amount of plant and animal life. D) Warm, humid air with an average daily temperature of 80$^ \circ$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm, humid air with an average daily temperature of 80$^ \circ$. 17. Which continent is in all four hemispheres? A) North America. B) Asia. C) Europe. D) Africa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Africa. 18. A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line A) Permafrost. B) Desert. C) Tundra. D) Savannah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tundra. 19. Which country is characterized by peaceful relationships between its different ethnic groups? A) Nigeria. B) Cyprus. C) Rwanda. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Switzerland. 20. What is a monetary unit A) *a standard unit of value of a country's coinage. B) *the beliefs, customs, and ways of life shared by groups of people. C) -A head of state may have executive powers, or may just hold ceremonial powers. D) *term frequently used to describe the highest ranking government official. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) *a standard unit of value of a country's coinage. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWorld 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 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books