Title: Geography Quiz. Are you able to name the geographical features (natural and unnatural) of the earth? A series of questions will be presented. In most cases, the question will appear followed several seconds later by some multiple choice answers.
1Geography Quiz. Are you able to name the
geographical features (natural and unnatural) of
the earth? A series of questions will be
presented. In most cases, the question will
appear followed several seconds later by some
multiple choice answers. Try to answer before
the multiple choices appear. Several seconds
later, the answer will be shown. Sit back,
enjoy, find out how much you know about our world
and learn.
2- What is longest river
- on earth?
- Congo
- Nile
- Mississippi/Missouri
- Amazon
- Yangtze
Nile, Africa 6,825 km Amazon, South America
6,437 km Chang Jiang (Yangtze), Asia 6,380 km
Mississippi/Missouri, North America 5,971 km
Yenisey-Angara, Asia 5,536 km Huang (Yellow),
Asia 5,464 km Ob-Irtysh, Asia 5,410 km Amur,
Asia 4,416 km Lena, Asia 4,400 km Congo, Africa
4,370 km Mackenzie-Peace, North America 4,241 km
Mekong, Asia 4,184 km Niger, Africa 4,171 km
32. By volume of discharge, which is the worlds
largest river?
- Congo
- Nile
- Mississippi/Missouri
- Amazon
- Yangtze
- River m3/sec
- 1 Amazon 209,000
- 2 Congo 41,200
- 3 Ganges 38,129
- 6 Yangtze 30,166
- Ms/Mo 16,792
- 54 Nile 2,830
43. Name the countries with yellow rectangles.
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- Iran
- Iraq
- c. Syria
- d. Afghanistan
d.
b.
a.
c.
54. Locate Ukraine and Germany (give s) on the
map.
Ukraine 41, Germany 16
6- Give the numbers for Nigeria
- and Kenya.
12 44
7- Give the numbers for
- Peru, Argentina and
- Guatemala.
16, 19 and 2
8- Give the numbers of
- Pakistan and South Korea.
23 and 4
98. Give the numbers for Oregon, Nebraska and
Georgia.
2 15 26
109. What is the worlds largest continent?
- Africa
- North America
- Asia
- Antarctica
- None of the above
1110. Can you name the geological feature(s)
that separate(s) Europe from Asia?
f. The boundary follows the watershed of the
Ural Mountains in the North from the Arctic Ocean
to the source of the Ural River, then follows
that river to the Caspian Sea. The border then
follows the watershed of the Caucasus Mountains
from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea. In the
south, the boundary ends in Turkey at the
Dardanelles and Bosporus.
- Ural Mts. b. Ural River c. Caspian Sea
d. Caucasus Mts. e. Dardanelles - f. All of the preceding
1211. What is the largest ocean by area on earth?
- Arctic
- Southern
- Indian
- Atlantic
- Pacific
Pacific 155,557,000 sq km Atlantic 76,762,000 sq
km Indian 68,556,000 sq km Southern 20,327,000 sq
km Arctic 14,056,000 sq km
1312. What is the largest subtropical desert on
earth?
- Mohave
- Sahara
- Kalahari
- Arabian
(Subtropical) Sahara, North Africa 3,320,000 sq.
miles Arabian, Middle East 900,000 sq. miles
Kalahari, Southern Africa 360,000 sq. miles
Great Victoria, Australia 250,000 sq. miles
Syrian, Syria, Jordan, Iraq 200,000 sq. miles
Chihuahuan, Mexico, U.S. 175,000 sq. miles
Great Sandy, Australia 150,000 sq. miles
Sonoran, Mexico, U,S, 120,000 sq. miles Thar,
India, Pakistan 77,000 sq. miles Gibson,
Australia 60,000 sq. miles Simpson, Australia
56,000 sq. miles Mohave, S,W, USA 25,000 sq.
miles
(Cool Coastal) Atacama, Chile SA 54,000 sq. miles
(Cold Winter) Gobi, China, Mongolia 500,000 sq.
miles
1413. What is the highest waterfall on earth?
- Angel
- Yosemite
- Victoria
- Iguazu
- Niagara
Waterfall Location Ft.
Meters Angel Venezuela 3,212
979 Tugela South Africa 3,110
947 Utigord Norway 2,625
800 Monge Norway 2,540
774 Gocta Cataract Peru
2,532 771 Mutarazi Zimbabwe 2,449
762 Yosemite U.S. (CA) 2,425 739
15- What is the largest volume waterfall not counting
- submerged or falls with less than a 25 meter
height?
Waterfall Country Flow rate height
width (m3/sec) (m)
(m) Niagara U.S., Can. 2407 51
1203 Iguazu Argentina, 1746
82 2700
Brazil Victoria Zimbabwe, 1088 108
1708 Zambia Dettifoss
Iceland 991 96
850
1615. What is the largest by area enclosed inland
body of water on Earth?
- Caspian Sea
- Lake Superior
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Baikal
Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe 371,000 sq km Superior,
North America 82,100 sq km Victoria, Africa
69,500 sq km Huron, North America 59,600 sq
km Michigan, North America 57,800 sq
km Tanganyika, Africa 32,900 sq km Baikal, Asia
31,500 sq km
Lake Baikal in Russia is the deepest at 1642
meters
1716. What is the tallest mountain (above sea
level) on earth?
Mount Everest 29,035 ft (8,850 m)
Nepal/China Qogir (K2) 28,250 ft (8,611 m)
Pakistan Kangchenjunga 28,169 ft (8,586 m)
Nepal Lhotse 27,920 ft (8,501 m) Nepal Makalu I
27,765 ft (8,462 m) Nepal
- Qogir (K2)
- Mt. Everest
- Mt. Whitney
- Mt. McKinley
- Aconcagua
- Killimanjaro
1817. What is the tallest mountain (above sea
level) in North America?
Mountain Location Height
(m)
(ft.) McKinley Alaska 6,194
20,320 Logan Canada 5,959
19,545 Orizaba Mexico 5,636
18,491 St. Elias Alaska, 5,489
18,008
Canada Popocatepetl Mexico 5,426
17,802
- Mt. Whitney
- Mt. Logan
- Mt. Elbert
- Mt. McKinley
1918. What is the most populated U.S. city (within
city limits)?
(10) LARGEST USA CITIES1 New York City, NY 8.09
million 2. Los Angeles, CA 3.8 million 3.
Chicago, IL 3.1 million 4. Houston, TX 2.78
million 5. Philadelphia, PA 1.62 million
- L.A.
- Phil.
- Chi.
- N.Y.
6. Phoenix, AZ 1.54 million 7. San Antonio, TX
1.5 million 8. San Diego, CA 1.4 million 9.
Dallas, TX 1.32 million 10. Detroit, MI 1
million
2019. What is the largest populated city in the
world (within city limits)?
a. Mexico City b. New York c. Shanghai
- Bejing
- Tokyo
- Sao Paulo
Rank City Population (Millions)
1 Shanghai 17.8
2 Istanbul 13.9
3 Karachi 13.0
4 Mumbai 12.5
5 Moscow 12.0
6 Manilla 12.0
7 Sao Paulo 11.8
8 Beijing 11.7
9 Tiajin 11.1
10 Guangzhou 11.1
11 Delhi 11.0
12 Seoul 10.4
13 Shenzhen 10.4
14 Jakarta 10.2
Rank City Population (millions)
15 Tokyo 9.0
16 Mexico City 8.9
17 Kinshasa 8.8
18 Bangalore 8.4
19 New York 8.3
20 London 8.3
2120. What is the most populated metropolitan area
on earth?
- Tokyo
- New York
- Mexico City
- Sao Paulo
- Mumbai
- Beijing, China (17,311,000)
- Osaka, Japan (17,011,000
- Mumbai (Bombay), India (16,910,000)
- Guangzhou, China (16,837,000)
- Moscow, Russia (15,512,000)
- Los Angeles, USA (14,900,000)
- Calcutta, India (14,374,000)
- Dhaka, Bangladesh(14,000,000)
- Buenos Aires, Argentina (13,639,000)
- Istanbul, Turkey (13,576,000)
2221. What is the longest canal in the world?
- Panama
- Suez
- Grand
- Erie
Rank Name Length
Country Locks 1 Grand Canal
1,776 Km China 24 2 Qaraqum
Canal 1,375 Km Russia 3
Saimaa Canal 814 Km Russia
8 4 Eurasia Canal 700 Km
Russia 13 5 Manych Ship Canal
700 km Russia 6 6 Erie canal
584 km USA 36 7
Grand Union Canal 461 Km England 236
8 Nara Canal 364 km
Pakistan 9 RhoneRhine Canal 349 km
France 10 MarneRhine Canal 313
Km France 154 11 Leeds, Liverpool
Canal 204 Km England 91 12 Suez Canal
193.5 Km Egypt 0 13
Gota Canal 190 Km Sweden
(Panama Canal 77 Km
Panama 6)
23- What is the tallest
- building in the world?
- Empire State b. Willis
- c. Taipei 101 d. Burl Khalifa
Burj Khalifa (Arabic ??? ??????, "Khalifa
tower"), known as Burj Dubai prior to its
inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made
structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).
See next slide for more info!
24Worlds tallest 10 buildings but the Kingdom
Tower scheduled for completion in 2018 in Jeddah
will be 1000 meters and a mile high tower for
2025 has been discussed.
25- By volume of water contained, what is the
worlds - largest dam?
Volume (thousands) Volume (thousands)
Dam Location cu m cu yds Year
Three Gorges China 39,300,000 51,402,459 UC08
Syncrude Tailings Canada 540,000 706,320 UC
Chapetón Argentina 296,200 387,410 UC
Pati Argentina 238,180 274,026 UC
New Cornelia Tailings United States 209,500 274,026 1973
Tarbela Pakistan 121,720 159,210 1976
Kambaratinsk Kyrgyzstan 112,200 146,758 UC
Fort Peck Montana 96,049 125,628 1940
Lower Usuma Nigeria 93,000 121,644 1990
Cipasang Indonesia 90,000 117,720 UC
- Hoover
- Three Gorges
- Shasta
- Tarbela
- Fort Peck
26- Which landmark is
- the farthest south?
- Cape of Good Hope, Africa
- Cape Horn, S.A.
- Southern tip of Australia
- Southern tip of New Zealand
27- What percent of the earths surface is covered by
- water?
- 90
- 70
- 50
- 30
- 10
Only 3 of the water on earth is fresh water.
28- 26. Which statement is true about the magnetic
pole. - It is true north.
- It does not move
- The discrepancy from true north depends on where
you are. - All of the above
- None of the above
b
C.
2927. What place on earth gets the closest to the
moon?
- Mt. Everest b. Pikes Peak c. Empire State
Building top - d. Mt. Chimborazo
Chimborazo is a currently inactive strato-volcano
located in the Cordillera Occidental range of the
Andes in Ecuador. Its last known eruption
occurred around 550 AD. Elevation 20,564'
(6,268 m). Although 9,000 ft shorter than
Everest, Chimborazo sticks out from the earth
more than other mountains because the earth is
not exactly spherical.
30Marianas Trench 35,840 ft. 10,924 m Tongas
Trench 35,702 ft 10,082 m Kuril-
Kamchatka Trench 34,587 ft
10,542 m Philippine Trench 34,580 ft
10,540 m Kermadec Trench 32,963 ft 10,047
m Puerto Rico Trench 28,373
ft 8,648 m South Sandwich 28,307 ft
8,428 m
- What is the name of the deepest trench in the
ocean (below sea level more than Everest is above
sea level)? - Tongas b. Marianas
- c. Philippine d. Kermadec
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