Answer these 130+ World Geography MCQs and assess your grip on the subject of World Geography.
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A. Shape
B. Baring
C. Distance
D. Area
A. Africa
B. Asia
C. Europe
D. Australia
A. Taiga
B. Savannah
C. Pampas
D. Prairies
A. 15
B. 5
C. 10
D. 25
A. Larger, more
B. Smaller, more
C. Larger, less
D. Smaller, less
A. Interstellar dust and the earth's atmosphere
B. The earth's atmosphere
C. Interstellar dust
D. None
A. Canada
B. Australia
C. North America
D. West Africa
A. Damage of solar cells of spacecraft
B. All
C. Adverse effect on living organisms
D. Deterioration of electronic circuits
A. Zones of land
B. Zones of cyclonic depressions
C. Zones of climate
D. Zones of oceans
A. All are similar terms
B. Global wind pattern
C. Latitudinal redistribution of heat
D. Cycle of air circulation
A. 2.5 billion
B. 2.4 billion
C. 2.3 billion
A. Independence
B. Educational opportunities
C. Improved health care
D. Increased wages
A. Alfred Wegener
B. Charles Richter
C. Antonio Snider
D. Abraham Ortelius
A. Decrease in mortality because winter is warmer
B. Increase in mortality because winter is warmer
C. Increase in droughts
D. Water quality suffers
A. IRBDs
B. IDAs
C. NGOs
D. IMFs
A. Creep meter
B. Tiltmeter
C. Friction
D. Paper
A. Visible light from the Sun
B. Heat from the Sun
C. Ultraviolet light from the Sun
D. Infrared light from the Sun
A. Cenozoic
B. Mesozoic
C. Proterozoic
D. Precambian
A. Extensive irrigation
B. Fertilizer to balance the high alkalinity of the soil
C. Adding organic matter to supplement the shallow horizons
D. Fertilizer to replace nutrients that leach from the soil
A. The legality or illegality of a behavior or an action
B. The effect of a behavior or an action on
C. The public good
D. The effect of a behavior or an action on a person’s own well-being
E. All of these
A. Parliament; prime minister
B. Military junta; prime minister
C. Prime minister; commonwealth
A. Caucasus
B. Ob River
C. Volga River
D. Ural Mountains
A. Kurdish
B. Iranian
C. Shi'ite
D. Kuwaiti
A. Mexico
B. Dominican Republic
C. Cuba
D. Nicaragua
A. Israel
B. Iraq
C. Yemen
D. Dubai
A. Singapore
B. Cambodia
C. Thailand
D. Malaysiae
A. Is the home of the Uyghur people
B. Is located south of Tibet
C. Contains the Gobi Desert
D. None of these
A. Foliated or nonfoliated
B. Basaltic or granitic
C. Chemical or organic
D. Intrusive or extrusive
A. North
B. South
C. West
D. East
A. Nile
B. Abrasion
C. Salina
D. None of the above
A. The biotic diversity is increased
B. Fertilization is unnecessary for many years
C. The soils soon lose their fertility
D. The country's standard of living increases
E. High agricultural yields occur for many years
A. The collection of scientific facts through observation and measurement
B. The development of one or more working hypotheses or models to explain facts
C. Development of observations and experiments to test the hypothesis
D. Assumption of conclusions without prior experimentation or observation
A. They are separate spheres and function independently
B. They are related in that they are of Earth and function for Earth
C. They all depend on each other to function; an impact to one sphere usually affects another one cannot exist without the other
D. None of the above
A. Grand Teton Mountains
B. Colorado Plateau
C. Coastal Plains
D. Appalachian Mountains
A. 66.5
B. 64.5
C. 65.5
A. Topsoil
B. Clay
C. Rock
D. Humus
A. Created by glaciers
B. Found at the bottom of cliffs
C. Are made of fine, loamy soil
D. Examples of constructive erosion
A. From the Equator to the poles
B. From high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas
C. From the poles toward the Equator
D. Straight, because of the Coriolis effect
A. Can help regulate the acidity of aquatic ecosystems
B. Help increase erosion rates
C. Are set up around natural resource areas
D. All of the above Groundwater is an underutilized source of freshwater
A. Is described as loamy
B. Is found in river deltas
C. Is found near the base of mountains
D. Contains high levels of potassium (K)
E. Is made from rock and organic material.
A. Mass wasting by the gradual downhill movement of sediment, influenced by freeze-thaw or wet-dry cycles
B. Mass gaining by the gradual downhill movement of sediment, influenced by freeze-thaw or wet-dry cycles
C. Mass gaining by the gradual uphill movement of sediment, influenced by freeze-thaw or wet-dry cycles
D. Mass wasting by the gradual uphill movement of sediment, influenced by freeze-thaw or wet-dry cycles
A. Where the mantle and the crust make contact
B. Along tectonic plate boundaries where there is movement
C. As a result of volcanic activity
D. At the boundaries of igneous and sedimentary rock
E. In areas far from tectonic plate boundaries
A. Streams
B. Reservoirs
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
A. Above
B. On
C. Below
D. All of the above
A. Plant action
B. Conduction
C. Evaporation
D. Assimilation
E. Surface and subsurface runoff
A. Renewable
B. Non-renewable
A. Bedrock hills in a highly eroded desert landscape
B. Lithified rock formed by cementation of wind-deposited, dune sands
C. Insulated icebergs floating in a hot spring
D. Blowouts cut from bedrock in mountainous areas
A. Nearctic
B. Palearctic
C. Oriental
D. Ethiopian
A. Amplify the power of seismic waves
B. Amplify the power of longitudinal waves
C. Amplify the power of transverse waves
D. None of the above
A. Granite
B. Oxygen
C. Pieces of other rocks
D. Silt
E. Magma
A. Convergent plate boundaries only
B. Divergent plate boundaries only
C. Transform plate boundaries only
D. All three major types of plate boundaries
A. The atmosphere
B. The oceans
C. The mud
D. None of the above
A. Compressional
B. Convergent
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
A. Very slow.
B. Very rapid.
C. Unknown
D. Quite abrupt.
E. No longer active
A. Minerals
B. Rocks
C. Elements
D. Atoms
A. 0.
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
A. Is the largest plain in the world
B. Covers the majority of eastern Russia
C. Has a very low population due to its harsh climate
D. Slopes upward from the coast down to the southern portion of the region
A. A method of raising livestock and moving herds
B. An African method of agriculture
C. A method of cultivating crops on poor soils
D. A common method of desert farming
A. Removing the top layer of earth
B. Tunneling under the earth
C. Dredging sediments from the water bottom
D. None of the above
A. Fossils
B. Skeletons
C. Remains
D. Remnants
A. Poorly sorted and well rounded
B. Well sorted and poorly rounded
C. Well sorted and well rounded
D. None of the above
A. Usually forms vertical layers
B. Usually forms horizontal layers
C. Neither formed by horizontal layers nor formed by vertical layers
D. None of the above
A. Crystals solidifying from magma
B. Sediments forming from solution
C. Sediments becoming pressed or cemented together
D. Water evaporating, leaving crystals behind
A. Inorganic detrital rocks
B. Organic detrital rocks
C. Organic rocks
D. None of the above
A. Porous
B. Fertile
C. Permeable
D. Acidic
A. Nonrenewable
B. Renewable
C. Water
D. Land
A. A geographic barrier splitting a population
B. A physical barrier splitting a population
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
A. Intertropical convergence zone
B. Westerlies
C. Horse latitudes
D. Trade winds
E. Polar easterlies
A. Sinking air
B. The most severe winds in the storms
C. Tremendous amounts of precipitation
D. A radius of approximately 1,000 kilometers
E. Many tornadoes
A. Driest region
B. Coldest
C. Hottest
D. None of the above
A. An early Indian painting tradition
B. An early American painting tradition
C. An early Europian painting tradition
D. None of the above
A. Compaction
B. Weathering and erosion
C. Cementation
D. Heat and pressure
A. Eratosthenes
B. Equator
C. Aphelion
D. All of the above
A. Logging
B. Farming
C. Ranching
D. Road building
A. Farming
B. Fishing
C. Manufacturing
D. Mining
A. Marshes
B. Interior plains
C. Lowlands
D. Plateaus
A. Oceanic crust
B. Continental crust
C. Mantle
D. Core
A. Thermosphere
B. Stratosphere
C. Ionosphere
D. Troposphere
E. Mesosphere
A. Desalinization
B. Displacement
C. Seclusion
D. Water shortages
A. Flows in a generally northeastern direction
B. Bend and curve around the planet
C. Passes the equator and flows toward Antarctica
D. Happens when water rises to replace moving surface water
A. Sand
B. Rock
C. Water
D. None of these
A. Agricultural
B. Fishing
C. Mining
D. Service
A. The lower parts of an intrusion
B. Hydrothermal veins
C. Alteration of limestone
D. Disseminated deposits
A. Rain
B. Air
C. Dust
D. None of the above
A. Earth's rotation
B. Moon
C. Configuration and depth of the ocean basins
D. Sun
E. Coriolis effect
A. Rock avalanche
B. Snow avalanche
C. Landsliding
D. None of the above
A. In Antarctica
B. Siberia
C. Oklahoma
D. In the Himalaya Mountains
E. In Death Valley, California
A. Earth's natural process by which its lithospheric plates slowly move about because of movement in the asthenosphere
B. A process by which the asthenosphere is heated and creates convection cells
C. A dynamic process of the earth's interior by which the inner core produces a magnetic field
D. An idea that the continents used to resemble a supercontinent, Pangaea, but have now drifted apart
A. Muslim
B. British
C. Americans
D. None of these
A. Purify water.
B. Act as a drainage area.
C. Collect fish from rivers and streams.
D. Protect wetland areas.
A. Atlantic Ocean/northeast
B. Indian Ocean/northeast
C. Indian Ocean/southeast
D. Indian Ocean/northwest
A. Huang He
B. Chang-Yangzi
C. Xi/Pearl
D. Liao
E. Amur
A. Is greater near the source than near the mouth
B. Is greater near the mouth than near the source
C. Does not change significantly as a river flows downstream
D. Is greater for a meandering stream than for any other type
A. Ganges
B. Brahmaputra
C. Indus
D. All of the above
E. None of these
A. Any organisms producing biomass directly from photosynthesis
B. The sun of both living and dead biomass in an ecosystem
C. Heterotrophs and autotrophs
D. Any organism using oxygen for respiration
E. Heterotrophs only
A. At the poles; diffuse solar radiation
B. At the equator; intense heating from the surface
C. During the winter; Sun's direct rays hitting the tropic of Capricorn
D. During the summer; increased atmospheric pressure
A. The output of volcanoes
B. The rise of air
C. The natural breakdown of ozone
D. Atmospheric pollution
E. Thermal infrared emissions from clouds
A. Olivine; mantle
B. Mantle; olivine
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
A. Epicenter
B. Hypocenter
C. Surface
D. Focus
E. Fault scarp
A. Increases in water vapor
B. Sinks
C. Decreases pressure
D. Rises
E. Reaches the equatorial low