WorksheetsGeography Quiz Bee 2021 (Senior)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 9mins
He is credited with inventing the concept of longitude and latitude, as well as mapping thousands of locations at a time when such practice was not yet widespread, even among educated communities.
Claudius Ptolemy
Eratosthenes of Cyrene
Democritus
Aristoteles
Jamaica is considered part of which continent?
South America
North America
Africa
Australia
What is the name of the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, which is located in Venezuela?
Niagara Falls
Angel Falls
Victoria Falls
Iguazu Falls
Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Mississippi River
Coumbia River
Colorado River
Ohio River
What is the capital city of Australia?
Sydney
Canberra
Melbourne
Perth
Who is the man for whom the Faustini moon crater is named?
Armando Faustini
Arnaldo Faustini
Antonius Faustini
Albert Faustini
If Pacific is the largest, then what is the world's smallest ocean?
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
These are large landforms that are higher in elevation than the surrounding area. They have steep slopes and a summit, which is the highest point of elevation.
Hills
Volcanoes
Mountains
Ridges
These are elevated vast tracts of big, flat terrain. They, are created by volcanic activity and erosion, but they lack a summit.
Cinder Volcanoes
Mointains
Plateaus
Compsite Volcanoes
NASA’s Perseverance rover made a successful and safe descent onto Mars last February 18, 3:55 p.m. EST. When was it launched from the Earth?
May 25, 2020
March 29, 2020
July 30, 2020
June 30. 2020
What city is Continuously inhabited since at least 11,000 years ago, it was named the Arab Capital of Culture in 2008?
Ethiopia
Damascus
Varanasi
Saint Augustine
The emblem on the flag of the Republic of Tajikistan features a sunrise over mountains below what symbol?
Flower
Fountain
Crown
Princess
What do you call an underwater mountain?
Hills
Seamount
Trench
Submarine
What do you call a crater formed by the collapse of land after an eruption?
Volcanic crater
Caldera
Pit crater
What do you call a conical volcano with steep sides?
cinder volcano
stratovolcano
shield volcano
What do you call a narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water?
River
Strait
Creek
Spring
With 195 mph winds, Goni is the strongest landfalling tropical cyclone in world recorded history. What is the local name of the typhoon Goni, which occured in the Philippines?
Tonio
Romy
Tony
Rolly
Which of these countries are located in South Asia?
Bhutan
Nigeria
Iran
Maldives
Pakistan
What are the top three most spoken languages in the world?
French
Spanish
English
Mandarin
Hindi
Which of these belong to the top five longest rivers in the world?
Nile
Mekong
Amazon
Chang Jiang
Yangtze
It is the only sea in the world without any coasts, is surrounded by four ocean currents, with no land coastline to speak of. It is named for the floating seaweed that covers it.
(a)
In the year (a) , an earthquake with an intensity of VIII in the Rossi-Forel Intensity Scale rocked the town of Casiguran, Aurora. This was considered the most severe and destructive earthquake experienced in the Philippines during the last 20 years.
She is an American Geographer and the first woman to hold the position of the president of the Association of American Geographers. She is famous for promoting that the view of human history and culture is determined by the physical environment, in short, the Theory of Environmental Determinism. Who is she?
(a)
He is a notable man who coined Geography, for he was the one who named "Geography." He also introduced the concept of latitude and longitude. Lastly, he was the first man to be able to calculate the size of the Earth with a 2% minimal error of calculation. Who is he?
(a)
He is a Chinese-American Geographer who is famous for pioneering thoughts in human geography, and is credited with creating the branch of humanistic geography.
(a)
