Physical Geography Quiz 7 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas?

Correct Answer: D) Isthmus.

2. He calculated the equatorial circumference to be 40, 233 kilometers using simple geometric?

Correct Answer: D) Eratosthenes.

3. What causes Patagonia to be dry, barren, and windy?

Correct Answer: B) The rain shadow effect caused by the Andes.

4. In order to gain loyal followers, kings would have to buy loyalty with which of the following?

Correct Answer: D) Grants of land called fiefs.

5. The climate zone that is in the southeast of the United States with long muggy summers and mild winters is referred to as

Correct Answer: C) Humid sub tropical.

6. What geographical feature is MOST associated with the distribution of major cities?

Correct Answer: C) Rivers.

7. The ..... areas are the most populated.

Correct Answer: D) Coastal.

8. Explain "China's Sorrow" .

Correct Answer: C) People dying from floods.

9. Earth making one full trip around the sun every year is

Correct Answer: C) Revolution.

10. About how old are the Ural mountains?

Correct Answer: B) 250 Million.

11. An area where fish come to feed in huge numbers

Correct Answer: A) Fishery.

12. Which physical feature is located in East Africa?

Correct Answer: A) Great Rift Valley.

13. The landscape of British Columbia is similar to that of the ..... United States.

Correct Answer: D) Northwestern.

14. What regions best support natural vegetation?

Correct Answer: D) Coastal regions.

15. ..... is the most common trigger of a landslide.

Correct Answer: B) Water.

16. The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called

Correct Answer: A) Weathering.

17. A tunnel that runs underneath the English Channel and connects Britain to France.

Correct Answer: C) Chunnel.

18. Which of the following forms a natural barrier between East Asia and South Asia?

Correct Answer: A) Himalaya Mountains.

19. What is the world's largest coral reef?

Correct Answer: A) The great barrier.

20. Which type of climate will have faster chemical weathering?

Correct Answer: A) Hot and Wet.