Geography Quiz

Which river is the longest in the world?

• Nile River

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Gulf of Aden

What is the term for the way the land looks, including features like hills, valleys, and mountains?

• Terrain

• Scarcity

• Desertification

• Arid

Where does the Nile River meet the Mediterranean Sea?

• Nile Delta

• Atlas Mountains

• Arabian Peninsula

• Gulf of Aden

What is a piece of land that's shaped like a triangle and forms where a river meets a larger body of water called?

• Delta

• Aquifer

• Strait of Gibraltar

• Red Sea

Which big rivers flow through Mesopotamia, in modern-day countries like Iraq?

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Nile River

• Persian Gulf

What is the term for when once fertile land turns into a desert because of things like not enough rain and too much dry land?

• Desertification

• Drought

• Soil erosion

• Semi-arid

What is a really long time with not enough rain called?

• Drought

• Scarcity

• Arid

• Semi-arid

Which desert is known for extreme dryness and lots of sand dunes?

• Arabian Desert

• Atlas Mountains

• Zagros Mountains

• Dead Sea

What is the stretch of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa called?

• Gulf of Aden

• Persian Gulf

• Strait of Gibraltar

• Red Sea

Which sea is famous for its strategic location between North Africa and the Middle East?

• Red Sea

• Nile Delta

• Dead Sea

• Gulf of Aden