What is the more common name for the winds that are sometimes called the Anti-trades?
A.Cyclones
B.The North Winds
C.The East Winds
D.The Westerlies
Category: General Geography Mcqs
What meridian is the International Date Line?
A.The 180? meridian.
B.The 0? meridian.
C.The 90? meridian.
D.The 135? meridian.
What is the approximate Russian equivalent of the prairie?
A.Siberian plain
B.Taiga
C.Tundra
D.Steppes
What is peninsula?
A.A narrow bit of land.
B.A mountainous island.
C.A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.
D.A range of hills.
Where is the greatest ocean depth found?
A.In the Atlantic.
B.In the Dead Sea.
C.In the Indian Ocean.
D.The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
Excluding Australia, generally treated as a continent, which is the largest island in the world?
A.Greenland
B.Madagascar
C.Hispaniola
D.Britain
What is a more precise geogrphical name for a tableland?
A.A hill
B.A headland
C.A plateau
D.A mountain
What are permeable rocks?
A.They soak up water
B.They are oil-bearing rocks.
C.They are porous rocks.
D.They allow water to pass through them easily.
Outside the Mediterranean region, where else is a Mediterranean climate found?
A.The Japanese and Chinese coasts.
B.The Souththern coast of Australia and parts of the western coast of North and South America.
C.The East coast of North America.
D.The North Atlantic coast of Africa.
What is the time difference for every degree of longitude?
A.Eight minutes
B.Ten minutes
C.Four minutes
D.Twelve minutes
