Geography 3

Question 1

Interval between two tides

Answer 1

12 hours and 26 min

Question 2

______ is the name of when the Sun, Moon and Earth are in a straight line.

Answer 2

Syzygy

Question 3

Type of tide when Sun, moon and earth are in a straight line

Answer 3

Spring tide

Question 4

Type of tide when Sun and moon are at right angles to the earth

Answer 4

Neap tide

Question 5

Straits in Asia

Answer 5

Strait of Malacca & Bering Strait

Question 6

Asia is separated from Europe by:

Answer 6

Black sea, Caspian sea, Ural mountains, Caucasus mountains and strait of Dardanelles

Question 7

World’s largest lake

Answer 7

Caspian Sea

• 5 times greater than Lake Superior

Question 8

Largest salt desert

Answer 8

Dast-e-Kavir

• located in North Iran

Question 9

Place in China for nuclear tests

Answer 9

Lop Nor Lake

• located in China

Question 10

Other names for Hwang Ho river in China

Answer 10

• China’s sorrow

- Yellow river

Question 11

Longest river of Asia

Answer 11

Yangtze Kiang

Question 12

______ is the only landlocked country in South-East Asian Peninsula

Answer 12

Laos

Question 13

Largest archipelago in the world

Answer 13

Indonesia

• group of islands

Question 14

________ aka lifeline of Myanmar

Answer 14

Irrawaddy river

Question 15

Most saline water body in Asia

Answer 15

Lake Van of Turkey

Question 16

Land of mountains and rivers

Answer 16

Myanmar

Question 17

Country of Canals

Answer 17

Pakistan

Question 18

Land of the rising sun

Answer 18

Japan

Question 19

Third largest saltiest water body

Answer 19

Dead Sea

• landlocked sea

Question 20

Japanese cities famous for electrical instruments, precision instruments, textiles, automobile & ship building respectively

Answer 20

Electrical instruments - Tokyo 
Precision instruments - Yokohama
Textiles - Osaka 
Automobiles - Nagoya 
Ship building - Nagasaki

Question 21

Lowest point in Africa

Answer 21

Lake Assal

Question 22

______ is a continent that is entirely a plateau.

Answer 22

Africa

Question 23

_______ continent belongs to all 4 hemispheres.

Answer 23

Africa

Question 24

Africa is also known as _______.

Answer 24

Dark Continent

• because parts of it were still unknown to outsiders until last century

Question 25

Largest lake in Africa

Answer 25

Lake Victoria - source of While Nile river - equator passes through it - located between Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania

Question 26

_____ is a manmade lake in Africa.

Answer 26

Nasser Lake - between Sudan and Egypt

Question 27

_____ river cuts equator twice.

Answer 27

Congo

Question 28

_____ river cuts the Tropic of Capricorn twice.

Answer 28

Limpopo river

Question 29

Hottest place in the world

Answer 29

Al-Aziziyah, Libya - 58°C

Question 30

_______ are Africa's oldest races

Answer 30

Kalahari Bushmen - in Kalahari desert

Question 31

Famous language of Africa

Answer 31

Swahili

Question 32

Highest point in North America

Answer 32

Meckinley

Question 33

Lowest point in North America

Answer 33

Death Valley

Question 34

_______ separates N. America from Siberia

Answer 34

Bering Strait

Question 35

Second largest country in the world

Answer 35

Canada

Question 36

Country with the largest coastline

Answer 36

Canada

Question 37

Boundary between Canada and USA

Answer 37

49° latitude - longest boundary

Question 38

Largest sweet water lake in the world

Answer 38

Lake Superior

Question 39

Largest producer of newsprint in the world

Answer 39

Canada

Question 40

Deserts in South America

Answer 40

Atacama and Patagonia

Question 41

Highest active volcano in South America

Answer 41

Cotopaxi

Question 42

Only landlocked countries in S. America

Answer 42

Bolivia and Paraguay

Question 43

Most fertile region of South America

Answer 43

Pampas - has the Alfa-Alfa grasses

Question 44

Places that comprise of Latin America

Answer 44

South America, Mexico, Central America and West Indies

Question 45

Highest waterfall in the world

Answer 45

Angel Falls, Venezuela

Question 46

Largest river by volume

Answer 46

Amazon River - second largest in the world, after Nile

Question 47

Longest mountain range of the world

Answer 47

Andes

Question 48

Highest commercially navigable lake

Answer 48

Lake Titicaca

Question 49

Driest place on Earth

Answer 49

Atacama desert

Question 50

Savannah grasslands in South America

Answer 50

Llanos & Campos

Question 51

______ has the worlds largest reserves of iron.

Answer 51

Brazil - in Serra dos carrajas hills

Question 52

_____ is largest coffee producer in the world.

Answer 52

Brazil - aka coffee bowl of the world

Question 53

Lowest point in Europe

Answer 53

Caspian Sea

Question 54

Highest point in Europe

Answer 54

Mt. Elbrus

Question 55

Strait in Europe

Answer 55

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 56

____ is the biggest and richest coal field in Europe.

Answer 56

Ruhr, Germany

Question 57

World's largest island

Answer 57

Greenland

Question 58

Baltic states

Answer 58

Estonia, Lithuania & Latvia

Question 59

Scandinavian countries

Answer 59

Norway, Iceland, Sweden & Denmark

Question 60

_____ is the world's most Northerly capital

Answer 60

Reykjavik

Question 61

____ is known as the key to the Baltic.

Answer 61

Copenhagen - capital of Denmark

Question 62

Land of forests and lakes

Answer 62

Finalnd

Question 63

UK is self-sufficient in ____.

Answer 63

Petrol

Question 64

Smallest country in the world

Answer 64

Vatican City

Question 65

Highest point in Australia

Answer 65

Mt Kusciusko

Question 66

Lowest point in Australia

Answer 66

Lake Eyre

Question 67

_____ is the only continent that is also a country.

Answer 67

Australia

Question 68

____ is aka Forgotten land

Answer 68

Australia - Discovered by Captain Cook

Question 69

First European to discover New Zealand

Answer 69

Abel Tasman

Question 70

Only active volcano in Antarctica

Answer 70

Mt. Erebus