Island Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which description correctly identifies Hokkaido?
It is an island shared by Japan and South Korea.
It is the Japanese island containing Tokyo and Osaka.
It is the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands.
It is the northernmost of Japan’s four main islands.
2. A traveler says they visited Great Britain but did not leave the island. Which set of constituent countries could they have traveled through?
England, Wales, and Northern Ireland
England, Scotland, and the Republic of Ireland
England, Scotland, and Wales
Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
3. Iceland lies on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, where the North American and Eurasian plates move apart. Which feature is most directly associated with this setting?
Volcanism linked to a divergent plate boundary
A complete absence of volcanic activity
An island formed entirely from river sediment
A coral atoll created in tropical water
4. Which statement correctly distinguishes an island from a peninsula?
An island is always volcanic, while a peninsula is always continental.
An island must be smaller than a peninsula.
An island is surrounded by water on all sides, while a peninsula remains connected to a larger landmass.
An island is found in an ocean, while a peninsula is found only beside a sea.
5. Which location description correctly places Cyprus?
In the western Mediterranean, east of Spain
In the Black Sea, north of Türkiye
In the Red Sea, west of Saudi Arabia
In the eastern Mediterranean, south of Türkiye
6. Borneo is divided among which three countries?
Indonesia, the Philippines, and Brunei
Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia
Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia
Brunei, Malaysia, and Timor-Leste
7. The Galápagos Islands are politically part of which country?
Peru
Chile
Costa Rica
Ecuador
8. A ferry traveling directly between Sicily and the toe of mainland Italy crosses which passage?
Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Messina
Bosporus Strait
Strait of Bonifacio
9. What geographic term describes a group or chain of islands?
Atoll
Archipelago
Isthmus
Delta
10. Which body of water separates Madagascar from mainland Africa?
Drake Passage
Mozambique Channel
Bass Strait
Sunda Strait
11. A boat travels directly east from Bali to the neighboring island of Lombok. Which strait does it cross?
Malacca Strait
Makassar Strait
Lombok Strait
Sunda Strait
12. A tectonic plate moves northwest over a relatively stationary volcanic hotspot. The currently active volcano is at the southeastern end of an island chain. What pattern should geographers expect?
The northwestern islands should be younger than the southeastern island.
Every island should have formed at exactly the same time.
Only the northwestern islands should contain volcanic rock.
The islands should generally become older toward the northwest.
13. A navigator reaches a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a central lagoon. Which process most likely created it?
Coral grew around a volcanic island that gradually subsided.
A glacier left a circular ridge of rock offshore.
A river deposited sediment where it entered the ocean.
A rising continent enclosed a shallow coastal bay.
14. A ship sailing from Melbourne toward Tasmania must cross which body of water?
Bass Strait
Torres Strait
Cook Strait
Luzon Strait
15. Which two countries share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola?
Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Cuba and Jamaica
Dominica and Saint Lucia
Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
16. Which waterway separates New Zealand’s North Island from its South Island?
Torres Strait
Bering Strait
Cook Strait
Tsugaru Strait