Physical Geography Quiz 18 (20 MCQs)

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1. Florida is considered to be what landform?

Correct Answer: B) Peninsula.

2. This region is located north of the Great Lakes

Correct Answer: B) Quebec and Ontario.

3. A person who moves from place to place to make a living

Correct Answer: B) Nomad.

4. The Amazon Basin is a giant .....

Correct Answer: B) Flat flood plain.

5. Which of these is NOT an Australian State?

Correct Answer: D) Australian capital.

6. A long, narrow & deep inlet of a sea that is created by glaciers cutting through a mountain, then melting away

Correct Answer: C) Fjord.

7. Body of water that forms Mexico's east coast

Correct Answer: C) Gulf of Mexico.

8. What forms the natural barrier between western China and Mongolia?

Correct Answer: C) Altay Mountains.

9. Places for catching fish and other sea animals is known as:

Correct Answer: C) Fisheries.

10. Where do most people in Hong Kong live?

Correct Answer: A) Urban areas.

11. What is Siberia?

Correct Answer: B) An extremely cold region in Eastern Russia.

12. This region is made up of mountains, deep valleys, and plateaus, inlets and cliffs on the coast

Correct Answer: A) British Columbia.

13. A major renewable energy resource in Iceland, as they are able to harness the heat from inside the earth and convert it to electricity

Correct Answer: A) Geothermal Energy.

14. Which best describes the Northern European Plain?

Correct Answer: D) An area of relatively flat and low-lying land.

15. Which river starts in Russia and flows through Belarus and the Ukraine?

Correct Answer: B) Don.

16. The Coral Sea is located off the ..... coast of Australia.

Correct Answer: C) Northeast.

17. What is the world's largest inland body of water? (Not one of the Great Lakes)

Correct Answer: B) Caspian Sea.

18. What is the definition of physical geography?

Correct Answer: C) Geography dealing with Earth's natural features.

19. These winds blow from west to east and keep most of Western Europe and coastal Northern Europe warm

Correct Answer: B) Westerlies.

20. The largest continent is

Correct Answer: B) Asia.