Geography Quiz: The World

Directions: Read each question or statement below, and circle the correct answer.

1. Mt. Fuji is an active volcano in which

country?
a. China
b. India
c. Japan
d. Indonesia
e. North Korea

2. What is the capital of Australia?

a. Sydney
b. Canberra
c. Adelaide
d. Melbourne
e. Auckland

3. China's largest city is ____, with over 12

million people.
a. Beijing
b. Shanghai
c. Tao
d. Tianjin
e. Hong Kong-Shenzhen

4. Which African nation has the most people

(over 120 million)?
a. Nigeria
b. Kenya
c. South Africa
d. Egypt
e. Ghana

5. Kenya's most important cash crop is

a. cotton
b. coffee
c. wheat
d. pineapples
e. sisal

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6. Kenya has few resources but it has fertile

land and beautiful places to visit.
a. True
b. False

7. Nigeria earns most of its money by

exporting
a. gold
b. oil
c. tin
d. lumber
e. rubber

8. Nigeria is a hot tropical nation in _____

Africa.
a. east
b. west
c. south
d. north
e. none of the above

9. Most Africans work as

a. subsistence farmers
b. factory workers
c. store owners
d. artists
e. musicians

10. Most of sub-Saharan Africa is a giant.

a. desert
b. plateau
c. plain
d. valley
e. river basin

Geography Quiz: The World (cont.)

11. More than of the world's known
supply of oil is in the eight nations that
surround the.
a. Persian Gulf
b. Gulf of Mexico
c. Indian Ocean
d. Red Sea
e. Arabian Peninsula

12. The Middle East region has around ___

million people.
a. 30
b. 130
c. 300
d. 750
e. 75

13. What country is known as the rice bowl

of Southeast Asia?
a. South Vietnam
b. Thailand
c. Laos
d. Indonesia
e. North Vietnam

14. Indonesias population is over 190

million; more than live on the island of.
a. Java
b. Borneo
c. New Guinea
d. Sumatra
e. Sulawesi

15. Indonesia is made up of over 13,600

islands. This makes it an archipelago
nation.
a. True
b. False

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16. Bangkok is the largest city in

a. Thailand
b. Laos
c. Cambodia
d. Vietnam
e. Malaysia

17. Maine is in what hemisphere?

a. North/East
b. North/West
c. South/East
d. South/West
e. None of these

18. How many time zones are there in the

world?
a. 8
b. 30
c. 24
d. 60
e. 16

19. How long does it take the earth to spin

15 degrees on its axis?
a. an hour
b. 24 hours
c. 12 hours
d. a month
e. a year

20. When it is summer in the United States,

what season is it in Australia?
a. summer
b. winter
c. fall
d. spring
e. none of these

Geography Quiz: The World (cont.)

21. When it is spring in Europe what season
is it in the United States?
a. summer
b. winter
c. fall
d. spring
e. none of these

26. What is the capital of United Kingdom?

a. Paris
b. Madrid
c. London
d. Dublin
e. Glasgow

22. What is the imaginary line of latitude

that lies halfway between the North and
South poles?
a. Prime Meridian
b. Equator
c. Estuary
d. Equinox
e. East Pole

27. What is the capital of Italy?

a. Rome
b. Florence
c. Venice
d. Oslo
e. Pisa

23. What is the imaginary line of latitude

that runs through Greenwich, England from
the North Pole to the South Pole?
a. Prime Meridian
b. Equator
c. Estuary
d. Equinox
e. East Pole

24. What is the capital of Brazil?

a. San Paulo
b. Brasilia
c. Nassau
d. Santiago
e. Quito

25. What is the capital of Hungary?

a. Budapest
b. Dublin
c. Riga
d. Sarajevo
e. Prague

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28. What is the capital of Germany?

a. Zagreb
b. Bonn
c. Berlin
d. Munich
e. Meissen

29. What is the capital of Russia?

a. Moscow
b. Leningrad
c. Volstock
d. Minsk
e. Putin

30. What is the capital of Sweden?

a. Stockholm
b. Bern
c. Oslo
d. Helsinki
e. Moscow

Geography Quiz: World Geography (cont.)

31. What is the capital of Afghanistan?
a. Toshkent
b. Kabul
c. Chisinau
d. Bishkek
e. Iraq

32. What is the capital of Israel?

a. Tel Aviv
b. Jerusalem
c. Ankara
d. Amman
e. Mesopotamia

35. What is the capital of Nigeria?

a. Niamey
b. Kigali
c. Abuja
d. Victoria
e. Ontario
36. What is the capital of Kenya?
a. Tripoli
b. Nairobi
c. Bamako
d. Port Louis
e. Tehran

37. What is the capital of Cuba?

33. What is the capital of Egypt?
a. Cairo
b. Nile
c. Doha
d. Damascus
e. Alexandria

a. Nassau
b. Port Clyde
c. Sao Tome
d. Havana
e. Port Louis

34. What is the capital of Iraq?

38. What is the capital of Japan?

a. Baghdad
b. Beirut
c. Tehran
d. Manama
e. Cairo

a. Tokyo
b. Jakarta
c. Hiroshima
d. Nagasaki
e. Oslo

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Geography Quiz: The World (Answer Key)

1. c. Japan

14. a. Java

27. a. Rome

2. b. Canberra

15. a. True

28. c. Berlin

3. b. Shanghai

16. a. Thailand

29. a. Moscow

4. a. Nigeria

17. a. North/East

30. a. Stockholm

5. b. coffee

18. c. 24

31. b. Kabul

6. a. True

19. a. an hour

32. b. Jerusalem

7. b. oil

20. b. winter

33. a. Cairo

8. b. west

21. d. spring

34. a. Baghdad

9. a. subsistence farmers

22. b. Equator

35. c. Abuja

10. b. plateau

23. a. Prime Meridian

36. b. Nairobi

11. a. Persian Gulf

24. b. Brasilia

37. d. Havana

12. c. 300

25. a. Budapest

38. a. Tokyo

13. b. Thailand

26. c. London

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