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Geography Quiz Multiple Choice

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which city is the capital of Libya, a country that used a monochrome flag from 1977–2011?

a)

Benghazi

b)

Tripoli

c)

Tobruk

d)

Misrata

2.

Which West African country is bordered to the southeast by Mali and Guinea?

a)

Liberia

b)

Senegal

c)

Chad

d)

Benin

3.

Which artificial waterway in Egypt connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas?

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Kiel Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Corinth Canal

4.

Which African nation formally separated from Sudan in 2011, redrawing the map of Africa?

a)

South Sudan

b)

Eritrea

c)

Somalia

d)

Djibouti

5.

Which country controls the Canary Islands, an archipelago named for its dogs?

a)

Portugal

b)

Spain

c)

Morocco

d)

Italy

6.

Which two major cities in Nigeria include Lagos and _________?

a)

Kano

b)

Abuja

c)

Kaduna

d)

Ibadan

7.

Which is the largest African country by area, with Algiers as its capital?

a)

Egypt

b)

Algeria

c)

Sudan

d)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

8.

Which is the longest river in Africa, flowing north through Sudan and Egypt?

a)

Congo

b)

Niger

c)

Nile

d)

Zambezi

9.

Which Portuguese-speaking country, capital at Maputo, has an East African channel named after it?

a)

Cape Verde

b)

Mozambique

10.

Which country’s largest city by population is Lagos, formerly its capital?

a)

Kenya

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Nigeria

d)

Ghana

11.

Which island’s many endemic species include over 100 types of lemur?

a)

Mauritius

b)

Madagascar

c)

Seychelles

d)

Réunion

12.

Which African Great Lake has a maximum depth of nearly 5,000 feet?

a)

Lake Malawi

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

Lake Tanganyika

d)

Lake Turkana

13.

Which is the world’s largest desert, bounded to the south by the Sahel?

a)

Gobi

b)

Kalahari

c)

Sahara

d)

Arabian

14.

Which African river, crossing the equator twice, is second-longest on the continent?

a)

Orange

b)

Volta

c)

Senegal

d)

Congo

15.

Which West African country, governed from Monrovia, was founded by freed American slaves?

a)

Sierra Leone

b)

Liberia

c)

The Gambia

d)

Guinea-Bissau

16.

Which city is South Africa’s largest, hosting O.R. Tambo International Airport?

a)

Pretoria

b)

Cape Town

c)

Durban

d)

Johannesburg

17.

Which southeast African country, separated from Madagascar by a namesake channel, has Maputo as its capital?

a)

Mozambique

b)

Tanzania

c)

Malawi

d)

Comoros

18.

Which African Great Lake, again noted for nearly 5,000 feet of depth, appears for a second mention here?

a)

Lake Tanganyika

b)

Lake Victoria

c)

Lake Malawi

d)

Lake Chad

19.

Which Jordanian city was built into sandstone by the Nabataean Kingdom?

a)

Amman

b)

Petra

c)

Aqaba

d)

Jerash

20.

Which city is the busiest port in the world and the largest in China?

a)

Beijing

b)

Guangzhou

c)

Shenzhen

d)

Shanghai

21.

Which cold desert is shared by China and Mongolia?

a)

Taklamakan

b)

Gobi

c)

Thar

d)

Ordos

22.

Which country contains most of the course of the Irrawaddy River?

a)

Laos

b)

Myanmar

c)

Thailand

d)

Cambodia

23.

Which pair of connected skyscrapers are located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?

a)

Burj Khalifa Towers

b)

Petronas Towers

c)

Twin Peaks Towers

d)

Merdeka Towers

24.

Which transcontinental metropolis, Turkey’s largest city, spans both Europe and Asia?

a)

Ankara

b)

Istanbul

c)

Izmir

d)

Bursa

25.

Which is the largest city in Southeast Asia, serving as Indonesia’s capital?

a)

Manila

b)

Bangkok

c)

Phnom Penh

d)

Jakarta

26.

Which city (Japan’s capital) is the world’s largest urban area by population?

a)

Kyoto

b)

Osaka

27.

Which two countries border the Bay of Bengal, receiving the Brahmaputra and Ganges?

a)

Sri Lanka and Maldives

b)

India and Bangladesh

c)

Pakistan and Nepal

d)

Bhutan and Myanmar

28.

Which city is China's capital, while Shanghai is its largest city by population?

a)

Guangzhou

b)

Beijing

c)

Wuhan

d)

Chengdu

29.

The cedar tree is a symbol of which Levantine country with its capital at Beirut?

a)

Jordan

b)

Lebanon

c)

Syria

d)

Cyprus

30.

Which nation is the most populous country on the continental mainland of Southeast Asia?

a)

Thailand

b)

Vietnam

c)

Malaysia

d)

Myanmar

31.

Which body of water, notable for its high salinity, has the lowest land-based elevation on Earth?

a)

Aral Sea

b)

Caspian Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Dead Sea

32.

Which ancient Jordanian city, carved out of rock, appears here as a repeat mention?

a)

Petra

b)

Jerash

c)

Amman

d)

Salt

33.

Which autonomous region of China, a former Portuguese colony, is famous for its casinos?

a)

Hong Kong

b)

Macau

c)

Taiwan

d)

Hainan

34.

Which site in Cambodia is the largest religious complex on Earth by total area?

a)

Borobudur

b)

Angkor Wat

c)

Bagan

d)

Shwedagon Pagoda

35.

Which city is the capital of Nepal, lying in the Himalayas?

a)

Pokhara

b)

Kathmandu

c)

Lalitpur

d)

Bhaktapur

36.

Fill in the blank: The capital of China is _______.

a)

Guangzhou

b)

Beijing

c)

Wuhan

d)

Chengdu

37.

Which country is governed from Pyongyang and is separated from South Korea by the DMZ?

a)

North Korea

b)

Mongolia

c)

Japan

d)

Taiwan

38.

Which lake in Eastern Siberia is the deepest in the world?

a)

Lake Ladoga

b)

Lake Baikal

c)

Lake Onega

d)

Issyk-Kul

39.

Which river is China's second-longest, named for its loess and silt deposits?

a)

Yangtze

b)

Mekong

c)

Yellow (Huang He)

d)

Amur

40.

Which island nation in the Indian Ocean is separated from India by the Palk Strait?

a)

Sri Lanka

b)

Maldives

c)

Seychelles

d)

Mauritius

41.

Which saltwater sea is considered the world's largest lake, forming an inland basin with the Aral Sea?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Caspian Sea

c)

Adriatic Sea

d)

Aegean Sea

42.

Which city (formerly Bombay) is India's largest and capital of Maharashtra?

a)

Kolkata

b)

New Delhi

c)

Bangalore

d)

Mumbai

43.

Which Australian state has its capital at Sydney?

a)

Queensland

b)

Victoria

c)

New South Wales

d)

Western Australia

44.

Which vast region of Australia is dominated by inhospitable natural landscapes?

a)

Great Dividing Range

b)

Outback

c)

Nullarbor Plain

d)

Kimberley

45.

Fill in the blank: The capital of New South Wales is ______.

a)

Brisbane

b)

Sydney

c)

Melbourne

d)

Perth

46.

Which line divides one calendar day from the next, crossing parts of Oceania?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

International Date Line

47.

A world-famous opera house is located in the harbor of which Australian city?

a)

Perth

b)

Brisbane

c)

Sydney

d)

Melbourne

48.

Which explorer named the strait separating New Zealand’s North and South Islands?

a)

Abel Tasman

b)

James Cook (Correct)

c)

Willem Janszoon

d)

Matthew Flinders

49.

Which island, also known as Rapa Nui, belongs to Chile but is part of Polynesia?

a)

Easter Island

b)

Tasmania

c)

Stewart Island

d)

Guadalcanal

50.

Which islands, administered by Ecuador, are famous for Charles Darwin’s evolutionary studies?

a)

Falkland Islands

b)

Galápagos Islands

c)

Canary Islands

d)

Marshall Islands

51.

Which strait, repeated here, divides New Zealand’s North and South Islands, named by James Cook?

a)

Bass Strait

b)

Cook Strait

c)

Foveaux Strait

d)

Torres Strait

52.

Which island, repeated here, is known for its moai statues and belongs to Chile?

a)

Galápagos

b)

Easter Island (Correct)

c)

Tahiti

d)

Hawaii

53.

Which is one of several European microstates, alongside San Marino, Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, and Malta?

a)

Vatican City

b)

Cyprus

c)

Luxembourg

d)

Monaco

54.

Which Italian city, built on a lagoon, is threatened by rising sea levels?

a)

Florence

b)

Venice

c)

Rome

d)

Naples

55.

Fill in the blank: The _______ is a line that divides one calendar day from the next, crossing parts of Oceania.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

d)

International Date Line

56.

Which city is Portugal's capital, home to the Vasco da Gama Bridge?

a)

Porto

b)

Lisbon

c)

Coimbra

d)

Faro

57.

Which river in Paris underwent a clean-up effort ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics?

a)

Rhine

b)

Thames

c)

Rhone

d)

Seine

58.

Fill in the blank: The capital of Denmark connected to Malmö, Sweden, by the Öresund Bridge is ____.

a)

Aarhus

b)

Odense

c)

Copenhagen

d)

Aalborg

59.

Which Italian region is renowned for cuisine and art, especially in Pisa and Florence?

a)

Veneto

b)

Lazio

c)

Tuscany

d)

Piedmont

60.

Which city, capital of Iceland, is the northernmost national capital in the world?

a)

Oslo

b)

Helsinki

c)

Nuuk

d)

Reykjavik

61.

Which Balkan country, bordered by Ukraine and Hungary, is on this list?

a)

Romania

b)

Serbia

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Croatia

62.

Which small Central European country borders Austria and Switzerland, making it the smallest country to border two others?

a)

Slovenia

b)

Luxembourg

c)

Liechtenstein

d)

Andorra

63.

Which city in France hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics?

a)

Marseille

b)

Lyon

c)

Bordeaux

d)

Paris

64.

Which city, formerly called Leningrad, is Russia’s second-largest, located on the Neva River?

a)

Vladivostok

b)

St. Petersburg

c)

Nizhny Novgorod

d)

Yekaterinburg

65.

Which small Scandinavian country, north of Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein, has Copenhagen as its capital?

a)

Norway

b)

Sweden

c)

Denmark

d)

Finland

66.

Which peak, on the border of France and Italy, is the highest mountain in the Alps?

a)

Matterhorn

b)

Mont Blanc

c)

Eiger

d)

Grossglockner

67.

Which region is Italy’s largest and the biggest Mediterranean island, with Palermo as its capital?

a)

Sardinia

b)

Sicily

c)

Corsica

d)

Crete

68.

Which city is Hungary's capital, home to St. Stephen’s Cathedral and the Chain Bridge?

a)

Debrecen

b)

Szeged

c)

Miskolc

d)

Budapest

69.

Which is the world's oldest republic, located on Mount Titano and entirely surrounded by Italy?

a)

Monaco

b)

Andorra

c)

San Marino

d)

Liechtenstein

70.

Which Maryland city is home to the Francis Scott Key Bridge?

a)

Annapolis

b)

Frederick

c)

Baltimore

d)

Ocean City

71.

Which U.S. city, the capital of Oklahoma, is associated with a plan designed by I.M. Pei?

a)

Tulsa

b)

Norman

c)

Lawton

d)

Oklahoma City

72.

Which three states border Lake Erie along with Pennsylvania?

a)

Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio

b)

New York, West Virginia, and Ohio

c)

Michigan, New York, and Ohio

d)

New York, Illinois, and Ohio

73.

Which state’s panhandle includes Coeur d’Alene and Moscow?

a)

Idaho

b)

Washington

c)

Montana

d)

Oregon

74.

Which river feeds into Chesapeake Bay between Virginia and Maryland, with Washington, DC on its banks?

a)

James River

b)

Delaware River

c)

Potomac River

d)

Susquehanna River

75.

Which location is the southernmost point of Florida, the Florida Keys, and the contiguous 48 states?

a)

Naples

b)

Miami

c)

Key West

d)

Jacksonville

76.

Which geyser is located in Yellowstone National Park?

a)

Steamboat Geyser

b)

Old Faithful

c)

Castle Geyser

d)

Riverside Geyser

77.

Which city sits at the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, across from Marin County?

a)

Oakland

b)

San Jose

c)

Fremont

d)

San Francisco

78.

Which U.S. state hosts NFL teams in Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa?

a)

Georgia

b)

Florida

c)

Alabama

d)

Mississippi

79.

Fill in the blank: The city of _______ is home to the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

a)

Annapolis

b)

Frederick

c)

Baltimore

d)

Ocean City

80.

Which city is the most populous in Tennessee and its capital, known for country music?

a)

Memphis

b)

Nashville

c)

Knoxville

d)

Chattanooga

81.

Which two Canadian cities in British Columbia include Vancouver and _________?

a)

Victoria

b)

Kamloops

c)

Kelowna

d)

Prince George

82.

Which citadel built by the Incas features a 'Sun Gate' at its entrance?

a)

Teotihuacan

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Chavín de Huántar

d)

Tikal

83.

Which city is both the largest in Mexico and the largest in North America?

a)

Guadalajara

b)

Monterrey

c)

Cancún

d)

Mexico City

84.

Which capital of Cuba hosts the Jose Marti memorial in the Plaza de la Revolución?

a)

Santiago de Cuba

b)

Camagüey

c)

Havana

d)

Holguín

85.

The Jose Marti memorial is located in the Plaza de la Revolución in which city?

a)

Santiago de Cuba

b)

Camagüey

c)

Havana

d)

Holguín