Islands

Question 1

Name the 5 largest Islands in the World

Answer 1

1. Greenland 2. New Guinea 3. Borneo 4. Madagascar 5. Baffin

Question 2

The island of New Guinea is split between what 2 countries?

Answer 2

Papua New Guinea and Indonesia

Question 3

What 3 countries make up the island of Borneo

Answer 3

Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei

Question 4

The island of Hispaniola is shared by what 2 countries?

Answer 4

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Question 5

Large Island country on East side of Africa

Answer 5

Madagascar

Question 6

Following Greenland what is the largest island in North America located in Northern Canada?

Answer 6

Baffin Island

Question 7

The islands commonly known as the West Indies also go by which name?

Answer 7

Antilles

Question 8

These volcanic islands located in the mid North Atlantic are an autonomous region of Portugal and are located on the junction of the the North American, African and European tectonic plates.

Answer 8

Azores

Question 9

These islands referred to in the past as the Spice Islands are part of present day Indonesia.

Answer 9

Moluccas

Question 10

The giant tortoises of Aldabra live on an atoll in the island country that lies northeast of the Comoro Islands. Name this country.

a) Sri Lanka
b) Seychelles
c) Dominica

Answer 10

Seychelles

Question 11

What large island is located 200 miles northwest of Iceland?

Answer 11

Greenland

Question 12

What is Africa’s largest island?

Answer 12

Madagascar

Question 13

Which of these island groups are not in Africa?

a) Society
b) Comoros
c) Seychelles
d) Cape Verde

Answer 13

Society

Question 14

Fishing and sheep raising are the chief economic activities in a group of Danish islands that lie northwest of the Shetland Islands. Name these islands.

a) Orkney Islands
b) Faroe Islands
c) Channel Islands

Answer 14

Faroe Islands

Question 15

The South Shetland Islands, which are claimed by the United Kingdom, Chile, and Argentina, are off the coast of which continent?

Answer 15

Antarctica