Physical Geography Quiz 43 (15 MCQs)

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1. What does soil provide to forests

Correct Answer: C) Soils provide trees with anchorage, water and nutrients.

2. What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?

Correct Answer: D) Land between the rivers.

3. The boundary in the eastern United States that marks the place where higher land drops to the lower coastal plain is the:

Correct Answer: D) Fall Line.

4. THE HEIGHT OF SHERVARAYAN TEMPLE IS ..... m

Correct Answer: A) 1, 623.

5. Which words best describes the climate in Australia's interior region?

Correct Answer: B) Hot and flat.

6. Most Australians live along the Eastern and Southeastern coastline because of fresh water, fertile land, and .....

Correct Answer: A) Natural resources.

7. Hawaii is made of ..... in the Pacific Ocean

Correct Answer: A) Volcanoes.

8. What is a strong storm with heavy rains AND winds.

Correct Answer: B) Typhoon.

9. What is the name of the international organization which formed after WWII with the goal of preventing future world wide conflicts?

Correct Answer: B) United Nations.

10. Which is the name of the delta where early civilizations settled?

Correct Answer: B) Nile delta.

11. The United States is a large country with ..... physical features, climates, and resources.

Correct Answer: A) Diverse.

12. Capital of Germany

Correct Answer: A) Berlin.

13. Most of South Africa's land sits at a high ....., or distance above sea level.

Correct Answer: A) Altitude.

14. Which landform was not talked about?

Correct Answer: D) Jungles.

15. Why are geothermal & hydroelectric energy important?

Correct Answer: B) Because they are clean & renewable energy sources that allow people to create energy for themselves in many countries in Europe.