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Geography Quiz Bee 2021 (Senior)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

a)

Claudius Ptolemy

b)

Eratosthenes of Cyrene

c)

Democritus

d)

Aristoteles

2.

Jamaica is considered part of which continent?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

3.

What is the name of the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, which is located in Venezuela?

a)

Niagara Falls

b)

Angel Falls

c)

Victoria Falls

d)

Iguazu Falls

4.

Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Coumbia River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Ohio River

5.

What is the capital city of Australia?

a)

Sydney

b)

Canberra

c)

Melbourne

d)

Perth

6.

Who is the man for whom the Faustini moon crater is named?

a)

Armando Faustini

b)

Arnaldo Faustini

c)

Antonius Faustini

d)

Albert Faustini

7.

If Pacific is the largest, then what is the world's smallest ocean?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

8.

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.

a)

Hills

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Mountains

d)

Ridges

9.

These are elevated vast tracts of big, flat terrain. They, are created by volcanic activity and erosion, but they lack a summit.

a)

Cinder Volcanoes

b)

Mointains

c)

Plateaus

d)

Compsite Volcanoes

10.

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?

a)

May 25, 2020

b)

March 29, 2020

c)

July 30, 2020

d)

June 30. 2020

11.

What city is Continuously inhabited since at least 11,000 years ago, it was named the Arab Capital of Culture in 2008?

a)

Ethiopia

b)

Damascus

c)

Varanasi

d)

Saint Augustine

12.

The emblem on the flag of the Republic of Tajikistan features a sunrise over mountains below what symbol?

a)

Flower

b)

Fountain

c)

Crown

d)

Princess

13.

What do you call an underwater mountain?

a)

Hills

b)

Seamount

c)

Trench

d)

Submarine

14.

What do you call a crater formed by the collapse of land after an eruption?

a)

Volcanic crater

b)

Caldera

c)

Pit crater

15.

What do you call a conical volcano with steep sides?

a)

cinder volcano

b)

stratovolcano

c)

shield volcano

16.

What do you call a narrow waterway that connects two larger bodies of water?

a)

River

b)

Strait

c)

Creek

d)

Spring

17.

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?

a)

Tonio

b)

Romy

c)

Tony

d)

Rolly

18.

Which of these countries are located in South Asia?

a)

Bhutan

b)

Nigeria

c)

Iran

d)

Maldives

e)

Pakistan

19.

What are the top three most spoken languages in the world?

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

English

d)

Mandarin

e)

Hindi

20.

Which of these belong to the top five longest rivers in the world?

a)

Nile

b)

Mekong

c)

Amazon

d)

Chang Jiang

e)

Yangtze

21.

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)  

22.

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.

23.

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)  

24.

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)  

25.

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)