This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Geography > Physical > Physical Geography – Quiz 42 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Physical Geography Quiz 42 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Biosphere includes all of what? A) Air. B) Water. C) Land. D) Living Things. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living Things. 2. How many countries are in Western Europe A) 9. B) 10. C) 11. D) 19. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 11. 3. Who are the Aborigines? A) Indigenous people of Australia. B) Voyagers. C) People sent to Australia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indigenous people of Australia. 4. Why is the population in the Volcanic Axis dense? A) There is little volcanic activity. B) There are mountains, swamp coastlands, and rainforests. C) There is fertile soil, making the highlands rich agricultural zones. D) The elevations of some of the volcanic cones are more than 12, 000 feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is fertile soil, making the highlands rich agricultural zones. 5. What is the name of the peninsula that includes Spain & Portugal? A) Jutland Peninsula. B) Balkan Peninsula. C) Iberian Peninsula. D) Scandinavian Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iberian Peninsula. 6. What mountain range forms the border between Europe & Asia? A) Pyranees Mountains. B) Appalachian Mountains. C) Ural Mountains. D) Rocky Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ural Mountains. 7. Why was Panama chosen as the site for the Panama Canal? A) Narrowest place in Americas. B) It goes into both rivers & lakes. C) Connects North & South America. D) It's long & narrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Narrowest place in Americas. 8. Why is the North Atlantic Drift significant to Europe? A) Because it causes there to be very little storms, which is a pull factor. B) Because it makes the fish disappear every 4 years and affects local economies. C) Because the warm ocean current and prevailing winds make it warmer in Europe than it should be based on its latitude. D) Because it provides protection from attacking armies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because the warm ocean current and prevailing winds make it warmer in Europe than it should be based on its latitude. 9. The Sahara averages around ..... inches of rain per year A) 3. B) 10. C) 0. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3. 10. The Pyranees Mountains act as a natural border between what two places? A) The Iberian Peninsula & The Scandinavian Peninsula. B) France & Italy. C) Eastern Europe & Asia. D) The Iberian Peninsula & the rest of Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Iberian Peninsula & the rest of Europe. 11. Which river is located in northwestern Ireland? A) Shannon. B) Rhone. C) Rhine. D) Volga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shannon. 12. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador are called the ..... A) Prairie Provinces. B) Northwest Territories. C) Atlantic Provinces. D) Yukon Territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atlantic Provinces. 13. How many days do we have on a leap year? A) 364. B) 366. C) 365. D) 365 1/4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 366. 14. He wrote a 17 volume series called "Geographia" ? A) Strabo. B) Ibn Batuta. C) Varenius. D) Kant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strabo. 15. What does the European Plain provide? A) Clean rivers for transporting and trading goods. B) Mountains for recreational activities such as skiing. C) Flat, fertile farmland for a surplus of food to export. D) Airports for transporting and trading goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat, fertile farmland for a surplus of food to export. 16. Much of Southern Africa's coastal plain along the Atlantic coast is a ..... biome. A) Forest. B) Savanna. C) Desert. D) Grassland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert. 17. A temperate climate is? A) Consistently cool. B) Consistently warm. C) Consistently moderate. D) Warm and cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warm and cool. 18. Climate Change (caused by natural and human activities). Which area of geography does this fall under? A) Physical Characteristics. B) Human Characteristics. C) Neither. D) Both. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both. 19. Most rivers in Asia flow into the Plateau of ..... A) Tibet. B) China. C) India. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibet. 20. Small river that flows NW of the Alps mountain range and flows through Germany and France A) Danube River. B) Atlantic Ocean. C) English Channel. D) Rhine River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhine River. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesPhysical Geography Quiz 1Physical Geography Quiz 2Physical Geography Quiz 3Physical Geography Quiz 4Physical Geography Quiz 5Physical Geography Quiz 6Physical Geography Quiz 7Physical Geography Quiz 8Physical Geography Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books