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Geography Final Assessment

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This river flows through the south of China, providing water for ⅓ of the country’s population:

a)

Yangtze River

b)

Yellow River

c)

Ganges River

d)

Mekong River

2.

This mountain range separates Australia’s populated coasts from its dry, arid center:

a)

Himalayan Range

b)

Ural Range

c)

Great Dividing Range

d)

Carpathian Range

3.

Referred to as the “Roof of the World” this elevated plain is 5x the size of France:

a)

Great Dividing Range

b)

Great Rift Plain

c)

Himalayan Shelf

d)

Tibetan Plateau

4.

Nelson Mandela was key figure in fighting racial discrimination, known as apartheid, in:

a)

Northern Africa

b)

Eastern Africa

c)

Southern Africa

d)

Central Africa

5.

Visible from space, this 1400 mile stretch of land is threatened by global warming and rising water temperatures:

a)

Tibetan Glaciers

b)

Yellow River

c)

The Outback

d)

Great Barrier Reef

6.

This is the Australian colloquial term for a sparsely populated rural area:

a)

The Outback

b)

The Bush

c)

The Sahel

d)

The Savannah

7.

Africa’s climate zones can best be described as:

a)

Hot in the North near the Sahara Desert, but growing increasingly colder in the South

b)

Dry and arid in the West, but wet and humid in the East due to River Valleys, such as the Nile

c)

Mirrored along the equator, rainforests in Central Africa with steppe and desert climates located towards the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

d)

Primarily desert due to rapid deforestation and advancing desertification of the Sahara and Kalahari

8.

This African desert is the largest non-Polar desert in the world and is roughly the same size as the United States:

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Kalahari Desert

d)

Atacama Desert

9.

Originally settled by the British as a Penal Colony in 1788, Australia wasn’t granted their independence until:

a)

1865

b)

1887

c)

1901

d)

1914

10.

This is the tallest peak in Australia:

a)

Mt. Aconcagua

b)

Mt. Kosciuszko

c)

Mt. Atacama

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

11.

Just as the _____ Desert is located in Northern Africa, the _____ Desert is in Southern Africa:

a)

Sahara, Gobi

b)

Kalahari, Sahara

c)

Kalahari, Namib

d)

Sahara Kalahari,

12.

Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Fiji, and the Marshall Islands are all part of:

a)

Pacifica

b)

Micronesia

c)

Peloponnese

d)

Oceania

13.

This mountain range is located in Nepal and India:

a)

Great Dividing Range

b)

Atlas Mountain Range

c)

Andes Mountain Range

d)

Himalayan Mountain Range

14.

This island state located off of Australia is promoted as a natural state with nearly half of its area dedicated to natural parks and World Heritage Sites

a)

New Zealand

b)

Queensland

c)

New South Wales

d)

Tasmania

15.

Located in Tanzania, the tallest mountain in Africa is:

a)

Mt. Aconcagua

b)

Mt. Kosciuszko

c)

Mt. Manaslu

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

16.

Asia is noteworthy due to its size and population as it represents _____ percent of the Earth’s total landmass and is home to _____ percent of the global population:

a)

25, 50

b)

30, 50

c)

30, 60

d)

35, 60

17.

The only non-European country ranked inside the top 5 on the Human Development Index is:

a)

Japan

b)

China

c)

The United States

d)

Australia

18.

The Strait of Hormuz is located between these two oil-producing countries:

a)

Iran, Iraq

b)

United Arab Emirates, Iran

c)

Iraq, Afghanistan

d)

Yemen, Oman

19.

Just as the _____________ provided water and life to early Egyptian civilization, the ______________ is considered the cradle of Chinese society:

a)

Nile, Yellow

b)

Nile, Yangtze

c)

Nile, Tigris

d)

Nile, Euphrates

20.

The influence of divergent tectonic plates can be seen in the:

a)

Tibetan Plateau

b)

Great Rift Valley

c)

1883 Eruption of Krakatoa

d)

Great Dividing Range

21.

This mountain range divides the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea coasts from the Sahara Desert near Morocco:

a)

Great Dividing Range

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Atlas Mountains

22.

This group migrated through Central Asia, providing much of the continent with a more common language and lifestyle based around cultivation of livestock:

a)

Masai

b)

Zulu

c)

Bantu

d)

Swahili

23.

Scientists are concerned about a growing global warming concern in Northern Asia as melting permafrost releases this greenhouse gas:

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Methane

c)

Nitrous Oxide

d)

Fluorinated Gas

24.

This region is known as the Maghreb which is Arabic for sunset and was subject to Arab Muslim conquest during the 7th Century:

a)

Northern Africa

b)

Central Asia

c)

Eastern Asia

d)

Western Asia

25.

This area is colloquially known as the “stans” which translates to “land of” in Persian. This area is called the stans due to the number of countries with the suffix of “stan” such as Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan:

a)

Northern Asia

b)

Eastern Asia

c)

Central Asia

d)

Western Asia

26.

This region is historically rich and home to the “Fertile Crescent”

a)

Western Asia

b)

Central Asia

c)

Eastern Asia

d)

Southern Asia

27.

Despite being the sixth-largest country by area, this country has a low population density:

a)

Australia

b)

Japan

c)

China

d)

Russia

28.

The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 is evidence of the tectonic activity of this region, which is geographically part of the “Ring of Fire”

a)

Eastern Africa

b)

Central Asia

c)

Southern Asia

d)

Western Asia

29.

The tallest mountain in the Himalayan Range is:

a)

Mt. Kosciuszko

b)

Mt. Aconcagua

c)

Mt. Everest

d)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

30.

This region was home to the historic Kingdom of Mali and produced historical figures Mansa Musa and Sundiata:

a)

Northern Africa

b)

Western Africa

c)

Central Africa

d)

Southern Africa

31.

This population-dense region of Asia represents 38% of total Asian population, which is enough to account for over ⅕ of the global population:

a)

Central Asia

b)

Southern Asia

c)

Western Asia

d)

Eastern Asia

32.

The ________________ historically connected Europe and Asia for the purpose of trade:

a)

Silk Road

b)

Eurasian Highway

c)

Trans-Mediterranean Partnership

d)

Road of Nomads

33.

The “Fertile Crescent” was the birthplace of many early civilizations including Mesopotamia which translates to “the land between the rivers.” What two rivers was this land located between?

a)

Nile, Tigris

b)

Tigris, Euphrates

c)

Euphrates, Yangtze

d)

Yangtze, Yellow

34.

This coastal desert of Africa features massive sand dunes pushed right up against the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and can be found in Botswana and Namibia:

a)

Kalahari

b)

Sahara

c)

Gobi

d)

Namib

35.

Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia make up the:

a)

Northern Deserts of Africa

b)

Eastern Horn of Africa

c)

Central Plains of Africa

d)

Western Gulf of Guinea Africa

36.

Despite providing roughly _____% of Russia’s total landmass, Siberia is only home to roughly ____% of their total population: 65, 35

a)

75, 25

b)

77, 27

c)

70, 30

d)

60, 40

37.

Afrikaaners are a South African ethnic group descended from

a)

British colonizers

b)

Bantu Tribe

c)

Dutch settlers

d)

African Americans

38.

Apartheid in South Africa is similar to _________ in the United States.

a)

Separation

b)

Segregation

c)

Civil war

d)

Prison

39.

Australopithecus, otherwise known as Lucy, was discovered by Mary Leakey in

a)

1999

b)

South Africa

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Central Africa

40.

Famous wildlife expert from Australia Steve Irwin was tragically killed in 2006 while filming for his show. What killed him?

a)

A giant jelly fish

b)

Sponge Bob SquarePants

c)

A giant spider

d)

A Stingray