Free World Geography MCQs with Answers

• A. Hudson Bay
• B. The Gulf of Maine
• C. The Gulf of California
• D. The Gulf of Mexico

Explanation: The Mississippi ends in a bird's-foot delta on the Gulf of Mexico.

• A. The Ohio River
• B. The Missouri River
• C. The Arkansas River
• D. The Red River

Explanation: The Missouri, the longest US river, joins the Mississippi just north of St. Louis.

• A. The Snake River
• B. The Green River
• C. The Colorado River
• D. The Rio Grande

Explanation: The Colorado River cut the Grand Canyon through Arizona's plateau.

• A. The Brazos River
• B. The Colorado River
• C. The Pecos River
• D. The Rio Grande

Explanation: The Rio Grande forms much of the Texas–Mexico border.

• A. The St. Lawrence River
• B. The Hudson River
• C. The Ottawa River
• D. The Richelieu River

Explanation: The St. Lawrence carries Great Lakes water north-east to the Atlantic.

• A. The St. Clair River
• B. The Niagara River
• C. The Genesee River
• D. The Detroit River

Explanation: The Niagara River drops over Niagara Falls between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

• A. The Swan and Avon rivers
• B. The Brisbane and Fitzroy rivers
• C. The Murray and Darling rivers
• D. The Murrumbidgee and Lachlan rivers

Explanation: The Murray–Darling Basin is named for its two principal rivers.

• A. Barringer Crater, USA
• B. The Sudbury Basin, Canada
• C. The Chicxulub crater, Mexico
• D. The Vredefort impact structure, South Africa

Explanation: The Vredefort Dome, about 2 billion years old, is the largest verified impact structure on Earth.

• A. Lake Vänern
• B. Lake Ladoga, Russia
• C. Lake Geneva
• D. Lake Onega

Explanation: Lake Ladoga in north-west Russia (about 17,700 sq km) is Europe's largest lake.

• A. 4.5 billion years
• B. 66 million years
• C. 2 billion years
• D. 250 million years

Explanation: Vredefort formed around 2 billion years ago, among the oldest known impact structures.

• A. the formation of the Himalayas
• B. the last Ice Age
• C. the splitting of Pangaea
• D. the extinction of the dinosaurs

Explanation: The Chicxulub impact about 66 million years ago is linked to the dinosaur extinction.

• A. the largest volcanic crater in the USA
• B. an ancient copper mine
• C. the deepest canyon in the USA
• D. a well-preserved meteorite impact crater

Explanation: Arizona's Barringer Crater is one of the best-preserved impact sites on Earth.

• A. a giant ancient impact structure rich in nickel
• B. the source of the St. Lawrence
• C. the world's largest freshwater lake
• D. Canada's highest mountain

Explanation: Sudbury, Ontario, is one of Earth's largest impact structures and a major nickel-mining district.

• A. Lake Vänern
• B. Lake Onega
• C. Lake Geneva
• D. Lake Constance

Explanation: Lake Onega in north-west Russia is Europe's second-largest lake.

• A. second-largest lake
• B. fourth-largest lake
• C. third-largest lake
• D. largest lake

Explanation: After Ladoga and Onega, Sweden's Lake Vänern is Europe's third-largest lake.

• A. Mount Everest
• B. K2
• C. Kangchenjunga
• D. Lhotse

Explanation: Everest (8,849 m by the 2020 China–Nepal survey) is the highest point on Earth.

• A. Kangchenjunga
• B. K2
• C. Makalu
• D. Cho Oyu

Explanation: K2 (8,611 m) on the Pakistan–China border is the world's second-highest peak.

• A. Makalu
• B. Dhaulagiri
• C. Kangchenjunga
• D. Lhotse

Explanation: Kangchenjunga (8,586 m) on the India–Nepal border is the third-highest mountain.

• A. Sixteen
• B. Ten
• C. Twelve
• D. Fourteen

Explanation: There are fourteen eight-thousanders, all in the Himalaya–Karakoram region.

• A. Five
• B. Seven
• C. Nine
• D. Three

Explanation: Pakistan hosts five eight-thousanders: K2, Nanga Parbat, Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum II and Broad Peak.