World Physical Features Map Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Most water flowing through the Amazon River system crosses which country before reaching the Atlantic Ocean?
Peru
Colombia
Brazil
Bolivia
2. Which large landlocked body of water lies east of the Caucasus and is bordered by countries including Kazakhstan and Iran?
The Caspian Sea
The Black Sea
The Aral Sea
Lake Balkhash
3. Which mountain system extends through western North America from the United States into Canada?
The Appalachian Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
The Cascade Range
The Sierra Nevada
4. Which mountain system runs broadly parallel to much of Australia's eastern coast?
The MacDonnell Ranges
The Flinders Ranges
The Great Dividing Range
The Hamersley Range
5. A geologist studies a long zone of faulting, escarpments, and deep lakes extending through eastern Africa. Which feature is being studied?
The East African Rift
The Drakensberg
The Atlas Mountains
The Sahel
6. A ship travels east through the Mediterranean Sea and passes through the Suez Canal. Which body of water does it enter next?
The Red Sea
The Black Sea
The Persian Gulf
The Arabian Sea
7. Which desert lies along the Pacific side of South America, mainly in northern Chile and west of the Andes?
The Patagonian Desert
The Atacama Desert
The Sechura Desert
The Monte Desert
8. A train route from northern Italy into Switzerland must cross which major European mountain system?
The Carpathians
The Alps
The Pyrenees
The Apennines
9. A vessel follows a major shipping passage between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Which strait is it using?
The Sunda Strait
The Strait of Malacca
The Taiwan Strait
The Makassar Strait
10. Which physical feature occupies a vast area of northern Africa between the Atlantic region and the Red Sea region?
The Kalahari Desert
The Sahel
The Congo Basin
The Sahara Desert
11. Which mountain system forms a long natural spine near the western edge of South America?
The Guiana Highlands
The Sierra Madre
The Brazilian Highlands
The Andes
12. Which narrow body of water separates the island of New Guinea from the northern tip of mainland Australia?
The Bass Strait
The Cook Strait
The Torres Strait
The Bering Strait
13. The Danube River crosses central and southeastern Europe before forming a delta at which body of water?
The Black Sea
The Adriatic Sea
The Baltic Sea
The Aegean Sea
14. Which broad, high-elevation landform lies mainly north of the Himalayas and includes much of the Tibet Autonomous Region?
The Central Siberian Plateau
The Deccan Plateau
The Iranian Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau
15. A traveler crosses north from the Indian subcontinent toward the Tibetan Plateau. Which major mountain range forms the principal barrier?
The Hindu Kush
The Urals
The Himalayas
The Zagros Mountains
16. Which lowland region in central Africa is drained by a major river system, crossed by the Equator, and largely covered by tropical rainforest?
The Chad Basin
The Ethiopian Highlands
The Kalahari Basin
The Congo Basin