This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Geography > World > World Geography > World Geography – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books World Geography Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An ordered system for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services is known as a(n) A) Economy. B) Nation. C) Law. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economy. 2. What continent do you currently live on? A) United States. B) California. C) South America. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North America. 3. Permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground A) Permafrost. B) Tundra. C) Savannah. D) Forest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Permafrost. 4. The word funky originated from British English, meaning "musty or foul-smelling." As funky spread to the U.S. it began to acquire multiple new meanings like "excellent" or "deeply satisfying." Funky is now American slang, and the process of spreading to America makes funky an example of ..... A) Diffusion. B) Assimilation. C) Culture. D) Innovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diffusion. 5. A tributary that needs a larger river? A) Feeder Streams. B) Marshes. C) Culture Hearth. D) Pastoralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Feeder Streams. 6. When a person leaves their birth country and enters a new country, they are now known as A) An outcast. B) A refugee. C) An emigrant. D) An immigrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An immigrant. 7. Which continent includes the United States? A) Africa. B) Asia. C) Europe. D) North America. E) South America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North America. 8. The first step taken towards the formation of the European Union was the creation of- A) A defensive alliance among the European powers. B) A common market for the coal and steel industries. C) The constitution for a united European parliament system. D) New national boundaries in Europe following the world wars. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A common market for the coal and steel industries. 9. When was the Louisiana Purchase? A) 1803. B) 1606. C) 1783. D) 1812. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1803. 10. Like many disputes throughout the history of Central America, ..... was at the center of a 2010 conflict between Nicaragua and Costa Rica A) Nationalism. B) Militarism. C) Petroleum. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water. 11. The ..... Strait runs for 19 miles before emptying into the Black Sea? A) Bosporus. B) Magellan. C) Dardanelles. D) Caspian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bosporus. 12. Which of the terms below is a type of seaworks? A) Polder. B) Peat. C) Seaworks. D) Terpen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Terpen. 13. A theocracy is a government run by A) A religious leader. B) A dictator. C) The People. D) A president. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A religious leader. 14. Private individuals or groups have the right to own property or businesses and make a profit with limited government influence? A) Mixed Economy. B) Market Economy. C) Command Economy. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mixed Economy. 15. Which continent has the fewest people living on it? A) Africa. B) Asia. C) Australia. D) Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antarctica. 16. Why is western Mexico subject to volcanic eruptions? A) Because deep fissures were created during the last ice age. B) Because it boarders the Mariana Trench. C) Because it is at the juncture of several tectonic plates. D) Because it is in the path of El Nino. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it is at the juncture of several tectonic plates. 17. The deserts of the Middle East and North Africa are characterized by populations that- A) Move to find resources that are thinly dispersed across a vast area. B) Work primarily in small cottage industries. C) Are nonviolent and practice ancient polytheistic religions. D) Organize their society around a matriarch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Move to find resources that are thinly dispersed across a vast area. 18. This continent has no permanent residents ..... A) Australia. B) Greenland. C) Iceland. D) Antarctica. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antarctica. 19. If you wanted to travel through a region with many cultural similarities to North America as well as numerous languages located near each other, you would travel to- A) The Middle East. B) East Asia. C) Europe. D) Russia and Central Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Europe. 20. What continent are MOST primary economies located? A) Europe. B) Asia. C) Africa. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Africa. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWorld QuizzesGeography QuizzesWorld Geography Quiz 1World Geography Quiz 2World Geography Quiz 3World Geography Quiz 4World Geography Quiz 5World Geography Quiz 7World Geography Quiz 8World Geography Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books