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Geography and Parts of Speech (Part 2)

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the longest river in the United States.

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Ohio River

c)

The Colorado River

d)

The Platte River

2.

This country's capital city lies along the Yamuna River, a tributary of the Ganges River.

a)

China

b)

Thailand

c)

Indonesia

d)

India

3.

Istanbul is the capital city of this country that lies between Europe and Asia

a)

Turkey

b)

Egypt

c)

Germany

d)

Kazakhstan

4.

Name the longest river in the world?

a)

The Yellow River

b)

The Amazon River

c)

The Nile River

d)

The Mississippi River

5.

Name this large mountain range in the western United States and Canada. It includes Pike's Peak, Mount Elbert, and Whitehorn Mountain.

a)

The Appalachian Mountains

b)

The Himalayan Mountains

c)

The Rocky Mountains

d)

The Pyrenees Mountains

6.

Which of the following is a US territory?

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

Cuba

c)

Madagascar

d)

Taiwan

7.

Which of the following states borders Canada?

a)

Oregon

b)

Minnesota

c)

Kansas

d)

Louisiana

8.

Which of the following states borders Mexico?

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

Vermont

d)

Michigan

9.

Where is the Statue of Liberty located?

a)

San Francisco

b)

New York

c)

Washington, DC

d)

Columbus

10.

The Olentangy River and this other river flow through Columbus, Ohio.

a)

The Allegheny River

b)

The Red River

c)

The Scioto River

d)

The Passaic River

11.

This Great Lake is directly to the north of Ohio

a)

Lake Superior

b)

Lake Michigan

c)

Lake Ontario

d)

Lake Erie

12.

This state is east of Ohio

a)

Indiana

b)

Michigan

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Kentucky

13.

Nepal is home to the tallest mountain in the world. Name this mountain.

a)

Mount Kilimanjaro

b)

Mount Everest

c)

Mount Denali

d)

Mount Aconcagua

14.

The most common languages spoken in South America are Portuguese and this language.

a)

German

b)

French

c)

English

d)

Spanish

15.

The language with the highest number of native speakers in the world is

a)

Mandarin Chinese

b)

Spanish

c)

English

d)

Hindi

16.

The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea with this sea which then connects to the Indian Ocean.

a)

The Baltic Sea

b)

The Black Sea

c)

The Red Sea

d)

The Caspian Sea

17.

A famous American built canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean by cutting through this Central American country.

a)

Panama

b)

Nicaragua

c)

Costa Rica

d)

Honduras

18.

Name the world's largest rainforest. It is located mostly in Brazil.

a)

The Congo Rainforest

b)

The Borneo Lowland Rainforest

c)

The Amazon Rainforest

d)

Madagascar Rainforest

19.

Identify this river. It separates Ohio and Kentucky. It is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River.

a)

The Missouri River

b)

The Rio Grande

c)

The Ohio River

d)

The Columbia River

20.

Identify this country. It is the southernmost country in Africa. And it unusually has 3 capital cities, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, and Pretoria

a)

The Democratic Republic of Congo

b)

South Africa

c)

Mozambique

d)

Botswana

21.

This northern European country is in the news for leaving the European Union. Their current leader is Prime Minister Theresa May.

a)

The United Kingdom

b)

France

c)

The Netherlands

d)

Norway

22.

This country is home to the Islamic holy sites of Mecca and Medina.

a)

Syria

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Egypt

d)

Iraq

23.

Identify the largest desert in the world, which is located in Africa.

a)

The Mohave Desert

b)

The Great African Desert

c)

The Gobi Desert

d)

The Sahara Desert

24.

In 1977, General Siad Barre sent Somalia to war against this eastern neighbor whose capital city is Addis Ababa.

a)

Tanzania

b)

Malawi

c)

Sudan

d)

Ethiopia

25.

This former British colony in west Africa used to be known as the Gold Coast until it was led to independence by its first leader, Kwame Nkrumah. Its capital city is Accra.

a)

Ghana

b)

Burundi

c)

Zambia

d)

Angola

26.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has led this powerful European country since 2005.

a)

Germany

b)

United Kingdom

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

27.

Identify the country. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, became the new president of this country on December 1, 2018. He has promised to prevent President Donald Trump from building a wall separating his country from the United States.

a)

Canada

b)

Mexico

c)

Guatemala

d)

Cuba

28.

This French Creole speaking Caribbean country had the only successful slave revolt in history. It shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.

a)

The Bahamas

b)

Jamaica

c)

Haiti

d)

Trinidad and Tobago

29.

Identify the country. Xi Jinping is the President and General Secretary of the Communist Party for this East Asian country whose capital is Beijing.

a)

North Korea

b)

Indonesia

c)

Japan

d)

China

30.

This country whose capital city is Seoul is home to companies such as Samsung, LG, Hyundai, and Kia.

a)

Japan

b)

South Korea

c)

China

d)

Iran

31.

This country is still in the middle of an ongoing civil war. Bashar al-Assad is the president and the capital city is Damascus.

a)

Syria

b)

Israel

c)

Sudan

d)

Libya

32.

The Grand Canyon is located in this southwestern US state

a)

Kansas

b)

Vermont

c)

Arizona

d)

Arkansas

33.

Identify the country where one of the ancient wonders of the world, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, would have been. Its location was about 100 kilometers south of this country's capital city of Baghdad.

a)

Iraq

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Greece

d)

Turkey

34.

Identify the biggest island in the world. It is northeast of Canada and owned by the country of Denmark.

a)

Borneo

b)

Oahu

c)

Greenland

d)

Newfoundland

35.

Identify the country. The famous volcano of Krakatoa can be found in this country, the fourth most populous country in the world.

a)

India

b)

Laos

c)

Indonesia

d)

Australia

36.

Identify the river. The capital cities of Kinshasa and Brazzaville sit across from each other on this river which flows through central Africa.

a)

The Amazon River

b)

The Congo River

c)

The Yangtze River

d)

The Danube River

37.

The root SEMI means

a)

shape

b)

field

c)

help

d)

half

38.

The roots VIT or VIV mean

a)

beyond

b)

life

c)

short

d)

fear

39.

The root PRE means

a)

before

b)

throw

c)

to write

d)

hundred

40.

The root OLOGY means

a)

to bend/curve

b)

fiction

c)

machine

d)

to study

41.

The root AUTO means

a)

Self

b)

Movement

c)

Under

d)

Out

42.

The root DE means

a)

reverse

b)

within

c)

feeling

d)

foot

43.

The root DEC means

a)

time

b)

ten

c)

two

d)

flat

44.

The root RE means

a)

written/Drawn

b)

to study

c)

again

d)

five

45.

The roots IM or IN mean

a)

many

b)

far

c)

not

d)

see/watch

46.

The root SUB means

a)

good

b)

under

c)

above

d)

to turn

47.

The root BIBLIO means

a)

bad

b)

breath

c)

book

d)

big/large

48.

The root CAP means

a)

worm

b)

sleep

c)

take/seize

d)

name

49.

The root CHRON means

a)

believe

b)

flat

c)

field

d)

time

50.

The root BIO means

a)

to study

b)

heart

c)

life

d)

hundred

51.

The root SCRIPT means

a)

to write

b)

light

c)

to listen

d)

to bend/curve

52.

The root POST means

a)

before

b)

after

c)

far

d)

skin

53.

The root AUD means

a)

to hear/listen

b)

rule/ruler

c)

more

d)

form/structure

54.

The root PORT means

a)

to burst/break

b)

flat

c)

to carry

d)

between/among

55.

The root LOC means

a)

measure

b)

place

c)

move

d)

voice

56.

The root RUPT means

a)

to burst/break

b)

to turn

c)

stand/position

d)

see/watch

57.

The root TELE means

a)

sun

b)

send

c)

within

d)

far