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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. Settled rice farming
- B. Mining towns
- C. Nomadic herding
- D. Coastal fishing
Explanation: Mongolian steppe culture centres on nomadic herding of livestock.
Correct answer: Nomadic herding- A. The Canadian Prairies
- B. The Australian Outback
- C. The Argentine Pampas
- D. The Great Plains of the USA
Explanation: The Dust Bowl's dust storms devastated the US Great Plains in the 1930s.
Correct answer: The Great Plains of the USA- A. North American grasslands
- B. Australian downs
- C. Eurasian steppes
- D. African savannas
Explanation: Prairie dogs are burrowing rodents of the North American prairies.
Correct answer: North American grasslands- A. New Zealand's
- B. Australia's
- C. Tasmania's
- D. Fiji's
Explanation: New Zealand's South Island high country is known for tussock grasslands.
Correct answer: New Zealand's- A. Tundra
- B. Deserts
- C. Savannas
- D. Wetlands
Explanation: Steppes typically form the transition between forest zones and deserts.
Correct answer: Deserts- A. The Kruger ecosystem
- B. The Etosha ecosystem
- C. The Serengeti–Masai Mara ecosystem
- D. The Okavango Delta
Explanation: Over a million wildebeest migrate annually between Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara.
Correct answer: The Serengeti–Masai Mara ecosystem- A. Odisha
- B. West Bengal
- C. Bihar
- D. Assam
Explanation: Kaziranga in Assam protects the world's largest population of one-horned rhinos.
Correct answer: Assam- A. Hans Island
- B. Ellesmere Island
- C. Devon Island
- D. Baffin Island
Explanation: The 2022 treaty split Hans Island between Canada and Denmark, ending the "Whisky War".
Correct answer: Hans Island- A. Twenty-eight
- B. Thirty-two
- C. Forty
- D. Twenty-two
Explanation: The UN's landlocked developing countries group has 32 members.
Correct answer: Thirty-two- A. Upernavik
- B. Ilulissat
- C. Qaanaaq
- D. Tartupaluk
Explanation: The island's Greenlandic name is Tartupaluk.
Correct answer: Tartupaluk- A. the Kingdom of Denmark
- B. Russia
- C. the United States
- D. Norway
Explanation: The deal drew Canada's first land border with the Kingdom of Denmark (via Greenland).
Correct answer: the Kingdom of Denmark- A. Hudson Strait
- B. Nares Strait
- C. Davis Strait
- D. Lancaster Sound
Explanation: Tiny Hans Island sits mid-channel in the Nares Strait between Ellesmere Island and Greenland.
Correct answer: Nares Strait- A. Cod War
- B. Seal War
- C. Whisky War
- D. Ice War
Explanation: Canadian and Danish visitors left bottles of spirits on the island in the playful "Whisky War".
Correct answer: Whisky War- A. 24
- B. 44
- C. 32
- D. 56
Explanation: About 44 countries are landlocked; 32 of them are classed as landlocked developing countries.
Correct answer: 44- A. Nepal
- B. Maldives
- C. Sri Lanka
- D. Bangladesh
Explanation: Nepal, between India and China, is a classic landlocked developing country.
Correct answer: Nepal- A. Climate changes daily; weather is permanent
- B. Weather is short-term atmospheric conditions; climate is the average weather over about 30 years or more
- C. They are the same thing
- D. Weather is long-term; climate is short-term
Explanation: Weather describes day-to-day conditions, while climate is the long-term average pattern.
Correct answer: Weather is short-term atmospheric conditions; climate is the average weather over about 30 years or more- A. Alfred Wegener
- B. Charles Darwin
- C. Alexander von Humboldt
- D. Wladimir Köppen
Explanation: Wladimir Köppen's climate classification, later refined by Geiger, is the global standard.
Correct answer: Wladimir Köppen- A. 0°
- B. 66.5° N
- C. 23.5° S
- D. 23.5° N
Explanation: The Equator is the 0° latitude line dividing the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Correct answer: 0°- A. 0°
- B. About 23.5° N
- C. About 23.5° S
- D. About 66.5° N
Explanation: The Tropic of Cancer lies at roughly 23.5° north of the Equator.
Correct answer: About 23.5° N- A. About 23.5° N
- B. About 23.5° S
- C. 0°
- D. About 66.5° S
Explanation: The Tropic of Capricorn lies at roughly 23.5° south of the Equator.
Correct answer: About 23.5° S