Geography Records & Extremes

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1.What is the study and making of maps called?
- A. Topography
- B. Cartography
- C. Geology
- D. Astronomy
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Cartography
Did you know? A cartographer is a person who makes maps.
2.Which map projection is famous for making Greenland look huge?
- A. Robinson projection
- B. Mercator projection
- C. Globe
- D. Peters projection
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Mercator projection
Did you know? The Mercator projection stretches areas near the poles.
3.Which mountain is usually ranked as the world's largest volcano by volume?
- A. Mount Fuji
- B. Kilimanjaro
- C. Mount Etna
- D. Mauna Loa
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Mauna Loa
Did you know? Mauna Loa makes up about half of Hawaii's Big Island.
4.Which line of longitude is defined as 0 degrees?
- A. Tropic of Cancer
- B. Prime Meridian
- C. Equator
- D. International Date Line
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Prime Meridian
Did you know? The Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich, London.
5.Which pole stands on a continent?
- A. Equator
- B. North Pole
- C. Prime Meridian
- D. South Pole
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South Pole
Did you know? The South Pole sits on the Antarctic ice sheet.
6.Which country spans the most time zones when overseas territories are counted?
- A. United Kingdom
- B. France
- C. United States
- D. Russia
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France
Did you know? With its territories, France covers 12 or more time zones.
7.Which continent has the most countries?
- A. Europe
- B. North America
- C. Africa
- D. Asia
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Africa
Did you know? Africa has more than 50 countries.
8.What is the largest bay in the world?
- A. Bay of Bengal
- B. Gulf of Guinea
- C. Bay of Biscay
- D. Hudson Bay
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Bay of Bengal
Did you know? The Bay of Bengal lies off the east coast of India.
9.What is the largest lake island in the world?
- A. Prince Edward Island
- B. Manitoulin Island
- C. Vancouver Island
- D. Baffin Island
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Manitoulin Island
Did you know? Manitoulin Island lies in Lake Huron, Canada.
10.What is located at 90 degrees north latitude?
- A. Equator
- B. South Pole
- C. Prime Meridian
- D. North Pole
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North Pole
Did you know? The North Pole lies in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.
11.Which country has the most time zones on its mainland?
- A. China
- B. United States
- C. Russia
- D. Canada
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Russia
Did you know? Mainland Russia spans 11 time zones.
12.Which country has the most pyramids?
- A. Peru
- B. Sudan
- C. Egypt
- D. Mexico
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Sudan
Did you know? Sudan has more than 200 pyramids, mostly in Nubia.
13.Which ocean is the smallest?
- A. Arctic Ocean
- B. Southern Ocean
- C. Indian Ocean
- D. Atlantic Ocean
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Arctic Ocean
Did you know? The Arctic Ocean lies around the North Pole.
14.What is the world's largest peninsula?
- A. Arabian Peninsula
- B. Iberian Peninsula
- C. Indian Peninsula
- D. Scandinavian Peninsula
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Arabian Peninsula
Did you know? The Arabian Peninsula lies between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
15.What is the deepest lake in the United States?
- A. Lake Michigan
- B. Lake Tahoe
- C. Crater Lake
- D. Lake Superior
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Crater Lake
Did you know? Crater Lake fills a volcanic caldera in Oregon.
16.Which line marks where each calendar day officially begins?
- A. Equator
- B. Prime Meridian
- C. Tropic of Capricorn
- D. International Date Line
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International Date Line
Did you know? Crossing the date line changes the date by one day.
17.Which is the oldest university in Europe in continuous operation?
- A. University of Paris
- B. University of Oxford
- C. University of Bologna
- D. University of Cambridge
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University of Bologna
Did you know? The University of Bologna was founded in 1088.
18.Which continent is the largest by land area?
- A. North America
- B. Asia
- C. Africa
- D. Europe
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Asia
Did you know? Asia covers about 30% of Earth's land area.
19.Which mountain range runs down the spine of Italy?
- A. Alps
- B. Carpathians
- C. Apennines
- D. Pyrenees
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Apennines
Did you know? The Apennines run from north to south through Italy.
20.What is the imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude called?
- A. Arctic Circle
- B. Tropic of Cancer
- C. Equator
- D. Prime Meridian
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Equator
Did you know? The Equator divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
21.Which is often cited as the oldest continuously inhabited capital city?
- A. Damascus
- B. Rome
- C. Athens
- D. Cairo
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Damascus
Did you know? Damascus has been inhabited for thousands of years.
22.What is the deepest ocean trench?
- A. Puerto Rico Trench
- B. Tonga Trench
- C. Java Trench
- D. Mariana Trench
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Mariana Trench
Did you know? The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific.
23.Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
- A. Canada
- B. Russia
- C. Australia
- D. Indonesia
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Canada
Did you know? Canada's Arctic islands give it a coastline of over 200,000 km.
24.Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia?
- A. Atlantic Ocean
- B. Pacific Ocean
- C. Indian Ocean
- D. Southern Ocean
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Indian Ocean
Did you know? The Indian Ocean is the warmest ocean.
25.What is the largest salt flat in the world?
- A. Bonneville Salt Flats
- B. Great Salt Lake
- C. Etosha Pan
- D. Salar de Uyuni
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Salar de Uyuni
Did you know? Salar de Uyuni lies in southwest Bolivia.
26.Which continent is the smallest by land area?
- A. Australia
- B. Europe
- C. Antarctica
- D. South America
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Australia
Did you know? Australia is sometimes called an island continent.
27.Which country was first to use paper money?
- A. India
- B. China
- C. Italy
- D. United States
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China
Did you know? Paper money first appeared in Song-dynasty China.
28.What is the world's largest rainforest?
- A. Borneo Rainforest
- B. Congo Rainforest
- C. Amazon Rainforest
- D. Daintree Rainforest
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Amazon Rainforest
Did you know? The Amazon Rainforest lies mostly in Brazil.
29.What is the world's largest sand desert (erg)?
- A. Rub' al Khali
- B. Namib
- C. Kalahari
- D. Sahara
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Rub' al Khali
Did you know? Rub' al Khali, the "Empty Quarter", covers much of southern Arabia.
30.Which mountain range separates France from Spain?
- A. Pyrenees
- B. Carpathians
- C. Apennines
- D. Alps
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Pyrenees
Did you know? The tiny country of Andorra lies in the Pyrenees.
31.Including polar regions, which desert is the largest in the world?
- A. Antarctic Desert
- B. Gobi
- C. Arabian Desert
- D. Sahara
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Antarctic Desert
Did you know? The Antarctic Polar Desert is larger than the Sahara.
32.Which two continents does Russia span?
- A. Europe and Asia
- B. Europe and North America
- C. Asia and North America
- D. Europe and Africa
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Europe and Asia
Did you know? Russia is traditionally divided by the Ural Mountains.
33.Which continent is crossed by the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
- A. Africa
- B. South America
- C. Asia
- D. Oceania
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Africa
Did you know? Africa is the only continent crossed by both tropics and the Equator.
34.Which continent is the coldest?
- A. Europe
- B. Antarctica
- C. North America
- D. Asia
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Antarctica
Did you know? Temperatures in Antarctica have fallen below -80 °C.
35.Which country lies on both the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn?
- A. Indonesia
- B. Kenya
- C. Brazil
- D. Australia
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Brazil
Did you know? Brazil is crossed by the Equator in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn at São Paulo's latitude.
36.Which ocean is the largest?
- A. Indian Ocean
- B. Atlantic Ocean
- C. Arctic Ocean
- D. Pacific Ocean
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Pacific Ocean
Did you know? The Pacific covers about a third of Earth's surface.

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