World Geography problems
- 1. The spiral flow in a stream caused by channel shape is called
Options- A. stream flow
- B. laminar flow
- C. turbulent flow
- D. helical flow Discuss
Correct Answer: helical flow
- 2. The tunnel that connects France and Italy is
Options- A. St. Gothard road Tunnel
- B. Mont Blanc Tunnel
- C. Mersey (Queens way) Tunnel
- D. Orange Fish rivers Tunnel Discuss
Correct Answer: Mont Blanc Tunnel
- 3. The uppermost epoch of the Neogene period is
Options- A. the Pliocene epoch
- B. the Pleistocen epoch
- C. the Miocene epoch
- D. the Oligocene epoch Discuss
Correct Answer: the Pliocene epoch
- 4. The South Frigid Zone is the region
Options- A. lying between 66(1/2)? south and 90? south
- B. lying between the Antarctic circle to the south pole
- C. has the coldest climate throughout the year
- D. All of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: All of the above
- 5. The second largest island (next to Greenland) in the world is
Options- A. Borneo
- B. Malagasy
- C. New Guinea
- D. Sumatra Discuss
Correct Answer: New Guinea
- 6. The term used to describe the combined effect of all shortwave losses in
Options- A. earth scattering
- B. earth radiation
- C. earth albedo
- D. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: earth albedo
- 7. The traditional lands of the nomads of Central Asia are
Options- A. Mongolia and Tibet
- B. Sinkiang and Turkistan
- C. Kirghiz steppe
- D. All of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: All of the above
- 8. The time difference between each side of the International Date line is
Options- A. 12 hours
- B. 24 hours
- C. 36 hours
- D. 48 hours Discuss
Correct Answer: 24 hours
- 9. The troughs of the waves are where the jet stream of waves is closest to the
Options- A. poles
- B. equator
- C. Prime meridian
- D. None of the above Discuss
Correct Answer: equator
- 10. The three recognized major fishing grounds of the world are located in the
Options- A. northern hemisphere only
- B. southern hemisphere only
- C. two in the southern hemisphere only and one in the northern hemisphere
- D. one in the southern hemisphere only and two in the northern hemisphere Discuss
Correct Answer: northern hemisphere only
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