Geography Practice Test MCQ: Quiz!
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- 1.
What are the major lines of longitude and latitude?
- A.
Equator
- B.
Prime medidian
- C.
Neither
Correct Answer(s)
A. Equator
B. Prime medidian -
- 2.
Are globes more accurate than maps or map more accurate?
- A.
Globes-are shaped like the earth so it give the earth true structure and shape
- B.
Maps- easier to use and lighter to carry around
- C.
Globes and maps are not accurate at all
Correct Answer
A. Globes-are shaped like the earth so it give the earth true structure and shape -
- 3.
Revolution is turning around the sun and rotation is the world turning.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 4.
Sun is directly above the equator.
- A.
Revolution
- B.
Equinox
- C.
Solstice
Correct Answer
B. EquinoxExplanation
Solstice is the shortest or longest day of the yearRate this question:
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- 5.
The judging of other cultures based upon standards of your own culture is called racism.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
this is acually ethnocentrism. "Etho" is like ethnic which realates to other countriesRate this question:
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- 6.
What is an accurate example of technology influencing culture?
- A.
Car make transportation easier
- B.
Animals make food easier to find
- C.
When pangea separted it was easier to get from place to place because the contients were connected.
Correct Answer
A. Car make transportation easier -
- 7.
The agricultural revolution is:
- A.
When the stone age people made the first tractor
- B.
When the stone age people designed a farming technique called terracing
- C.
When stone age people learned to farm and domesticate animals.
Correct Answer
C. When stone age people learned to farm and domesticate animals. -
- 8.
The main points of The industrial revolution were...
- A.
Machines replacing hand tools, humans and animals took place of steam and electricity
- B.
Machines replacing hand tools, steam and electricity took the place of humans and animals
- C.
Machines were replaced by hand tools and steam and electricty took the place of animals and humans
Correct Answer
B. Machines replacing hand tools, steam and electricity took the place of humans and animals -
- 9.
Nationalism is
- A.
The discust in ones country
- B.
The pride and loyalty to ones country
- C.
Neither
Correct Answer
B. The pride and loyalty to ones country -
- 10.
What are the issued of global concern?
- A.
Going green
- B.
Refugees
- C.
Improving goverment
- D.
Drug trade
- E.
Terrorism
- F.
Environment
- G.
The global economy
Correct Answer(s)
B. Refugees
D. Drug trade
E. Terrorism
F. Environment
G. The global economy -
- 11.
In a free-market economy owns everything.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 12.
What is something the Nile gave YEARLY?
- A.
Water for local villages
- B.
A flood
- C.
Food
Correct Answer
B. A flood -
- 13.
EygptiaIan acheivements.
- A.
A system of writing= hieroglyphics
- B.
Phonics
- C.
A calender
- D.
Surgeries
- E.
Made elborate satutes
Correct Answer(s)
A. A system of writing= hieroglyphics
C. A calender
D. Surgeries -
- 14.
People traded Gold and salt at which city?
- A.
Kusha Capital
- B.
Mali
- C.
Taghaza
Correct Answer
C. Taghaza -
- 15.
At a Koranic school what went on? who went, what learned?
- A.
Girls, learned hieroglyphics
- B.
Boys, learned to read and write arabic
- C.
Both, learned arabic and hieroglyphics
Correct Answer
B. Boys, learned to read and write arabic -
- 16.
Slaves were traded by who during the Atlantic Slave Trade?
- A.
Arabs
- B.
Europeans
- C.
Chinese
Correct Answer
B. Europeans -
- 17.
What does SADC stand for?
- A.
Straight Amends Designing Creativity
- B.
South America Destructuion of cities (being planned to go on rainforest land)
- C.
South African Development Community
Correct Answer
C. South African Development Community -
- 18.
What is kowtow?
- A.
A low bow
- B.
A system of writting
- C.
A place of worship
Correct Answer
A. A low bow -
- 19.
The name for the yellow-brown soil on the Huang He river is called:
- A.
Filial
- B.
Loess
- C.
Mosque
Correct Answer
B. Loess -
- 20.
Filial Piety is
- A.
Children owe their parents respect and duty
- B.
To become a man in china when death approaches to take his as a sign of respect for the ancestors
- C.
The morals of Loa Zi to pity the "help"
Correct Answer
A. Children owe their parents respect and duty -
- 21.
Girls are only beautiful if they died their hair white in China.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
women are considered beautid\ful when their feet are boundRate this question:
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- 22.
Communists trekked thousands of miles out of china. What was this called?
- A.
Boxer Rebellion
- B.
Revolution of 1911
- C.
Long march
Correct Answer
C. Long march -
- 23.
The civil service exam was
- A.
A exam to choosen goverment officals
- B.
To determine if a criminal would be tried or hung
- C.
A test to see if a person could be in the army
Correct Answer
A. A exam to choosen goverment officals -
- 24.
The Silla Dynasty was a golden age. Its capital was a blossoming city full of education and life,.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 25.
Four asian tigers
- A.
Beijing
- B.
South korea
- C.
Melborn
- D.
Nepal
- E.
Taiwan
- F.
Hong kong
- G.
Singapore
Correct Answer(s)
B. South korea
E. Taiwan
F. Hong kong
G. Singapore -
- 26.
North Korea is a democracy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
dictatorshipRate this question:
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- 27.
Chief general of the army.
- A.
Shogun
- B.
Sammurai
- C.
Daimyo
Correct Answer
A. ShogunExplanation
Sammurai are warrior knights
Daimyo-great sammuraiRate this question:
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- 28.
Small family organizations are called zibatsu.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
They are large family organizations. You can remebr this by the z in zibatsu is the last letter in alphabet.Rate this question:
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- 29.
Japan has little to no natural resources.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 30.
Pampas are dry lands with little vegetation.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
they are grassy plains that streched from Aregtina to UragauyRate this question:
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- 31.
Quipu are
- A.
Knotted string
- B.
Corn
- C.
A type of tropical bird
Correct Answer
A. Knotted string -
- 32.
One major achievement of the Mayans were:
- A.
A 365 day year calender
- B.
The plow
- C.
Phonics
Correct Answer
A. A 365 day year calender -
- 33.
The Incas worshiped one god.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
they were polytheisitcRate this question:
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- 34.
The Aztecs planted their crops on:
- A.
high plateaus
- B.
Islands called chinampas
- C.
Mountains
Correct Answer
B. Islands called chinampas -
- 35.
What was Simon Bolivar's nickname?
- A.
The Chipoleult
- B.
The Peacemaker
- C.
The Liberator
Correct Answer
C. The Liberator -
- 36.
Ziggurat is a many-tiered temple.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 37.
Attaturk wanted to modernize Germany.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
he wanted to modernize turkeyRate this question:
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