Printable Geography Quiz Questions With Answers

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1. Which country is the largest landlocked country in the world? ANSWER: Kazakhstan (Mongolia was formerly the largest before the break-up of the Soviet Union)

2. Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in which country? ANSWER: Australia

3. Tobruk is a port city in which country? ANSWER: Libya

4. Which country is the squarest country on earth? ANSWER: Egypt (closest country to resemble a square on the map)

5. Name the only two landlocked countries in South America? ANSWER: Bolivia and Paraguay

6. Name Scotland's fourth-largest city? ANSWER: Dundee

7. The world's highest uninterrupted waterfall, The Angel Falls, is in which country? ANSWER: Venezuela

8. Which British river's name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon language for "boundary river"? ANSWER: Mersey

9. How many countries in the world have names that start with the letter 'J'? ANSWER: Three (Jamaica, Japan, and Jordan)

10. Antananarivo is the largest city in which country? ANSWER: Madagascar

11. Which motorway in the UK is the longest? ANSWER: M6 (starts at M1 near Rugby and terminates at the A74(M) at Gretna)

12. How many national parks are there in Wales? ANSWER: Three (Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire Coast and Brecon Beacons)

13. Tasmania is separated from mainland Australia by which strait? ANSWER: Bass Straight

14. How many stars were on the US flag in 1940? ANSWER: 48 (the stars for Hawaii and Alaska were not yet added)

15. Name the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea? ANSWER: Sardinia

16. Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas and the Andes is in which country? ANSWER: Argentina

17. Three African countries have a population of over 100 million ? can you name them? ANSWER: Nigeria (206M), Ethiopia (115M), and Egypt (102M)

18. What name is given to the area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns in Northern Ireland? ANSWER: The Giant's Causeway

19. Which city has more French speakers than Paris? ANSWER: Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)

20. The Aegean Sea is located between which two countries? ANSWER: Greece and Turkey

21. Which country is made up of 26 cantons? ANSWER: Switzerland

22. The River Tamar forms most of the border between which two counties? ANSWER: Devon and Cornwall

23. Can you name the northernmost town on the British mainland? ANSWER: Thurso

24. Cape Cod is a geographic cape and peninsula in which American state? ANSWER: Massachusetts

25. The Danube flows through four capital cities ? can you name all four? ANSWER: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade

26. Name the third most populated U.S. state? ANSWER: Florida (California is first, Texas is second)

27. In geography, a cataract is a type of what? ANSWER: Waterfall

28. Name the largest and most-populated island of the eight Canary Islands? ANSWER: Tenerife

29. Cordoba, Rosario, and Ushuaia are cities in which country? ANSWER: Argentina

30. Which country has the highest population out of Albania, Malta, Slovenia, and Wales? ANSWER: Wales

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