Geography

Question 1

What is the largest landlocked sea?

Answer 1

Caspian Sea

Question 2

The Dead Sea lies between what two countries?

Answer 2

Jordan and Israel

Question 3

The ____ is directly west of India.

Answer 3

Arabian Sea

Question 4

Where is the Marianas Trench located?

Answer 4

Southeast of Guam

Question 5

The world’s tallest mountain is from base to peak is what?

Answer 5

Mauna Kea

Question 6

Which is the largest Ocean?

Answer 6

Pacific Ocean

Question 7

What is the highest point on earth?

Answer 7

Mt. Everest

Question 8

What sea is located between northern Africa and southern Europe?

Answer 8

Mediterranean

Question 9

What narrow gap seperates Morocco from a small British territory?

Answer 9

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 10

What body of water sits between Baja California and mainland Mexico?

Answer 10

Gulf of California or Sea of Cortés

Question 11

What sea sits between Italy and Croatia?

Answer 11

Adriatic Sea

Question 12

What canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?

Answer 12

Suez Canal

Question 13

What sea is situated between the sland of Sakhalin and the Kamchatka Peninsula?

Answer 13

Sea of Okhotsk

Question 14

What channel is located between Madagascar and Mozambique?

Answer 14

Mozambique Channel

Question 15

What sea is located between Greece and Turkey?

Answer 15

Aegean Sea

Question 16

Which bay is primarily surrounded by Myanmar and India?

Answer 16

Bay of Bengal

Question 17

Where are the Galapogos Islands located?

Answer 17

West of Ecuador

Question 18

What is the largest lake in the world, and in which country is it?

Answer 18

Lake Baikal, Russia

Question 19

What strait seperates the two islands of New Zealand?

Answer 19

Cook Strait

Question 20

What sea is immediately north of Eastern Alaska and Western Canada?

Answer 20

Beaufort Sea

Question 21

What lake sits between Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique?

Answer 21

Lake Nyasa

Question 22

What lake is primarily surrounded by Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Answer 22

Lake Tanganyika

Question 23

What body of water sits between Somalia and Yemen?

Answer 23

Gulf of Aden

Question 24

What body of water seperates Saudi Arabia from Iran?

Answer 24

Persian Gulf

Question 25

What body of water seperates Iceland and Greenland?

Answer 25

Denmark Strait

Question 26

What body of water sits north of the city of Archangelsk and south of the Kola Peninsula?

Answer 26

White Sea

Question 27

In which Ocean are the Seychelles located?

Answer 27

Indian Ocean

Question 28

What strait cuts through Patagonia?

Answer 28

Strait of Magellan

Question 29

What cape is located at the southern tip of South America?

Answer 29

Cape Horn

Question 30

What is the largest lake in Central America?

Answer 30

Lake Nicaragua

Question 31

What group of Islands controlled by the UK is located east of Patagonia?

Answer 31

Falkland Islands

Question 32

What landlocked sea located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is now mostly gone due to former Soviet irrigation projects?

Answer 32

Aral Sea

Question 33

What major river flows north from Canada into the Beaufort Sea?

Answer 33

Mackenzie River

Question 34

What is the largest river in South America?

Answer 34

Amazon River

Question 35

What large island group is located far north of Norway?

Answer 35

Svalbard (It is also the northernmost place in the world with a permanent population)

Question 36

What sea is between Sweden, Finland, and Europe?

Answer 36

The Baltic Sea

Question 37

Climate is primarily determined by \_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 37

Lattitude

Question 38

The Nile flows in what direction?

Answer 38

North

Question 39

The great lake contains \_\_% of the world's fresh water

Answer 39

20

Question 40

Asia is the largest of the world's continents, covering approximately \_\_% of the Earth's land area.

Answer 40

30

Question 41

What trench is the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 41

Puerto Rico Trench

Question 42

What is the longest, uninterrupted barrier island found in the U.S.?

Answer 42

Padre Island

Question 43

What is the largest landmass stradling a mid-ocean ridge?

Answer 43

Iceland

Question 44

What region is known by the nickname “Pirate Alley” due to the large amounts of pirate activity in the area?

Answer 44

The Gulf of Aden

Question 45

Name the strait which connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden and is known as the "Gate of Tears."

Answer 45

Bab el Mandeb (also acceptable are Mandab Strait or Mandib Strait)

Question 46

What unit of distance is approximately the length of one minute of latitude anywhere on Earth?

Answer 46

one nautical mile

Question 47

Where is the continental shelf the narrowest?

Answer 47

Off the coast of western South America.

Question 48

Why does Great Britain have a relatively mild climate?

Answer 48

The warm Gulf Stream moderates the climate.

Question 49

What area of the ocean was Columbus referring to when he wrote about a sea full of vegetation resembling pine branches so dense he thought it was shallow and the ships would run aground?

Answer 49

Sargasso Sea

Question 50

What bay in eastern Canada is known for its very large tidal range?

Answer 50

Bay of Fundy

Question 51

What canal crosses France connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

Answer 51

Canal du Midi