Can You Still Pass Grade School Geography?

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Capital Of Australia—What Is It?

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Which Continent Has The Most Countries?

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Name The Largest Country By Land Area

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Which Ocean Is The Smallest By Area?

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Pick The Country Entirely Surrounded By South Africa

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Highest Mountain On Earth—Which Peak?

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Which River Flows Through Paris?

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The Iberian Peninsula Contains Which Pair?

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What Is The World’s Largest Hot Desert?

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Which Lake Is The Largest By Surface Area (Freshwater)?

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Name The Country With Ottawa As Capital

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Which Strait Connects The Mediterranean Sea To The Atlantic Ocean?

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Which Country Spans Europe And Asia Via The Ural Mountains?

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Largest Island Not Considered A Continent—Name It

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Which River Runs Through London?

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South American Rainforest Giant—Which One?

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Which Is The World’s Deepest Lake?

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Choose The Capital Of Japan

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Which Sea Lies Between Europe And Asia By Turkey?

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Where Is Mount Kilimanjaro Located?

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Which Country Has The Longest Coastline?

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Pick The River That Flows Through Cairo

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Which Country Is Known As The Land Of A Thousand Lakes?

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Name The Mountain Range Separating France And Spain

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Which Body Of Water Is A Landlocked Sea?

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Capital With The Highest Elevation—Which City?

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What Ocean Lies East Of Africa?

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Which Country Is An Island Nation South Of India?

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Name The World’s Longest Mountain Range On Land

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Which Country Contains The City Of Timbuktu?

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Which Desert Covers Parts Of Mongolia And China?

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Which City Sits On The Bosphorus Strait?

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Which Two Seas Does The Suez Canal Connect?

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The Great Barrier Reef Lies Off Which Coast?

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Which Country Is Completely Landlocked In South America?

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What Is The World’s Largest Cold Desert?

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Which River Runs Through Baghdad?

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Which Country Has The City Of Dubrovnik?

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Choose The Country With The City-State Vatican Inside

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Which Capital Lies On The Vistula River?

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Name The Strait Between Sicily And Mainland Italy

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Which Ocean Does The Panama Canal Connect The Atlantic To?

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Which Continent Has No Permanent Residents?

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Which Capital City Is Closest To The Equator?

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Name The River That Formed The Grand Canyon

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Which Country Shares Hispaniola With The Dominican Republic?

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Which City Is Split Into Buda And Pest?

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Which Two Countries Face Each Other Across The Bering Strait?

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The Prime Meridian Passes Through Which London District?

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Which Country Has Addis Ababa As Its Capital?

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Which Sea Separates Africa From The Arabian Peninsula?

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Which Country Owns Greenland?

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Identify The Country With The City Of Marrakesh

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Which River Is Sacred To Many In India?

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Which European Capital Lies Furthest North?

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Which Country Contains The City Of Cartagena On The Caribbean?

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Which River Runs Through Rome?

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Which Two Countries Are Connected By The Øresund Bridge?

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Which Island Nation Consists Mainly Of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, And Shikoku?

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Which African Country Was Formerly Called Zaire?

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Which Body Of Water Separates Southern England From Northern France?

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What Is The Southernmost Point Of Africa Called?

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Which River Empties Into The Mediterranean Near Alexandria?

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Which Country Is A Sovereign Enclave Within Italy?

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Which Asian Country Was Formerly Known As Burma?

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Which Country Has The City Of Fez?

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Which Desert Is The Driest Non-Polar Desert?

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Which Capital City Sits On The Danube And Sava Confluence?

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Which Country Has The City Of Oaxaca?

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Name The Line Of Latitude Crossing Northern Africa, India, And Mexico

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Which Country Borders The Most Others From These Options?

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Which African Lake Is The Longest Freshwater Lake?

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Which City Lies On The River Spree?

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Which Country Shares A Long Border With The United States Along The Rio Grande?

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Which Body Of Water Has The Lowest Land Elevation On Earth?

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Which River Flows Through Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, And Belgrade?

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Which Country Is Home To Mount Fuji?

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Which Peninsula Hosts The Country Of Qatar?

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Which Country Is Known As The Land Of The Rising Sun?

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Which Body Of Water Lies Between Saudi Arabia And Iran?

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Which Country Contains The City Of Lhasa?

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Which Country Has The Most Pyramids In Africa?

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Which Ocean Current Moderates Western Europe’s Climate?

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Which Country’s Parliament Sits In Cape Town?

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Angkor Wat, A Vast Temple Complex, Is In Which Country?

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Which Country’s Capital Is Hanoi?

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Which Country Contains The City Of Reykjavík?

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Petra, The Ancient City Carved In Rock, Is In Which Country?

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Which Continent Is Madagascar Closest To?

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Which Country Currently Has The Largest Population?

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Brisbane

2

Melbourne

3

Canberra

4

Sydney

Canberra was planned as the national capital and officially became Australia’s seat of government in 1913.

1

Europe

2

Africa

3

Asia

4

South America

Africa contains fifty-four recognized sovereign states, more than any other continent on Earth.

1

China

2

United States

3

Russia

4

Canada

Russia spans Eastern Europe and northern Asia, covering more than seventeen million square kilometers in total.

1

Arctic Ocean

2

Pacific Ocean

3

Indian Ocean

4

Atlantic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, surrounding the North Pole, is the world’s smallest and shallowest major ocean basin.

1

Botswana

2

Namibia

3

Eswatini

4

Lesotho

Lesotho is a sovereign enclave completely encircled by South African territory in southern Africa.

1

Lhotse

2

Mount Everest

3

Kangchenjunga

4

K2

Mount Everest in the Himalayas reaches 8,849 meters above sea level, the planet’s highest point.

1

Rhine

2

Danube

3

Loire

4

Seine

The Seine winds through central Paris, crossed by historic bridges and lined with iconic landmarks.

1

Italy And Slovenia

2

Spain And Portugal

3

France And Monaco

4

Greece And Albania

The Iberian Peninsula occupies Europe’s southwest corner and is primarily home to Spain and Portugal.

1

Sahara

2

Kalahari

3

Gobi

4

Arabian

The Sahara stretches across North Africa, making it the largest hot desert by area on Earth.

1

Lake Superior

2

Lake Michigan

3

Lake Victoria

4

Lake Baikal

Lake Superior, shared by the United States and Canada, has the greatest freshwater surface area globally.

1

Canada

2

Australia

3

United Kingdom

4

New Zealand

Ottawa sits on the Ontario–Quebec border and serves as Canada’s federal capital city.

1

Strait Of Gibraltar

2

Bosphorus

3

Dardanelles

4

Strait Of Messina

The Strait of Gibraltar lies between Spain and Morocco, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.

1

Azerbaijan

2

Turkey

3

Russia

4

Kazakhstan

Russia extends across the Ural Mountains, historically considered a dividing line between Europe and Asia.

1

New Guinea

2

Greenland

3

Madagascar

4

Borneo

Greenland is Earth’s biggest island, treated separately from the continental landmass of Australia.

1

Mersey

2

Thames

3

Clyde

4

Tyne

The River Thames flows eastward through London before emptying into the North Sea.

1

Congo Rainforest

2

Daintree Rainforest

3

Valdivian Temperate Rainforest

4

Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon Rainforest spans several South American countries and is the world’s largest tropical rainforest.

1

Crater Lake

2

Lake Baikal

3

Lake Vostok

4

Lake Tanganyika

Siberia’s Lake Baikal reaches about 1,642 meters deep and holds immense volumes of freshwater.

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Tokyo

2

Sapporo

3

Kyoto

4

Osaka

Tokyo is Japan’s bustling capital located on the eastern side of the island of Honshu.

1

North Sea

2

Barents Sea

3

Baltic Sea

4

Black Sea

The Black Sea borders Turkey to the south and several Eastern European nations to the north.

1

Uganda

2

Ethiopia

3

Tanzania

4

Kenya

Mount Kilimanjaro rises in northeastern Tanzania and is Africa’s highest free-standing mountain.

1

Australia

2

Indonesia

3

Canada

4

Russia

Canada’s indented shores along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans create the world’s longest national coastline.

1

Euphrates

2

Nile

3

Tigris

4

Jordan

Cairo, Egypt’s capital, sits on the Nile River, the longest in Africa.

1

Finland

2

Sweden

3

Estonia

4

Norway

Finland’s landscape contains countless lakes formed by glaciers, inspiring its famous nickname.

1

Pyrenees

2

Alps

3

Apennines

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Carpathians

The Pyrenees create a natural barrier along the border between France and Spain.

1

Sea Of Japan

2

Caspian Sea

3

Adriatic Sea

4

Caribbean Sea

The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest lake, entirely enclosed by land and without natural ocean outlets.

1

Bogotá

2

Addis Ababa

3

Quito

4

La Paz

La Paz, Bolivia’s administrative capital, sits around 3,650 meters above sea level in the Andes.

1

Arctic Ocean

2

Atlantic Ocean

3

Indian Ocean

4

Pacific Ocean

Africa’s eastern coastline meets the Indian Ocean from Somalia southward to South Africa.

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Maldives

2

Sri Lanka

3

Mauritius

4

Seychelles

Sri Lanka lies just off India’s southeastern tip, separated by the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar.

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Andes

2

Himalayas

3

Atlas

4

Rockies

The Andes run along South America’s western edge, forming the longest continental mountain range.

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Niger

2

Mali

3

Mauritania

4

Senegal

Timbuktu in Mali was historically a center for trade and Islamic scholarship in the Sahara.

1

Syrian

2

Gobi

3

Karakum

4

Thar

The Gobi spans northern China and southern Mongolia, featuring cold winters and sparse vegetation.

1

Sofia

2

Athens

3

Istanbul

4

Bucharest

Istanbul uniquely straddles Europe and Asia, divided by the Bosphorus Strait.

1

Baltic And North Sea

2

Mediterranean And Red Sea

3

Arabian And Persian Gulf

4

Black And Caspian Sea

The Suez Canal links the Mediterranean Sea at Port Said with the Red Sea at Suez.

1

India

2

Brazil

3

Australia

4

South Africa

Australia’s northeast coast hosts the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system.

1

Uruguay

2

Paraguay

3

Ecuador

4

Chile

Paraguay has no coastline, lying entirely inland in central South America.

1

Gobi Desert

2

Patagonian Desert

3

Antarctic Desert

4

Arctic Desert

Antarctica’s vast, frigid interior qualifies as the world’s largest cold desert by area.

1

Tigris

2

Indus

3

Jordan

4

Euphrates

Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, stands on the Tigris River, part of ancient Mesopotamia’s river system.

1

Slovenia

2

Bosnia And Herzegovina

3

Croatia

4

Montenegro

Dubrovnik is Croatia’s famed walled Adriatic city, known for its medieval Old Town.

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Switzerland

2

France

3

Austria

4

Italy

Vatican City is an independent microstate entirely within the city of Rome, Italy.

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Warsaw

2

Budapest

3

Prague

4

Vienna

Poland’s capital, Warsaw, is situated along the Vistula, the country’s longest river.

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Strait Of Messina

2

Strait Of Otranto

3

Dardanelles

4

Bosphorus

The Strait of Messina separates Sicily from the Italian Peninsula’s Calabria region.

1

Arctic Ocean

2

Pacific Ocean

3

Indian Ocean

4

Southern Ocean

The Panama Canal links the Atlantic Ocean, via the Caribbean Sea, with the Pacific Ocean across Central America.

1

Antarctica

2

Australia

3

North America

4

Europe

Antarctica hosts research stations but lacks an indigenous or permanent civilian population.

1

Jakarta

2

Nairobi

3

Kampala

4

Quito

Quito, Ecuador, lies just south of the equator at roughly zero point one eight degrees latitude.

1

Columbia River

2

Rio Grande

3

Snake River

4

Colorado River

Over millions of years, the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon through uplifted rock layers.

1

Puerto Rico

2

Jamaica

3

Haiti

4

Cuba

Haiti occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea.

1

Belgrade

2

Bratislava

3

Vienna

4

Budapest

Budapest, Hungary’s capital, unites historic Buda and Pest across the Danube River.

1

Canada And Greenland

2

Japan And South Korea

3

Russia And United States

4

Norway And Iceland

Russia’s Chukotka and Alaska in the United States are separated by the narrow Bering Strait.

1

Camden

2

Greenwich

3

Chelsea

4

Westminster

Greenwich is famous for the Prime Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time at the Royal Observatory.

1

Kenya

2

Eritrea

3

Somalia

4

Ethiopia

Addis Ababa serves as Ethiopia’s capital and a hub for African diplomacy.

1

Red Sea

2

Baltic Sea

3

Aegean Sea

4

Black Sea

The Red Sea lies between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, joined to the Mediterranean via Suez.

1

Norway

2

Iceland

3

Canada

4

Denmark

Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark in the North Atlantic.

1

Algeria

2

Morocco

3

Libya

4

Tunisia

Marrakesh is a major cultural and historical city in western Morocco.

1

Godavari

2

Ganges

3

Indus

4

Yamuna

The Ganges is revered in Hinduism and supports hundreds of millions along its fertile plains.

1

Oslo

2

Stockholm

3

Copenhagen

4

Reykjavík

Reykjavík, Iceland’s capital, is the northernmost national capital among these options.

1

Venezuela

2

Panama

3

Costa Rica

4

Colombia

Cartagena de Indias is a historic port city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.

1

Arno

2

Po

3

Tiber

4

Adige

Rome developed along the Tiber River, central to the city’s ancient history and growth.

1

Denmark And Sweden

2

Germany And Denmark

3

Finland And Estonia

4

Norway And Sweden

The Øresund Bridge links Copenhagen, Denmark, with Malmö, Sweden, across the Øresund strait.

1

Japan

2

Philippines

3

Indonesia

4

Taiwan

Japan is an archipelago whose four main islands host most of its population and major cities.

1

Republic Of The Congo

2

Angola

3

Democratic Republic Of The Congo

4

Gabon

From 1971 to 1997, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was officially named Zaire.

1

North Sea

2

English Channel

3

Irish Sea

4

Celtic Sea

The English Channel lies between Great Britain and France, linking the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea.

1

Cape Verde

2

Cape Point

3

Cape Agulhas

4

Cape Of Good Hope

Cape Agulhas marks Africa’s southern tip and the meeting region of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

1

Jordan

2

Nile

3

Euphrates

4

Orontes

The Nile Delta spreads into the Mediterranean Sea along Egypt’s northern coast near Alexandria.

1

San Marino

2

Liechtenstein

3

Monaco

4

Andorra

San Marino is an independent microstate fully surrounded by Italian territory in the Apennines.

1

Myanmar

2

Thailand

3

Cambodia

4

Laos

Myanmar used the name Burma during colonial and postcolonial periods before adopting its current official name.

1

Iran

2

Morocco

3

Jordan

4

Egypt

Fez is one of Morocco’s imperial cities, renowned for its medieval medina and scholarship.

1

Namib Desert

2

Thar Desert

3

Atacama Desert

4

Sahara Desert

Northern Chile’s Atacama contains areas with virtually no measurable rainfall for decades.

1

Vienna

2

Budapest

3

Belgrade

4

Bratislava

Belgrade, Serbia’s capital, lies at the meeting of the Danube and Sava rivers.

1

Guatemala

2

Peru

3

Argentina

4

Mexico

Oaxaca is a historic city in southern Mexico noted for indigenous cultures and colonial architecture.

1

Tropic Of Cancer

2

Arctic Circle

3

Equator

4

Tropic Of Capricorn

The Tropic of Cancer marks the northern boundary of the tropics at about twenty-three and a half degrees north.

1

China

2

India

3

Brazil

4

Germany

China borders fourteen countries, the highest number among the listed options.

1

Lake Malawi

2

Lake Victoria

3

Lake Tanganyika

4

Lake Turkana

Lake Tanganyika stretches along the East African Rift and is exceptionally long and deep.

1

Berlin

2

Munich

3

Warsaw

4

Prague

Berlin, Germany’s capital, is traversed by the River Spree and numerous canals.

1

Canada

2

Belize

3

Mexico

4

Guatemala

The Rio Grande forms much of the boundary between the United States and Mexico.

1

Dead Sea

2

Lake Assal

3

Salton Sea

4

Caspian Sea

The Dead Sea’s shoreline sits over four hundred thirty meters below sea level, Earth’s lowest exposed land.

1

Rhine

2

Danube

3

Po

4

Elbe

The Danube connects several central and southeastern European capitals before reaching the Black Sea.

1

South Korea

2

Japan

3

Philippines

4

China

Mount Fuji, an iconic stratovolcano, sits on Japan’s Honshu island near Tokyo.

1

Balkan Peninsula

2

Arabian Peninsula

3

Iberian Peninsula

4

Yucatán Peninsula

Qatar projects from the Arabian Peninsula into the Persian Gulf.

1

South Korea

2

Japan

3

Vietnam

4

China

Japan’s nickname reflects its eastern position in Asia relative to the mainland and sunrise.

1

Gulf Of California

2

Gulf Of Aden

3

Bay Of Bengal

4

Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf separates the Arabian Peninsula from Iran and connects to the Arabian Sea via Hormuz.

1

India

2

China

3

Nepal

4

Bhutan

Lhasa, in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, sits high on the Tibetan Plateau.

1

Sudan

2

Ethiopia

3

Egypt

4

Libya

Sudan’s ancient Kushite kingdoms built numerous pyramids, outnumbering those found in Egypt.

1

North Atlantic Drift

2

Humboldt Current

3

Labrador Current

4

Kuroshio Current

The North Atlantic Drift, an extension of the Gulf Stream, brings warm waters to western Europe’s coasts.

1

South Africa

2

Botswana

3

Zimbabwe

4

Namibia

South Africa’s legislative capital is Cape Town, while Pretoria and Bloemfontein host other branches.

1

Vietnam

2

Cambodia

3

Thailand

4

Laos

Angkor Wat is a monumental temple complex near Siem Reap and a national symbol of Cambodia.

1

Laos

2

Cambodia

3

Vietnam

4

Thailand

Hanoi is Vietnam’s northern capital, centered around Hoàn Kiếm Lake and the historic Old Quarter.

1

Norway

2

Iceland

3

Ireland

4

Faroe Islands

Reykjavík is Iceland’s capital and cultural center, famed for geothermal energy and northern lights.

1

Israel

2

Jordan

3

Lebanon

4

Syria

Petra lies in southern Jordan, famous for rock-cut architecture like Al-Khazneh and Nabatean trading history.

1

Asia

2

Africa

3

Europe

4

Australia

Madagascar sits in the Indian Ocean just off Africa’s southeastern coast near Mozambique.

1

India

2

China

3

Indonesia

4

United States

India’s population has surpassed China’s, making it the world’s most populous country today.

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