This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Geography > World > World Geography > World Geography – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 23 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Although they are geographically close, the Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Desertecoregions have distinct vegetation and wildlife. The ecological differences betweenthese ecoregions can be explained by- A) Natural gas reserves underneath the Chihuahuan Desert. B) Their respective presence and absence of rivers. C) Heavy commercial farming in the Chihuahuan Desert. D) Differing climates caused by differing altitudes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Differing climates caused by differing altitudes. 2. A fixed limit or extent defined along physical geographic features such as mountains and rivers? A) Natural Boundary. B) Concentric Boundary. C) Geometric Boundary. D) Cultural Boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Boundary. 3. The dominant water feature in northern Iran is the ..... Sea A) Caspian. B) Dead. C) Balkan. D) Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caspian. 4. The French government limits the number of movies imported from abroad. Which of the following is the most likely motivation for this policy? A) Censorship of messages in all foreign films. B) Monitoring of French film exports. C) Preservation of French culture. D) Protection of theater profits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Preservation of French culture. 5. In mountainous regions, orographic precipitation can create a rain shadow, which is A) An area of little precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain. B) An area of little precipitation on the windward side of a mountain. C) A stationary front of precipitation that falls throughout the winter. D) A heavy rain that often leads to severe flooding or mudslides. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An area of little precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain. 6. A large city and its suburbs A) Metropolitan Statistical Services. B) Rural. C) Metropolitan Area. D) Megalopolis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metropolitan Area. 7. If you are traveling from Japan to California, which body of water would you have to cross? A) Atlantic Ocean. B) Gulf of Mexico. C) Pacific Ocean. D) Mississippi River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacific Ocean. 8. What can be found in marine west coast climates? A) Permanently frozen subsoil known as permafrost. B) Limited vegetation with short grasses, mosses, and lichens. C) Primarily dry regions with an occasional oasis. D) Mixed forests, which have both coniferous and deciduous trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed forests, which have both coniferous and deciduous trees. 9. Which of the following describes a situation that could benefit from use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) (20A) A) A local resident would like to view old roadways and bridges that still exist under a manmade lake. B) A real estate broker wants a map of all waterfront parcels in the town to show to a prospective buyer. C) An environmentalist needs to create a composite map of groundwater sources, roads, and forested areas. D) A tour bus driver must make several stops along a route that is new to her. She has limited time to get from one place to another. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A tour bus driver must make several stops along a route that is new to her. She has limited time to get from one place to another. 10. Socialism and Communism are examples of ..... economies because they involve heavy government control A) Command. B) Capitalism. C) Mixed. D) Doctored. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Command. 11. In Mexico, many people live with their ....., which includes different generations of a family, as well as cousins and other relatives. A) Blended family. B) Nuclear family. C) Heterogeneous family. D) Extended family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extended family. 12. In addition to merging data from various geographic data GIS (Geographic Information Systems) can also do which of the following? A) Store and layer satellite images, maps, soil samples, climate, pollution, and charts. B) Use stored data to solve real world problems. C) Analyze change over time in order to warn people about impending (approaching) natural disasters. D) All of the above are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above are true. 13. One criticism of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) program has been that it A) Is plagued by political corruption. B) Enables companies to buy carbon credits rather than reduce pollution. C) Unduly favors indigenous peoples and other forest communities. D) Fails to provide financial incentives to achieve its goals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enables companies to buy carbon credits rather than reduce pollution. 14. Why is the United States one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world? A) The lands which Europeans colonized contained powerful kingdoms of many nationalities. B) The earliest inhabitants arrived some 15, 000 years ago. C) Over centuries, immigrants have arrived from many different countries. D) The British founded the thirteen colonies along the Atlantic coast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over centuries, immigrants have arrived from many different countries. 15. In Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, people have moved from rural villages to urban areas to A) Avoid the high cost of living in rural areas. B) Escape the poor climates in rural areas. C) Find jobs opportunities in the cities. D) Live among people of different ethnic backgrounds in the cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Find jobs opportunities in the cities. 16. What factors naturally and predictably affect Earth's cycles of cooling and warming? A) Increased cloud cover. B) Fewer forests. C) Greenhouse gas emissions. D) Factors such as solar flares and volcanic activity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Factors such as solar flares and volcanic activity. 17. Foreign-owned factories located in Mexico along the boarder with the United States are called A) Encomiendas. B) Haciendas. C) Empresarios. D) Maquiladoras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maquiladoras. 18. Which of the following groups of factors are most influential in shaping a region's culture? A) Climate zones, earth-sun relationship, personal habits. B) Language, institutions, religious practices. C) Population density, movement, elevation. D) City size, tectonic activity, average rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language, institutions, religious practices. 19. In a market economy, who or what determines prices of goods and services? A) Government. B) Industrial output. C) Supply and demand. D) Religious beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supply and demand. 20. What is an example of how a high human population density can affect that population's health? A) Diseases are likely to disappear. B) Diseases are likely to travel very quickly throughout the population. C) Diseases are likely to travel less quickly throughout the population. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diseases are likely to travel very quickly throughout the population. ← 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