Physical Geography Quiz 23 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. Which of the following natural resources are found in Russia?

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

2. Connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Seas. (Also separates Europe and Africa)

Correct Answer: D) Straight of Gibraltar.

3. Allowed people from the North to enter parts of South ASia

Correct Answer: B) Khyber Pass.

4. Japan is located in which ocean?

Correct Answer: C) Pacific Ocean.

5. An area of flat land that is higher than the surrounding land

Correct Answer: C) Plateau.

6. What is a group islands that are close together called?

Correct Answer: C) Archipelago.

7. Earth spinning on its axis one time every 24 hours is

Correct Answer: B) Rotation.

8. Which mountain range runs along the spine of the Italian Peninsula?

Correct Answer: D) Apennines.

9. The Khyber Pass is located between

Correct Answer: A) Afghanistan and Pakistan.

10. DOLE estimates 10 million workers will lose jobs this year due to COVID-19 pandemic. Which area of geography does this unemployment fall under?

Correct Answer: B) Human Geography.

11. Which of the following is on a subcontinent?

Correct Answer: A) India.

12. What tells you the meaning of symbols found on a map?

Correct Answer: A) Legend.

13. The ..... is the area of land that divides the desert from wetter areas.

Correct Answer: C) Sahel.

14. Oceans. Which area of geography does this fall under?

Correct Answer: A) Physical Geography.

15. Water on 3 sides

Correct Answer: B) Peninsula.

16. What is another term for relative location?

Correct Answer: B) General.

17. What has increased international trade in the Antillean regions of the Caribbean Sea?

Correct Answer: B) The utilization of marine resources and commercial fishing.

18. A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, as in Norway and Iceland, typically formed by submergence of a glaciated valley

Correct Answer: C) Fjord.

19. Why would the U. S. and Canada be considered as one region in the world?

Correct Answer: D) J. all of the above.

20. Which desert covers nearly the entire Arabian Peninsula?

Correct Answer: C) Arabian.