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World Geography covers continents, oceans, major rivers, lakes, mountains, deserts, islands, straits and canals, along with countries, capitals, borders and time zones. It also includes climate regions, natural resources, population distribution and important physical features, distinguishing physical geography from political geography.
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- A. Durban
- B. Port Elizabeth
- C. East London
- D. Cape Town
Explanation: Cape Town nestles beneath the flat-topped Table Mountain on the Cape Peninsula.
Correct answer: Cape Town- A. Lamu
- B. Mombasa
- C. Nairobi
- D. Kisumu
Explanation: Mombasa is Kenya's chief seaport on the Indian Ocean.
Correct answer: Mombasa- A. Osaka
- B. Kobe
- C. Yokohama
- D. Nagoya
Explanation: Yokohama, Japan's largest port, lies on Tokyo Bay just south of the capital.
Correct answer: Yokohama- A. Mukalla
- B. Mocha
- C. Aden
- D. Hodeidah
Explanation: Aden guards the Bab el-Mandeb entrance to the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aden.
Correct answer: Aden- A. Adrianople
- B. Smyrna
- C. Byzantium only
- D. Constantinople
Explanation: Istanbul was Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine and then Ottoman empires, until the Turkish Republic renamed it.
Correct answer: Constantinople- A. Bombay
- B. Madras
- C. Calcutta
- D. Poona
Explanation: Mumbai was officially renamed from Bombay in 1995.
Correct answer: Bombay- A. Trivandrum
- B. Madras
- C. Cochin
- D. Bombay
Explanation: Chennai was renamed from Madras in 1996.
Correct answer: Madras- A. Cuttack
- B. Dhaka
- C. Calcutta
- D. Patna
Explanation: Kolkata was officially renamed from Calcutta in 2001.
Correct answer: Calcutta- A. Peking
- B. Nanking
- C. Canton
- D. Hankow
Explanation: Beijing was long written "Peking" in the West before pinyin spelling became standard.
Correct answer: Peking- A. Hue
- B. Saigon
- C. Da Nang
- D. Hanoi
Explanation: Saigon was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after Vietnam's reunification in 1976.
Correct answer: Saigon- A. Moulmein
- B. Mandalay
- C. Rangoon
- D. Bago
Explanation: Myanmar's former capital Yangon was called Rangoon under British rule.
Correct answer: Rangoon- A. Stalingrad
- B. Sverdlovsk
- C. Volgograd
- D. Leningrad
Explanation: St Petersburg was renamed Leningrad after Lenin's death in 1924 and kept the name until 1991.
Correct answer: Leningrad- A. Stalingrad
- B. Kuibyshev
- C. Gorky
- D. Leningrad
Explanation: Volgograd was Stalingrad from 1925 to 1961, site of the decisive World War II battle.
Correct answer: Stalingrad- A. Medan
- B. Batavia
- C. Surabaya
- D. Semarang
Explanation: The Dutch East India Company founded Batavia in 1619; it became Jakarta after Indonesian independence.
Correct answer: Batavia- A. Bulawayo
- B. Victoria Falls
- C. Salisbury
- D. Mutare
Explanation: Zimbabwe's capital Harare was called Salisbury under British colonial rule.
Correct answer: Salisbury- A. Léopoldville
- B. Elizabethville
- C. Brazzaville
- D. Stanleyville
Explanation: Kinshasa, capital of the DR Congo, was Léopoldville under Belgian rule, named for King Leopold II.
Correct answer: Léopoldville- A. Nara
- B. Edo
- C. Kyoto
- D. Osaka
Explanation: Tokyo was the shogun's city of Edo until the 1868 Meiji Restoration renamed it Tokyo.
Correct answer: Edo- A. The Lesser Antilles
- B. The Bahamas
- C. The Greater Antilles
- D. The Virgin Islands
Explanation: The Greater Antilles are the four large islands of the northern Caribbean.
Correct answer: The Greater Antilles- A. The ABC Islands
- B. The Windward Islands only
- C. The Greater Antilles
- D. The Lesser Antilles
Explanation: The arc of the Lesser Antilles curves along the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea.
Correct answer: The Lesser Antilles- A. The Arctic Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Indian Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Bahamas lie in the western Atlantic, north of Cuba.
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean