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Mr H's Year 9 End of year Geography quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which country can you find this famous building?

a)

United States of America

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Brazil

2.

Where is this monument located?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Morocco

3.

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude, that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?

a)

Equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

North Pole

d)

South Pole

4.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Southern
b)
Indian
c)
Arctic
d)
Atlantic
5.
Which continent has about 60% of the earth's population living there?
a)
Europe
b)
North America
c)
Asia
d)
United States
6.
How many countries are there in Africa?
a)
1
b)
54
c)
15
d)
24
7.
If you wanted to find the distance on a map between two places, what measurement tool would you use on a map?
a)
compass rose
b)
legend or map key
c)
map scale
8.

How much of the Earth Population lives in the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

40%

b)

60%

c)

80%

d)

90%

9.

How many time zones does Russia span?

a)

11

b)

5

c)

7

d)

9

10.

What is the smallest country in the world?

a)

Luxembourg

b)

Gibraltar

c)

Vatican City

d)

Iceland

11.

Which country shares its border with 14 other countries?

a)

Austria

b)

China

c)

Chad

d)

Paraguay

12.

What is the only City Located over 2 continents?

a)

Istanbul

b)

Cairo

c)

Moscow

d)

Athens

13.
What continent is in all four hemispheres?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
USA
d)
Africa
14.

What country is shaped like a boot?

a)

Germany

b)

Greece

c)

Italy

d)

Poland

15.

When writing coordinates, lines of ______________ are always written first

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

equator

d)

meridian

16.

What is the largest desert in the world?

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Simpson Desert

c)

Gobi Desert

d)

Antarctica

17.

What is the capital of South Korea?

a)

Seoul

b)

Kyoto

c)

Busan

d)

Daegu

18.

In which country is the world's highest waterfall located?

a)

Argentina

b)

Venezuela

c)

Chile

d)

Colombia

19.

What country is shown coloured red on this map?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Netherlands

20.
How many oceans are there?
a)
5
b)
4
c)
3
d)
2
21.
Which continent is the smallest in land mass? 
a)
Australia
b)
Europe
c)
South America
d)
Antarctica
22.
Which country is located at 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude? 
a)
Ghana
b)
Belize
c)
Sydney
d)
None
23.

What is globalisation?

a)

The process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected.

b)

The process by which the world is becoming less interconnected.

c)

The process by which the world is becoming more divided.

24.

Nike was created in the United States, but what percentage of its workers operate there today?

a)

23 per cent.

b)

Only 1 per cent.

c)

17 per cent.

25.

What is an Import?

a)

Goods / Services bought from overseas

b)

Goods / Services sold to overseas consumers

c)

Services / Goods purchased from your grandma who lives in Gabon

d)

An industry made up of consumers from all over the world

26.
I am the most recognisable trade mark in the world. What am I
a)
Doughnut King
b)
Australia
c)
Coca Cola
d)
Jonathan Thrurston 
27.
What is multinational company?
a)
A company that has workers who speak different languages
b)
a company that operates in different countries
c)
A company that has different flags out the front of it's office
28.

Which is the largest food chain on earth?

a)

Subway

b)

Starbucks

c)

KFC

d)

McDonalds

29.

Non-explosive, gently sloping volcano made of flat layers of lava

a)

Cinder cone

b)

Shield

c)

Composite

d)

Transform

30.

The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

a)

Juan de fuca plate

b)

Focus

c)

Seismic wave

d)

Epicenter

31.

Fastest seismic waves, first to reach a location after an earthquake, also called P waves

a)

Secondary waves

b)

Seismic waves

c)

Primary waves

d)

Surface waves

32.

Volcanoes having alternate layers of lava & tephra, have repeated explosive & non-explosive eruptions

a)

Composite volcano

b)

Shield volcano

c)

Mid-ocean ridge

d)

Cinder cone volcano

33.

Tectonic plates float on top of the ________

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

34.

Most of the magma from a volcano comes up through a long, narrow, rocky tube called a...?

a)

shoot

b)

vent

c)

tube

d)

slide

35.

A seismograph is...?

a)

something to measure hurricanes

b)

something to measure tornados

c)

something to measure volcanoes

d)

something to measure earthquakes

36.

Hot melted rock underground is called...?

a)

Magma

b)

Lava

c)

Hot rock

d)

Plates

37.
This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
a)
Circle of Fire
b)
Ring of Lava
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Circle of Magma
38.
What is the resistance of a liquid, such as lava, to flow?
a)
Elasticity
b)
Pyroclasticity
c)
Silica
d)
Viscosity
39.

If a volcano has a high gas content, which type of eruption will it have?

a)

more effusive

b)

more eruptive

c)

more explosive

d)

less explosive

40.
How much bigger is a magnitude 8 earthquake compared to magnitude 7 one on the Richter Scale?
a)
1 time bigger
b)
10 times bigger
c)
100 times bigger
d)
1000 times bigger
42.
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
42.
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
a)
Mercalli Scale
b)
Richter Scale
c)
Seismogram Scale
d)
Bernoulli Scale
43.
What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
44.
What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
45.

All of these EXCEPT one, are metrics that the UN uses for determine HDI

a)

decent standard of living

b)

long and healthy life

c)

food security

d)

access to knowledge

46.

This organization was formed to facilitate global trade by reducing barriers and assist with tariff negotiation, quotas and subsidies

a)

GATT: General Association on Tariffs and Trade

b)

IMF: International Monetary Fund

c)

WTO: World Trade Organization

d)

World Bank

47.

Which cause of uneven development does this picture represent?

a)

International Aid

b)

Corrupt Government

c)

Colonialism

d)

Geographical Disadvantage

48.

What does HDI stand for?

a)

Human Developmetal Index

b)

Human Development Income

c)

Human Development Index

49.

Wha does Literacy rate refer to?

a)

It refers to the number of people who can read and write in a country.

b)

It refers to the number of books students read in a year.

c)

It refers to the number of schools in a country.

50.
Which of the following is a finite resource?  
a)
solar energy 
b)
wind energy
c)
trees
d)
fossil fuels 

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