World Geography Test

World Geography Test

 

  1. What is the longest river in South America?
    a. Nile
    b. Amazon
    c. Mississippi
    d. Fraser
  2. What is the highest waterfall in the world?
    a. Niagara
    b. Victoria
    c. Angel
    d. Bridal
  3. What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
    a. Superior
    b. Aral
    c. Cultus
    d. Titicaca
  4. What is the longest mountain range in South America?
    a. Andes
    b. Himalayas
    c. Rockies
    d. Caucasus
  5. What is the driest desert in the world?
    a. Sahara
    b. Kalahari
    c. Atacama
    d. Gobi
  6. What is the longest river in the world?
    a. Nile
    b. Amazon
    c. Mississippi
    d. Fraser
  7. What is the tallest mountain range in the world?
    a. Andes
    b. Himalayas
    c. Rockies
    d. Caucasus

 

  1. What is the highest mountain in Africa?
    a. Everest
    b. Denali
    c. Kilimanjaro
    d. Elbrus
  2. What is the largest country in area in the world?
    a. Canada
    b. China
    c. India
    d. Russia
  3. What is the largest country in population in the world?
    a. Canada
    b. China
    c. India
    d. Russia
  4. What is the longest river in North America?
    a. Mississippi
    b. Fraser
    c. St. Lawrence
    d. Nile
  5. What is the largest lake in North America?
    a. Huron
    b. Michigan
    c. Superior
    d. Titicaca
  6. What is the lowest point in Asia?
    a. Death Valley
    b. Uluru
    c. Dead Sea
    d. Lake Vostok
  7. What is the sea south of Pakistan?
    a. Indian
    b. Arabian
    c. Pacific
    d. Red
  1. What sea separates Asia and Africa?
    a. Indian
    b. Arabian
    c. Pacific
    d. Red
  2. What gravel desert is in Asia?
    a. Sahara
    b. Gobi
    c. Kalahari
    d. Atacama
  3. What sea is north of Turkey?
    a. Caspian
    b. Red
    c. Mediterranean
    d. Black
  4. What is a major river in India?
    a. Ganges
    b. Indus
    c. Euphrates
    d. Tigris
  5. What is a major river in Pakistan?
    a. Ganges
    b. Indus
    c. Euphrates
    d. Tigris
  1. What is a major river in China?
    a. Euphrates
    b. Indus
    c. Yangtse
    d. Danube
  2. What is a mountain range that divides Europe and Asia?
    a. Rockies
    b. Alps
    c. Himalayas
    d. Urals

 

 

  1. What mountain range separates Italy from the rest of Europe?
    a. Rockies
    b. Alps
    c. Himalayas
    d. Urals

 

  1. What sea is south of Europe?
    a. Caribbean
    b. Caspian
    c. Bering
    d. Mediterranean
  2. What sea is southeast of North America?
    a. Caribbean
    b. Caspian
    c. Bering
    d. Mediterranean
  1. What sea is northwest of North America
    a. Caribbean
    b. Caspian
    c. Bering
    d. Mediterranean
  2. What river flows from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
    a. Seine
    b. Thames
    c. St. Lawrence
    d. Fraser
  3. What river flows through London, England?
    a. Seine
    b. Thames
    c. St. Lawrence
    d. Rio Grande
  4. What river flows through Paris, France?
    a. Seine
    b. Thames
    c. St. Lawrence
    d. Rio Grande
  5. What river divides Mexico from the U.S.A.?
    a. Seine
    b. Thames
    c. St. Lawrence
    d. Rio Grande
  6. What is a major river in Africa?
    a. Congo
    b. Danube
    c. Fraser
    d. Jordan
  7. What is a major river in Europe?
    a. Congo
    b. Danube
    c. Fraser
    d. Jordan
  8. What is the canal that separates North and South America?
    a. Suez
    b. Magellan
    c. Panama
    d. Corinth
  9. What is a famous mountain in Australia?
    a. Kilimanjaro
    b. Denali
    c. Blanc
    d. Uluru
  10. What is the tallest mountain in North America?
    a. Kilimanjaro
    b. Denali
    c. Blanc
    d. Uluru
  11. What sea is east of England?
    a. Bering
    b. North
    c. Baltic
    d. Black

 

  1. What sea separates Asia andEurope?
  2. Bering
    b. North
    c. Baltic
    d. Caspian
  3. What sea divides Finland from Sweden in northern Europe?
    a. Bering
    b. North
    c. Baltic
    d. Black
  4. What mountain range is not in Europe?
    a. Andes
    b. Alps
    c. Caucasus
    d. Urals
  5. What ocean is east of Asia?
    a.  Atlantic
    b. Indian
    c. Pacific
    d. Arctic
  6. What is the largest bay in the world?
    a. Mexico
    b. Bengal
    c. Biscay
    d. Hudson
  7. What is the capital of Canada?
    a. Victoria
    b. Ottawa
    c. Toronto
    d. Washington, D.C.
  8. What is the capital of the U.S.A.?
    a. New York City
    b. Ottawa
    c. Los Angeles
    d. Washington, D.C.

 

 

  1. What is the capital of France?
    a. Lyon
    b. Tokyo
    c. Paris
    d. Rome
  2. What country’s capital is Athens?
    a. Egypt
    b. Greece
    c. Italy
    d. Kenya
  1. What country’s capital is Cairo?
    a. Egypt
    b. Greece
    c. Italy
    d. Kenya
  2. What country’s capital is Baghdad?
    a. Pakistan
    b. Egypt
    c. Iraq
    d. Afghanistan
  3. What country’s capital is Berlin?
    a. Ukraine
    b. Germany
    c. Russia
    d. Israel
  4. What country’s capital is Jerusalem?
    a. Ukraine
    b. Germany
    c. Russia
    d. Israel
  1. What country’s capital is Moscow?
    a. Ukraine
    b. Germany
    c. Russia
    d. Israel
  2. What country’s capital is Kabul?
    a. India
    b. Pakistan
    c. Iraq
    d. Afghanistan
  3. What country’s capital is New Delhi?
    a. India
    b. Pakistan
    c. Iraq
    d. Afghanistan
  4. What country’s capital is Islamabad?
    a. India
    b. Pakistan
    c. Iraq
    d. Afghanistan
  5. What is the biggest country in area in South America?
    a. Canada
    b. Russia
    c. Brazil
    d. Argentina
  6. What country has the largest population in N.A.?
    a. Canada
    b. China
    c. Russia
    d. U.S.A.
  7. What country belongs in South America?
    a. Panama
    b. Kenya
    c. Amazon
    d. Ecuador
  8. What is a long narrow country in western South America?
    a. Panama
    b. Chile
    c. Argentina
    d. Magellan
  9. What country’s capital is Lima?
    a. Ecuador
    b. Brazil
    c. Peru
    d. Chile
  10. What country’s capital is London?
    a. Netherlands
    b. Britain
    c. Canada
    d. France
  11. What country is not in Africa?
    a. Kenya
    b. Libya
    c. Nigeria
    d. Israel
  12. What is the capital of the country with the largest land area in the world?
    a. Beijing
    b. New Delhi
    c. Moscow
    d. Ottawa
  13. What is the capital of the country with the largest population in the world?
    a. Beijing
    b. New Delhi
    c. Moscow
    d. Ottawa
  14. What is the country with Seoul as capital city?
    a. Japan
    b. China
    c. South Korea
    d. North Korea
  15. What is the country with Tokyo as capital city?
    a. Japan
    b. China
    c. South Korea
    d. North Korea
  16. What lake does not belong to the Great Lakes?
    a. Superior
    b. Aral
    c. Ontario
    d. Michigan
  17. What is a mountain range in the eastern U.S.A.?
    a. Cascades
    b. Alps
    c. Caucasus
    d. Appalachians
  18. What country is not in Africa?
    a. Israel
    b. Kenya
    c. Sudan
    d. Ethiopia
  19. What country’s capital is Buenos Aires?
    a. Brazil
    b. Argentina
    c. Chile
    d. Venezuela
  20. What water body is south of South America?
    a. Strait of Magellan
    b. Panama Canal
    c. Cape of Good Hope
    d. Georgia Strait
  21. What ocean is west of North America?
    a. Atlantic
    b. Pacific
    c. Indian
    d. Arctic
  22. What ocean is east of Africa?
    a. Atlantic
    b. Pacific
    c. Indian
    d. Arctic
  23. What country composed of one or more islands is east of Australia?
    a. New Zealand
    b. Japan
    c. Madagascar
    d. Great Britain
  1. What country composed of one or more islands is east of Africa?
    a. New Zealand
    b. Japan
    c. Madagascar
    d. Great Britain
  2. What country composed of one or more islands is east of Asia?
    a. New Zealand
    b. Japan
    c. Queen Charlottes
    d. Madagascar
  3. In what continent is the Netherlands?
    a. Asia
    b. Africa
    c. South America
    d. Europe
  4. In what continent is Kenya?
    a. Asia
    b. Africa
    c. South America
    d. Europe
  5. In what continent is Vietnam?
    a. Asia
    b. Africa
    c. South America
    d. Europe
  6. In what continent is Iraq?
    a. Asia
    b. Africa
    c. South America
    d. Europe
  7. In what continent is Syria?
    a. Asia
    b. Africa
    c. South America
    d. Europe
  1. In what continent is Italy?
    a. Asia
    b. Africa
    c. South America
    d. Europe
  2. In what continent is England?
    a. Asia
    b. Africa
    c. South America
    d. Europe
  3. To what country do the Galapagos Islands belong?
    a. Ecuador
    b. Denmark
    c. Russia
    d. Germany
  4. In what country is Hudson Bay?
    a. Canada
    b. Denmark
    c. Russia
    d. Germany
  5. What country is not not on the Mediterranean Sea?
    a. Libya
    b. Egypt
    c. Greece
    d. India
  1. What country has a capital city of Wellington?
    a. Australia
    b. Ireland
    c. New Zealand
    d. England
  2. What country has a capital city of Canberra?
    a. Australia
    b. Ireland
    c. New Zealand
    d. Iraq
  1. What country has a capital city of Dublin?
    a. Australia
    b. Ireland
    c. New Zealand
    d. Iraq
  2. What country has a capital city of Lima?
    a. Australia
    b. Ireland
    c. Peru
    d. Iraq
  3. What country has a capital city of Quito?
    a. Ukraine
    b. Ecuador
    c. Ireland
    d. Lebanon
  4. What country has a river called Euphrates?
    a. Australia
    b. Ireland
    c. New Zealand
    d. Iraq
  1. What country has a reef called the Great Barrier?
    a. Australia
    b. Ireland
    c. New Zealand
    d. Iraq
  2. What country is north of the Black Sea?
    a. Turkey
    b. Ukraine
    c. Ireland
    d. Mexico
  3. What is the capital of that country?
    a. Ankara
    b. Moscow
    c. Dublin
    d. Kyiv
  4. What two countries are currently fighting Islamic State?
    a. Russia and the U.S.A.
    b. Afghanistan and Pakistan
    c. Kenya and Egypt
    d. Syria and Iraq
  5. What is the correct order of countries from west to east?
    a. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria
    b. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria
    c. Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan
    d.Syria, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
  6. What sea borders Syria?
    a. Red
    b. Arabian
    c. North
    d. Mediterranean
  7. Migrants are fleeing by boat to arrive in which European country?
    a. Italy
    b. Greece
    c. Germany
    d. England
  8. Migrants are fleeing religious persecution in which Asian country?
    a. India
    b. Turkey
    c. Myanmar
    d. Chile
  9. Which country has recently invaded and annexed part of Ukraine?
    a. Turkey
    b. Syria
    c. Russia
    d. England
  10. Canada has recently signed a trade deal that allows which country to not follow our environmental laws??
    a. Russia
    b. China
    c. India
    d. Mexico
  11. In which Canadian city are residents concerned about migrants causing housing prices to rise too high??
    a. Montreal
    b. Toronto
    c. Calgary
    d. Vancouver

Bonus: If you have time, on a separate piece of paper, tell me some facts about world geography that were not on this test.

 

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