World Geography MCQs
World Geography MCQs
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1: The Homolographic projection has the correct representation of __________.
A. Shape
B. Baring
C. Distance
D. Area
2: The landmass of which of the following continents is the least?
A. Africa
B. Asia
C. Europe
D. Australia
3: Which of the following is tropical grassland?
A. Taiga
B. Savannah
C. Pampas
D. Prairies
4: With the disintegration of USSR in end 1991, comprised of __________ Union Republics.
A. 15
B. 5
C. 10
D. 25
5: The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the _______ waves and the _______ energy they posses.
A. Larger, more
B. Smaller, more
C. Larger, less
D. Smaller, less
6: The light of distant stars is affected by:
A. Interstellar dust and the earth's atmosphere
B. The earth's atmosphere
C. Interstellar dust
D. None
7: The great Victoria Desert is located in __________.
A. Canada
B. Australia
C. North America
D. West Africa
8: The hazards of radiation belts include:
A. Damage of solar cells of spacecraft
B. All
C. Adverse effect on living organisms
D. Deterioration of electronic circuits
9: The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with __________.
A. Zones of land
B. Zones of cyclonic depressions
C. Zones of climate
D. Zones of oceans
10: Without __________ the equator would be much hotter than it is while the poles would be much cooler.
A. All are similar terms
B. Global wind pattern
C. Latitudinal redistribution of heat
D. Cycle of air circulation
11: Current estimates suggest that about ____ people in the world use the web.
A. 2.5 billion
B. 2.4 billion
C. 2.3 billion
12: Incidents of basque violence are caused by their desire for _____.
A. Independence
B. Educational opportunities
C. Improved health care
D. Increased wages
13: _______ was the first person to propose the idea of moving continents as a scientific hypothesis.
A. Alfred Wegener
B. Charles Richter
C. Antonio Snider
D. Abraham Ortelius
14: Impacts of global warming include all of the following except ________.
A. Decrease in mortality because winter is warmer
B. Increase in mortality because winter is warmer
C. Increase in droughts
D. Water quality suffers
15: Oxfam america, doctors without borders, and the red cross are examples of __________.
A. IRBDs
B. IDAs
C. NGOs
D. IMFs
16: The ______ of a seismograph moves
A. Creep meter
B. Tiltmeter
C. Friction
D. Paper
17: The energy that warms earth's surface comes primarily in the form of __________.
A. Visible light from the Sun
B. Heat from the Sun
C. Ultraviolet light from the Sun
D. Infrared light from the Sun
18: Until the early _______ there were only negligible amounts of free oxygen in the atmosphere.
A. Cenozoic
B. Mesozoic
C. Proterozoic
D. Precambian
19: Utilizing ultisols for agriculture requires _______.
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
20: Personal computer ethics involves ____.
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
21: Japan's ruling clans were replaced with a ______ and ______.
A. Parliament; prime minister
B. Military junta; prime minister
C. Prime minister; commonwealth
22: The __________ form(s) the eastern limit of the russian core:
A. Caucasus
B. Ob River
C. Volga River
D. Ural Mountains
23: Iraq's oil cities of kirkuk and mosul are located within the area of _____ population.
A. Kurdish
B. Iranian
C. Shi'ite
D. Kuwaiti
24: Middle america's largest country today in terms of both area and population is ___________.
A. Mexico
B. Dominican Republic
C. Cuba
D. Nicaragua
25: The rub al khali (empty quarter) lies near the border between saudi arabia and ______________.
A. Israel
B. Iraq
C. Yemen
D. Dubai
26: The southeast asian state that is marked by a major territorial protrusion is _____________
A. Singapore
B. Cambodia
C. Thailand
D. Malaysiae
27: The xinjiang autonomous region __________________.
A. Is the home of the Uyghur people
B. Is located south of Tibet
C. Contains the Gobi Desert
D. None of these
28: A classification of metamorphic rocks would include whether they are ____.
A. Foliated or nonfoliated
B. Basaltic or granitic
C. Chemical or organic
D. Intrusive or extrusive
29: A wind from the ______ would be called a southerly wind.
A. North
B. South
C. West
D. East
30: Africa's best example of an exotic river is the ________.
A. Nile
B. Abrasion
C. Salina
D. None of the above
31: After the rainforest is cleared for agriculture, the most typical occurrence is that ________.
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
32: All of the following are possible steps of scientific investigation except for ________.
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
33: All spheres of earth are interrelated or interdependent. this means _____.
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
34: An example of a raised, flat area is/are the ____.
A. Grand Teton Mountains
B. Colorado Plateau
C. Coastal Plains
D. Appalachian Mountains
35: At times, latitudes higher than ________ degrees can have 24 hours or more of continuous darkness.
A. 66.5
B. 64.5
C. 65.5
36: Below the c horizon is ____.
A. Topsoil
B. Clay
C. Rock
D. Humus
37: Both deltas and moraines are _____.
A. Created by glaciers
B. Found at the bottom of cliffs
C. Are made of fine, loamy soil
D. Examples of constructive erosion
38: Both warm air and warm water generally flow _____.
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
39: Buffer zones _______.
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
40: Coarse infertile soil _____
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.
41: Creep is __________.
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
42: Earthquakes are likely to occur ________.
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
43: Eroded soil can enter ______, causing them to fill up with sediment.
A. Streams
B. Reservoirs
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
44: Igneous rocks that form ____ the surface are intrusive.
A. Above
B. On
C. Below
D. All of the above
45: In nutrient cycles in general, minerals tend to be dispersed through ________.
A. Plant action
B. Conduction
C. Evaporation
D. Assimilation
E. Surface and subsurface runoff
46: Inexhaustible and renewable resources are used less than ______ resources.
A. Renewable
B. Non-renewable
47: Inselbergs are ________.
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
48: Japan is located in the _______ biogeographic region.
A. Nearctic
B. Palearctic
C. Oriental
D. Ethiopian
49: Liquefaction will ________.
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
50: Mechanically formed sedimentary rocks are those formed from ________.
A. Granite
B. Oxygen
C. Pieces of other rocks
D. Silt
E. Magma
51: Medium- and deep-focus earthquakes occur along only ________.
A. Convergent plate boundaries only
B. Divergent plate boundaries only
C. Transform plate boundaries only
D. All three major types of plate boundaries
52: More solar radiation is absorbed by earths surface than by __________.
A. The atmosphere
B. The oceans
C. The mud
D. None of the above
53: Most mountain ranges are the result of ________ stress.
A. Compressional
B. Convergent
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
54: Most processes which shape topography are ________.
A. Very slow.
B. Very rapid.
C. Unknown
D. Quite abrupt.
E. No longer active
55: Naturally occurring compounds in the earth are called _____.
A. Minerals
B. Rocks
C. Elements
D. Atoms
56: On earth, the sun passes directly overhead at 25 north latitude ________ times a year.
A. 0.
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
57: One of the main features of the western siberian plain is that it __________.
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
58: Pastoral farming is best described as _______.
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
59: Placer mining involves _______ to extract minerals.
A. Removing the top layer of earth
B. Tunneling under the earth
C. Dredging sediments from the water bottom
D. None of the above
60: Remains or traces of organisms preserved in rock are called _______.
A. Fossils
B. Skeletons
C. Remains
D. Remnants
61: Sand grains found in dunes are commonly _______.
A. Poorly sorted and well rounded
B. Well sorted and poorly rounded
C. Well sorted and well rounded
D. None of the above
62: Sedimentary rock _____
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
63: Sedimentary rocks form because of all of the following except ____.
A. Crystals solidifying from magma
B. Sediments forming from solution
C. Sediments becoming pressed or cemented together
D. Water evaporating, leaving crystals behind
64: Sedimentary rocks formed from broken fragments of other rocks are ____.
A. Inorganic detrital rocks
B. Organic detrital rocks
C. Organic rocks
D. None of the above
65: Soils that allow water to pass through them faster are more _______.
A. Porous
B. Fertile
C. Permeable
D. Acidic
66: Soils, forests, and minerals are among earths _____ resources.
A. Nonrenewable
B. Renewable
C. Water
D. Land
67: Sympatric speciation typically occurs by all of the following mechanisms except __________.
A. A geographic barrier splitting a population
B. A physical barrier splitting a population
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
68: The ________ is/are found in the equatorial zone.
A. Intertropical convergence zone
B. Westerlies
C. Horse latitudes
D. Trade winds
E. Polar easterlies
69: The "eye" of the hurricane is a zone characterized by ________.
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
70: The atacama desert in chile is the ______ area in the world.
A. Driest region
B. Coldest
C. Hottest
D. None of the above
71: The caves of ajanta provide evidence for ____.
A. An early Indian painting tradition
B. An early American painting tradition
C. An early Europian painting tradition
D. None of the above
72: The figure above shows that sedimentary rocks are changed to sediment by ____.
A. Compaction
B. Weathering and erosion
C. Cementation
D. Heat and pressure
73: The first nearly correct measurement of the earth's circumference was made by ________.
A. Eratosthenes
B. Equator
C. Aphelion
D. All of the above
74: The first step in deforestation in the amazon is _______.
A. Logging
B. Farming
C. Ranching
D. Road building
75: The great lakes region of canada is dominated by the __________ industry.
A. Farming
B. Fishing
C. Manufacturing
D. Mining
76: The great plains are also referred to as____.
A. Marshes
B. Interior plains
C. Lowlands
D. Plateaus
77: The greatest concentration of metals occurs in earths _____.
A. Oceanic crust
B. Continental crust
C. Mantle
D. Core
78: The greenhouse effect involves warming of earth's surface and the ________.
A. Thermosphere
B. Stratosphere
C. Ionosphere
D. Troposphere
E. Mesosphere
79: The growth of the size of the gobi desert is primarily the result of _____.
A. Desalinization
B. Displacement
C. Seclusion
D. Water shortages
80: The gulf stream _____.
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
81: The major abiotic reservoir for phosphorus is ______.
A. Sand
B. Rock
C. Water
D. None of these
82: The majority of people in the united states work in the __________ industry.
A. Agricultural
B. Fishing
C. Mining
D. Service
83: The minerals gold, silver and mercury are often found in ________.
A. The lower parts of an intrusion
B. Hydrothermal veins
C. Alteration of limestone
D. Disseminated deposits
84: The most common and widespread form of precipitation is ________.
A. Rain
B. Air
C. Dust
D. None of the above
85: The most important factor that causes ocean tides on earth is the __________.
A. Earth's rotation
B. Moon
C. Configuration and depth of the ocean basins
D. Sun
E. Coriolis effect
86: The most rapid type of mass movement is a ________.
A. Rock avalanche
B. Snow avalanche
C. Landsliding
D. None of the above
87: The place with the fastest average winds on earth is ________.
A. In Antarctica
B. Siberia
C. Oklahoma
D. In the Himalaya Mountains
E. In Death Valley, California
88: The plate tectonic theory can best be described as _____.
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
89: The raj meant the rule of the ________ in india.
A. Muslim
B. British
C. Americans
D. None of these
90: The role of a watershed is to _____.
A. Purify water.
B. Act as a drainage area.
C. Collect fish from rivers and streams.
D. Protect wetland areas.
91: The south asian wet monsoon originates over the ________ and moves ________.
A. Atlantic Ocean/northeast
B. Indian Ocean/northeast
C. Indian Ocean/southeast
D. Indian Ocean/northwest
92: The southernmost of china's three great rivers is the _______________.
A. Huang He
B. Chang-Yangzi
C. Xi/Pearl
D. Liao
E. Amur
93: The stream gradient of most rivers ________.
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
94: The three principal river systems running through this region are the _____.
A. Ganges
B. Brahmaputra
C. Indus
D. All of the above
E. None of these
95: The trophic level of "producers" includes ________.
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
96: The tropopause altitude is highest ________ because of the ________.
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
97: The warm zone near the top of the stratosphere is the result of heating from ________.
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
98: Ultramafic rocks contain __________ and are commonly found in __________.
A. Olivine; mantle
B. Mantle; olivine
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
99: When a fault is expressed at the surface, it is called a __________.
A. Epicenter
B. Hypocenter
C. Surface
D. Focus
E. Fault scarp
100: When air __________, it is compressed and warmed.
A. Increases in water vapor
B. Sinks
C. Decreases pressure
D. Rises
E. Reaches the equatorial low
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