World Geography & Map-Based Facts — Practice

Question 1

Technically, the world's largest desert (by area) is

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Question 2

Which river carries the largest water volume/discharge of any river in the world?

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Question 3

The Andes, the world's longest continental mountain range, are located in

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Question 4

Lake Baikal, in Russia, holds which distinction?

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Question 5

The Strait of Hormuz is a critical global chokepoint primarily for

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Question 6

The Strait of Malacca connects the Indian Ocean (Andaman Sea) to

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Question 7

The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to

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Question 8

The Panama Canal connects which two oceans?

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Question 9

The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, a critical chokepoint near the Horn of Africa, connects the Red Sea to

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Question 10

A Mediterranean climate, with mild wet winters and hot dry summers, is typically found on

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Question 11

The equatorial rainforest biome, found in the Amazon and Congo Basins, is characterised by

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Question 12

A steppe climate, found in Central Asia and parts of North America's Great Plains, is best described as

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Question 13

The Caspian Sea is notable for being

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Question 14

The Strait of Gibraltar separates

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Question 15

The African Great Lakes (Victoria, Tanganyika, Malawi) were formed largely within which geological feature?

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Practice — World Geography & Map-Based Facts