Global Locations Flashcards
This is a pack of 100 global location questions for Common Entrance revision
1
Q
Which country is Mt Fuji in?
A
Japan
2
Q
Canberra is the capital of…
A
Australia
3
Q
Name a lake in Central Africa
A
Lake Victoria is one answer
4
Q
Capital of the Republic of Ireland
A
Dublin
5
Q
Highest mountain in Alaska
A
Denali (formerly Mount McKinley)
6
Q
Ottawa is the capital of…?
A
Canada
7
Q
Sea to the east of Egypt?
A
Red Sea
8
Q
Line of Latitude that goes through northern Argentina?
A
Tropic of Capricorn
9
Q
Largest island in the Caribbean?
A
Cuba
10
Q
Santiago is the capital of…?
A
Chile
11
Q
Name a river that flows through Australia
A
The River Murray would be one answer
12
Q
What is the capital of Indonesia?
A
Jakarta
13
Q
Cape at the south of Africa
A
The Cape of Good Hope
14
Q
Volcano on the Argentine/Chilean border
A
Copahue
15
Q
Wellington is the capital of…?
A
New Zealand
16
Q
Capital of Libya?
A
Tripoli
17
Q
The River Yangtze flows through which major city?
A
Shanghai
18
Q
Major city in the west of India?
A
Mumbai
19
Q
Continent in which Zambezi River is?
A
Africa
20
Q
Ocean west of Mexico?
A
Pacific
21
Q
Line of Longitude through UK?
A
Greenwich Meridian
22
Q
Mountain range dividing European and Asian Russia?
A
The Ural Mountains
23
Q
Capital of Colombia?
A
Bogota
24
Q
Mt Etna is in which country?
A
Italy
25
Sea to the north of Tripoli?
Mediterranean
26
Lakes between USA and Canada?
The Great Lakes
27
New Delhi is the capital of…?
India
28
Sea between Singapore and the Philippines?
The South China Sea
29
Mountains between France and Spain?
The Pyrenees
30
Capital of Argentina?
Buenos Aires
31
Desert in northern China?
The Gobi Desert
32
Name a major river in France
The Seine is one answer you could use
33
What is the Tropic that goes through Saudi Arabia?
Tropic of Cancer
34
Capital of Hungary?
Budapest
35
Name a major river in India
The Ganges is one answer
36
Vienna is the capital of…?
Austria
37
37. Half an island to the north of Australia?
Papua New Guinea
38
Line of Latitude that goes through Madagascar?
Tropic of Capricorn
39
Capital of Bangladesh?
Dhaka
40
Name a volcano in Africa
Nyamuragira is one answer
41
The Caspian Sea is in which continent?
Eurasia
42
What is the name of the smaller island nation to the south of Cuba?
Jamaica
43
What is the capital of Iran?
Tehran
44
Name the major city on the central West Coast of the USA
Las Vegas
45
Addis Ababa is the capital of…?
Ethiopia
46
What is the sea to the south of the Ural Mountains?
Caspian Sea
47
Which countries are Chile’s northern neighbours? Name one.
1. Bolivia 2. Peru
48
What is the name of the mountains between India and China?
The Himalayas
49
What is the desert in South America?
The Atacama Desert
50
Name the Tropic that nearly goes through the Kalahari Desert.
Tropic of Capricorn
51
What is the capital of Jamaica?
Kingston
52
What is the neighbouring country to the east of India?
Bangladesh
53
Name a desert in south-western USA
You could answer with any one of these: 1. Great Basin 2. Mojave 3. Sonoran 4. Chihuahuan
54
Paris is the capital of…?
France
55
What is the ocean to the west of The Americas?
Pacific
56
Vancouver is a major city in…
Canada
57
What is the name of the gulf to the south east of Iraq?
The Persian Gulf
58
Singapore is just to the north of which country?
Indonesia
59
What are the mountains in Switzerland called?
The Alps
60
Amsterdam is the capital of…?
The Netherlands (you could also say, 'Holland')
61
Name the European river that flows into the Black Sea
The Danube
62
The Line of Latitude that goes through Hudson Bay?
The Arctic Circle
63
The capital of Venezuela?
Caracas
64
Which river flows into the Caribbean Sea?
The Orinoco
65
Hong Kong is the capital of…?
Hong Kong
66
What is the large island to the north west of the UK?
Iceland
67
The capital of Mexico is...
Mexico City
68
Tokyo is the capital of…?
Japan
69
The river that runs through Vienna
The Danube
70
The country to the south of the Black Sea
Turkey
71
What is the major city in eastern India?
Chennai
72
What is the capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
73
Name the Ocean to the east of USA
Atlantic
74
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
75
Name a country in Asia that lies on the Equator
1. The Maldives 2. Indonesia
76
What is the longest river in North America?
Missouri
77
What is the Tropic that goes through Mexico?
Tropic of Cancer
78
Name the capital of South Africa.
Cape Town
79
Name the Line of Latitude that goes through the mouth of the River Amazon.
The Equator
80
What is the canal that links the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean?
The Panama Canal
81
Lima is the capital of…
Peru
82
What is the capital of Sweden?
Stockholm
83
What is the last country that the River Nile flows through?
Egypt
84
Name a major river that runs through Southern France
The Rhone
85
Moscow is the capital of…
Russia
86
Name the major Canadian city to the north east of Ottawa?
Montreal
87
The St Lawrence River flows into which Ocean?
Atlantic
88
What is the Line of Latitude that goes through northern Russia?
The Arctic Circle
89
Name he capital of Brazil
Brasilia
90
Name a volcano in Mexico?
Colima is one answer, but there are several. You could also have answered, 'Popocatépetl'.
91
What is the major river in central western Africa?
The Niger
92
What is the southern most cape of South America?
Cape Horn
93
What is the capital of Kenya?
Nairobi
94
Name the sea to the south of the Ural Mountains
Caspian Sea
95
95. The Ocean into which the Congo/Zaire River flows?
Atlantic
96
Name the major city in the south west of South Africa
Cape Town
97
What is the river that flows through central and eastern China?
The Yangtze
98
What is the capital of Pakistan?
Islamabad
99
Name a desert in North America
1. Great Basin 2. Mojave 3. Sonoran 4. Chihuahuan
100
What is the line of Longitude to the east of New Zealand?
The International date line
