23 questions. Try each one, then open the answer to check yourself and read the explanation.
What is the primary factor influencing the global distribution of precipitation?
Answer: A (latitude)
Latitude controls how much heat a place gets and so the pressure belts, rising air and rainfall zones from equator to poles.
Which of the following is an example of a continental climate?
Answer: C (steppe)
The steppe is a dry interior grassland climate with large temperature ranges, typical of continental interiors.
Which of the following rivers is the longest in South America?
Answer: A (Amazon)
The Amazon, over 6,400 km long, is South America's longest river.
Which of the following is an example of a pull factor for migration?
Answer: C (job opportunities)
Job opportunities attract people to a place (pull); persecution and disasters push people out.
What is the term for the process by which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of wind, water and ice?
Answer: A (erosion)
Erosion is the wearing away and removal of the land surface by moving agents like wind, water and ice.
Which of the following is an example of a command economy?
Answer: B (china)
Of these, China has the strongest state planning and control of the economy.
What is the term for the process by which the earth's plates move and change?
Answer: B (plate tectonics)
Plate tectonics explains how the earth's plates move and interact.
Which of the following is an example of renewable resource?
Answer: D (all of the above)
Wind, sunlight and flowing water are all naturally renewed.
Which of the following rivers is the longest in Asia?
Answer: A (Yangtze)
The Yangtze (about 6,300 km) is Asia's longest river.
Which of the following is an example of a market economy?
Answer: A (United states)
The United States is the classic example of a market economy based on private enterprise.
Which of the following is a natural hazard?
Answer: D (all of the above)
Earthquakes, hurricanes and floods are all natural hazards.
Which of the following is a developed country?
Answer: A (United states)
The United States has high income per head and advanced technology; the others are developing or emerging economies.
The highest Peak in North America is
Answer: A (Mount Denali)
Denali in Alaska (6,190 m) is North America's highest peak.
The city of Timbuktu is located in which country?
Answer: A (Mali)
Timbuktu, a historic centre of trade and learning, is in Mali.
The world's largest island is:
Answer: A (Greenland)
Greenland (about 2.1 million km²) is the largest island.
Which of the following types of rocks is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma?
Answer: A (Igneous)
Igneous rocks form when magma or lava cools and hardens.
Which region is home to the world's largest rainforest?
Answer: A (Amazon Basin)
The Amazon rainforest is the largest, about 5.5 million km².
Which city is the capital of Australia?
Answer: C (Canberra)
Canberra is Australia's capital.
Which industry type is concerned with the extraction of natural resources?
Answer: A (Primary)
Primary industries extract raw materials: mining, farming, fishing and forestry.
Which type of settlement is characterized by a high population density and a variety of economic activities
Answer: D (city)
A city has the highest density and the widest range of activities such as industry, trade and services.
The ring of fire is associated with
Answer: B (frequent volcanic eruptions and earthquakes)
The Pacific Ring of Fire follows plate boundaries with many volcanoes and earthquakes.
The process of degradation caused by the excessive use of chemicals in agriculture is known as
Answer: D (eutrophication)
Fertiliser run-off overloads water with nutrients, causing algae growth and oxygen loss: eutrophication.
Which of the following countries is NOT part of G7 group of industrialization nations?
Answer: B (Brazil)
The G7 is Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the USA; Brazil is not a member.