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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. The Musandam Peninsula
- B. The Valdés Peninsula
- C. The Sinai Peninsula
- D. The Cape Peninsula
Explanation: The Cape of Good Hope sits at the tip of South Africa's Cape Peninsula.
Correct answer: The Cape Peninsula- A. Cape Town
- B. Durban
- C. Johannesburg
- D. Pretoria
Explanation: Cape Town nestles on the Cape Peninsula beneath Table Mountain.
Correct answer: Cape Town- A. Ferdinand Magellan
- B. Bartolomeu Dias
- C. Pedro Álvares Cabral
- D. Vasco da Gama
Explanation: Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488.
Correct answer: Bartolomeu Dias- A. The Cape of Gold
- B. The Cape of Winds
- C. The Cape of Storms
- D. The Cape of Hope
Explanation: Dias originally called it the Cape of Storms after the rough seas; Portugal's king renamed it for optimism.
Correct answer: The Cape of Storms- A. Chile
- B. Argentina
- C. Peru
- D. Uruguay
Explanation: Cape Horn lies in southern Chile at the tip of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago.
Correct answer: Chile- A. Navarino Island
- B. Hornos Island
- C. Wellington Island
- D. Chiloé Island
Explanation: Cape Horn is the southern headland of Hornos Island in Chile.
Correct answer: Hornos Island- A. It is on the Antarctic mainland
- B. Yes
- C. No — it lies on an island
- D. Yes, at the mainland's tip
Explanation: Cape Horn is on Hornos Island, south of the mainland's tip.
Correct answer: No — it lies on an island- A. The Strait of Magellan
- B. The Beagle Channel
- C. The Le Maire Strait
- D. The Drake Passage
Explanation: The Drake Passage runs between Cape Horn and Antarctica.
Correct answer: The Drake Passage- A. Cape Froward
- B. Punta Arenas
- C. Puerto Williams
- D. Cape Horn
Explanation: Cape Froward in Chile is the southernmost point of the South American mainland.
Correct answer: Cape Froward- A. Cape Baba
- B. Cape Chelyuskin
- C. Cape Dezhnev
- D. Cape Piai
Explanation: Cape Dezhnev in Russia's Chukotka is mainland Asia's easternmost point.
Correct answer: Cape Dezhnev- A. Cape Dezhnev
- B. Cape Severnaya
- C. Cape Fligely
- D. Cape Chelyuskin
Explanation: Cape Chelyuskin on Siberia's Taymyr Peninsula is mainland Asia's northernmost point.
Correct answer: Cape Chelyuskin- A. Cape Guardafui
- B. Cape Rachado
- C. Cape Delgado
- D. Cape Comorin
Explanation: Kanyakumari was long known in English as Cape Comorin.
Correct answer: Cape Comorin- A. Tamil Nadu
- B. Andhra Pradesh
- C. Kerala
- D. Karnataka
Explanation: Kanyakumari sits at the southern tip of Tamil Nadu.
Correct answer: Tamil Nadu- A. Cape Byron
- B. Cape York
- C. Steep Point
- D. Cape Leeuwin
Explanation: Cape York at the tip of Cape York Peninsula is mainland Australia's northernmost point.
Correct answer: Cape York- A. Cape Moreton
- B. Point Hicks
- C. Cape Byron
- D. Cape York
Explanation: Cape Byron in New South Wales is the easternmost point of mainland Australia.
Correct answer: Cape Byron- A. Shark Bay
- B. Cape Leeuwin
- C. Cape Inscription
- D. Steep Point
Explanation: Steep Point in Western Australia is the mainland's westernmost point.
Correct answer: Steep Point- A. South Point on Wilsons Promontory
- B. South East Cape
- C. Cape Otway
- D. Point Danger
Explanation: South Point on Wilsons Promontory in Victoria is mainland Australia's southern tip.
Correct answer: South Point on Wilsons Promontory- A. California
- B. Florida
- C. Virginia
- D. Texas
Explanation: Cape Canaveral on Florida's Atlantic coast hosts major space launch sites.
Correct answer: Florida- A. Connecticut
- B. Maine
- C. Massachusetts
- D. Rhode Island
Explanation: The hook-shaped Cape Cod peninsula lies in Massachusetts.
Correct answer: Massachusetts- A. North Carolina
- B. Virginia
- C. Georgia
- D. South Carolina
Explanation: Cape Hatteras on North Carolina's Outer Banks is famed for shipwrecks and storms.
Correct answer: North Carolina