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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 Pacific, Southern and Arctic oceans
- B. The Atlantic, Indian and Southern oceans
- C. The Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans
- D. The Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans
Explanation: The Equator passes through the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
Correct answer: The Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans- A. The Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean
- B. The Southern Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
- C. The Indian Ocean and the Arctic Ocean
- D. The Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Southern Ocean lies wholly south of the Equator and the Arctic Ocean wholly north of it.
Correct answer: The Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean- A. The Southern Ocean
- B. The Indian Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Atlantic Ocean
Explanation: The Arabian Sea is a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean.
Correct answer: The Indian Ocean- A. The Pacific Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Indian Ocean
- D. The Southern Ocean
Explanation: The Bay of Bengal is part of the northeastern Indian Ocean.
Correct answer: The Indian Ocean- A. The Atlantic Ocean basin
- B. The Southern Ocean basin
- C. The Indian Ocean basin
- D. The Pacific Ocean basin
Explanation: The Caribbean Sea belongs to the Atlantic Ocean basin.
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean basin- A. The Arctic Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Atlantic Ocean
- D. The Indian Ocean
Explanation: The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. The Atlantic Ocean
- B. The Arctic Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Southern Ocean
Explanation: The Bering Sea is part of the northern Pacific Ocean.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. The Atlantic Ocean
- B. The Southern Ocean
- C. The Arctic Ocean
- D. The Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The Chukchi Sea, north of the Bering Strait, belongs to the Arctic Ocean.
Correct answer: The Arctic Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Pacific Ocean
- C. The Atlantic Ocean
- D. The Southern Ocean
Explanation: Both the Ross Sea and Weddell Sea are embayments of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Correct answer: The Southern Ocean- A. The Pacific and Arctic oceans, through the Bering and Chukchi seas
- B. The Atlantic and Indian oceans
- C. The Indian and Pacific oceans
- D. The Pacific and Atlantic oceans
Explanation: The Bering Strait joins the Pacific (via the Bering Sea) to the Arctic (via the Chukchi Sea).
Correct answer: The Pacific and Arctic oceans, through the Bering and Chukchi seas- A. The Pacific and Arctic oceans
- B. The Atlantic and Pacific oceans
- C. The Indian and Pacific oceans
- D. The Atlantic and Indian oceans
Explanation: The Panama Canal provides a direct link between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Correct answer: The Atlantic and Pacific oceans- A. The Southern Ocean
- B. The Indian Ocean
- C. The Atlantic Ocean
- D. The Pacific Ocean
Explanation: The Hawaiian Islands lie in the central Pacific Ocean.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Southern Ocean
Explanation: The Maldives archipelago lies in the central Indian Ocean.
Correct answer: The Indian Ocean- A. The Indian Ocean
- B. The Atlantic Ocean
- C. The Pacific Ocean
- D. The Arctic Ocean
Explanation: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge runs down the centre of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
Correct answer: The Atlantic Ocean- A. The Atlantic Ocean basin
- B. The Arctic Ocean basin
- C. The Pacific Ocean basin
- D. The Indian Ocean basin
Explanation: The Ring of Fire is the belt of volcanoes and earthquakes ringing the Pacific basin.
Correct answer: The Pacific Ocean basin- A. The Gulf Stream
- B. The Agulhas Current
- C. The Kuroshio Current
- D. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Explanation: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current circles Antarctica eastward, connecting all three major ocean basins.
Correct answer: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current- A. The Arabian Peninsula
- B. The Indochina Peninsula
- C. The Scandinavian Peninsula
- D. The Iberian Peninsula
Explanation: The Arabian Peninsula, occupied mainly by Saudi Arabia and neighbouring states, is the world's largest peninsula.
Correct answer: The Arabian Peninsula- A. Greece
- B. The Philippines
- C. Indonesia
- D. Japan
Explanation: Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, is the largest archipelagic state in the world.
Correct answer: Indonesia- A. Australia
- B. Russia
- C. Norway
- D. Canada
Explanation: Canada's coastline, with its many inlets, bays and Arctic islands, is the longest of any country in the world.
Correct answer: Canada- A. The Bay of Fundy, Canada
- B. The Bay of Bengal, India
- C. Cook Inlet, Alaska
- D. The Bristol Channel, UK
Explanation: The Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia experiences tides of up to about 16 metres, the highest tidal range on Earth.
Correct answer: The Bay of Fundy, Canada