WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS PART 19

WORLD GEOGRAPHY MCQS PART 19

 

1. The temperate grassland of North America are known as
a. Pampas       
b. Downs       
c. Steppes       
d. Prairies

2. The Panama Canal is different from the Suez Canal as it has
a. Lock system

3. Lianos are the grasslands of
a. Guyana Highlands           
b. Brazillian Highlands       
c. Argentina                
d. Chile

4. About how much of the world’s land area is tropical rainforest ?
a. 2 percent       
b. 7 percent           
c. 10 percent             
d. 15 percent

5. The world’s growing appetite for what food product is a leading cause of tropical deforestation ?
a. Pork           
b. Sugar       
c. Lamb           
d. Beef

6. The world’s largest island is
a. Greenland            
b. Madagascar       
c. New Zealand           
d. Sri Lanka

7. The ‘Masai’ is a primitive tribe of
a. Angola       
b. Botswana           
c. Nigeria           
d. Tanzania

8. Which one of the following is the world’s largest desert ?
a. Arabian       
b. Kalahari       
c. Sahara       
d. Thar

9. Which one of the following continents lies in Northern-Southern and Eastern-Western hemispheres of the earth ?
a. Australia       
b. Africa       
c. Europe       
d. South America

10. Sahara is located in which part of Africa ?
a. Eastern       
b. Western       
c. Northern         
d. Southern


Answer Keys:
1.D
2.A
3.D
4.B
5.D
6.A
7.D
8.C
9.B
10.C