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An overview of #worldgeography and #geographicskills for middle school students
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1
In what year were the Blue Mountains first crossed by Europeans?
1832
1845
1803
1813
2
Which of the following is considered as contributing to climate change?
reafforestation
land degradation
overcultivation
land clearing
3
Lines on a weather map showing rainfall and temperature are respectively called
isotherms and isohyets
isobars and isohyets
isolines and isotherms
isohyets and isotherms
4
On a map, if 'A' is 5 cm from 'B' and in reality 15 km apart, what is the map scale?
1: 30 000
1: 300 000
1: 300 000 000
1: 3 000
5
Which of the following is a new state formed from the old Yugoslavia?
Montenegro
Moldova
Sareavo
6
What is the fourth most populous country in the world?
USA
India
South Korea
Indonesia
7
Which country runs as a narrow strip down the west coast of South America?
Chile
Argentina
Ecuador
Peru
8
What animal is on the right hand side of the Australian Coat of Arms?
Emu
Wallaby
Platypus
Kangaroo
9
What is the name of the sea between Greece and Turkey?
Aegean
Baltic
Mediterranean
Black
10
Which of the following statements is correct?
The Deccan Plateau is in India
The Bay of Bengal is in Europe
Japan has two main islands
Taiwan is south of the Philippines
11
What is the name given to the continental plate boundaries on the edge of the Pacific Ocean?
Pacific Fire Rim
Pacific Rim
Pacific Zone of Fire
Pacific Ring of Fire
12
Which two cities does the Indian Pacific Train connect?
Perth and Sydney
Perth and Darwin
Darwin and Adelaide
Sydney and Darwin
13
What is 'Boreal Forest'?
eucalypt forest
beech forest
oak forest
coniferous forest
14
How many time zones are there is Australia?
4
5
3
6
15
What is the capital city of Saudi Arabia?
Baghdad
Riyadh
Ankara
Amman
16
Which businessman started World Series Cricket?
Dick Smith
Rupert Murdoch
Gina Reinhart
Kerry Packer
17
Based on land area, where does Australia in terms of size?
6th
3rd
4th
5th
18
What river is Newcastle, NSW located on?
Shoalhaven
Namoi
Hunter
Hawkesbury
19
Which Governor General dismissed the Whitlam Government in 1975?
Sir John Forester
Sir Peter Cosgrove
Sir John Kerr
Lord Casey
20
I what country would I find the city of Kiev?
Egypt
Turkey
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
21
What is the name of the deepest oceanic trench on earth?
mareeba
mariana
mesobia
marionette
22
What is Sydney's approximate latitude and longitude
151 degrees south 34 degrees east
151 degrees north 34 degrees east
34 degrees south 151 degrees west
34 degrees south 151 degrees east
23
On what river is the city of Adelaide located?
Yarra
Swan
Derwent
Torrens
24
On what instrument is air pressure measured?
barometer
hygrometer
thermometer
pressure guage
25
In what Australian state would the Condamine River be found?
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
Victoria
26
Who was Australia's first PrimeMinister?
Sir Isaac Isaacs
Sir Robert Menzies
Gough Whitlam
Edmund Barton
27
In what year did Sydney host the Olympic Games?
2000
2004
1990
1996
28
If 'A' is at a bearing of 180 degrees from 'B', what is the direction of 'B' from 'A'?
east
north
south
west
29
Which of the following city names is spelt correctly?
Sydeny
Melburne
Beijing
Adeliade
30
What does 'QANTAS' stand for?
Queensland and Northern Territory Area Services
Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services
Queenstown and Northern Tasmania Air Services
Queensland Aerial National Transport Air Services
31
In Australia, one would expect to find examples of tundra in
Tasmania and Queensland
NSW and Tasmania
Victoria and Western Australia
South Australia and NSW
32
What is the correct spelling of the name of Australia's highest mountain?
Mt Kosciusko
Mt Kosciuszko
Mt Kosciuzko
Mt Kocsiusko
33
Which of the following names of world water bodies is spelt correctly?
Mediterannean Sea
Bay of Bicsay
Bay of Bengal
Boltic Sea
34
On what continent would The Serengeti Plain be found?
Africa
Asia
North America
South America
35
What is the largest rainforest in Australia and where is it found?
Gloucester in NSW
Daintree in Queensland
Gloucester in Queensland
Daintree in NSW
36
If 'A' is 300 m ASL and 'B' is 500m ASl and they are 5 km apart
The gradient is 1:25
The gradient is 1:50
The gradient is 1:15
The gradient is 1:100
37
What is the name of the sea separating Japan from China?
Sea of Japan
South China Sea
Adriatic Sea
Yellow Sea
38
The Republic of Honduras is in
Central America
Pacific Ocean
South America
North America
39
In what year was decimal currency introduced into Australia?
1970
1958
1966
1972
40
What is the largest desert in Australia?
Simpson Desert
Great Victoria Desert
Tanami Desert
Sturt Desert
41
Where is the Kakadu National Park?
South Australia
Western Australia
Queensland
Northern Territory
42
Where are the McDonnell Ranges ?
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Victoria
43
Who was the first governor of the colony of NSW?
Arthur Phillip
Winston Hughes
Lachlan Macquarie
Lord Sydney
44
On a climatic graph, what is rainfall typically shown by?
pie graph
line graph
bar graph
column graph
45
On a map, the scale is given as 1: 50 000. What distance does 1 cm actually represent?
500m
50km
50m
500km
46
Sydney's population is closest to
4 million
5 million
3 million
6 million
47
What is the 180 degree longitude line called?
Tropic of Cancer
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Tropic of Capricorn
48
In what Sydney street is NSW Parliament House?
Pitt
Hunter
George
Macquarie
49
Pyongyang is the capital city of which Asian country?
North Korea
Cambodia
Mongolia
South Korea
50
Rank the following cities according to population size.
Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane
Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide
Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth
Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth
51
What physically separates Tasmania from the Australian mainland?
Torres Strait
Wilsons Promontory
Tasman Sea
Bass Strait
52
Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra is formed from the damming up of which river?
Tallanganda
Tumut
Molongolo
Murrumbidgee
53
In 2017, who is the vice-captain of the Australian cricket team?
Steve Smith
Darren Lehman
David Warner
Kim Hughes
54
Which of the following islands is in the Pacific Ocean?
Mautitius
Ascension
Marquesas
Christmas
55
Which region has the highest population density in the world?
Asia
North America
Europe
Africa
56
With reference to changing communities, which statement is correct?
remote towns in western NSW are experiencing rapid growth
new technology and falling value of the dollar cause change
lifestyle expectations and cultural integration cause change
communities only change in the short term
57
What is the correct spelling for the term that identifies the slope angle of a hill or valley
gradient
gradiant
gradeint
graident
58
Which food product rich in vitamin B did Cyril Callister develop?
Marmalade
Marmite
Peanut Butter
Vegemite
59
Which of the following words is spelt correctly?
navigater
meteorological
geologicol
enormos
60
Which leader delivered the national apology to indigenous people and when was it delivered
Julia Gillard 2008
Kevin Rudd 2008
Julia Gillard 1998
Kevin Rudd 1998
61
Which of the following is closest to Sydney?
Goulburn
Newcastle
Bathurst
Wollongong
62
What name is given to the main inland road linking Sydney and Melbourne?
Princes Highway
Princes Motorway
Hume Highway
Hume Motorway
63
What is the capital city of New Zealand?
Wellington
Auckland
Dunedin
Christchurch
64
Who was the first female Governor General of Australia
Quentin Bryce
Julia Gillard
Julie Bishop
Christina Kenneally
65
In what year was the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened?
1923
1932
1933
1942
66
Which of the following is correct?
The Murray River flows into the Murrumbidgee River
The Nepean and Hawkesbury Rivers are the same river
The Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers are the same river
The Wollondilly River flows into the Wingecarribee River
67
Which of the following are forms of land degradation?
salinity
rising acidity
erosion
all of the above
68
Which country is the largest source of migrants into Australia in 2017?
China
United Kingdom
India
New Zealand
69
Which of the following statements is correct?
The vertical grid lines on a map are called northings
Grid lines on a map increase in value from north to south
The vertical grid lines on a map are called eastings
The horizontal grid lines on a map are called eastings
70
On what river is London located?
Thames
Essex
Sussex
Temes
71
In what country is Gallipoli?
Iran
Syria
Turkey
Greece
72
What is the correct spelling of the word that refers to the shape of the earth's surface?
topogrophy
toppography
topagraphy
topography
73
When interpreting a map, 'aspect' refers to
the topography surrounding the feature
the direction a road or river is running
all of the above
the direction a feature is facing
74
Which of the following statements is true?
Wollongong is closer to Canberra than Sydney
Melbourne is larger than Sydney
Sydney to Brisbane is shorter distance than Sydney -Cairns
Canberra is closer to Melbourne than Sydney
75
Which of the following pairs of animals are monotremes?
echidna and green turtle
wallaby and platypus
kangaroo and wombat
echidna and platypus
76
What is the floral emblem of NSW?
Waratah
Wattle
Red Gum
Kangaroo Paw
77
Which of the following is not a type of forest?
deciduous
boreal
alpine
broad leafed
78
Which road runs from Darwin in the north to Port Augusta in the south?
Inland Highway
Stuart Highway
Central Highway
Sturt Highway
79
Which city name is derived from an Aboriginal word for 'meeting place'?
Brisbane
Canberra
Sydney
Melbourne
80
Who was Australia's longest serving Primeminister?
John Howard
Malcolm Turnbull
Robert Menzies
Winston Churchill
81
Where are the Gallapagos Islands?
Eastern Atlantic Ocean
Eastern Pacific Ocean
Western Pacific Ocean
Western Indian Ocean
82
What is the lowest point on the Australian mainland?
Sturt's Basin
Lake Eucumbene
Wilson's Promontory
Lake Eyre
83
What process describes one continental plate sliding under another?
eruction
eruption
subduction
induction
84
Which river has the highest water discharge in the world?
Amazon
Nile
Congo
Euphrates
85
What is the capital city of Denmark?
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Warsaw
Zurich
86
If I was climbing Mt Wellington, which Australian State would I be in?
Queensland
Tasmania
Victoria
NSW
87
Which of the following statements is true?
Madagascar is west of Africa
Iceland is in the northern Pacific Ocean
Libya borders the Mediterranean Sea
Sri Lanka is in the Atlantic Ocean
88
What is the name of the race course that the Melbourne Cup is run on?
Flemington
Caulfield
Ascot
Randwick
89
Population pyramids show
life expectancy and gender distribution
age structure and gender distribution
gender distribution and life expectancy
age structure and life expectancy
90
Which of the following terms is not related to city expansion outwards?
urban growth
urban consolidation
suburbanisation
urban sprawl
91
What is the name given given to molten rock in the earth's mantle?
volcanic
igneous
lava
magma
92
Which statement is correct?
The weether is fine
The weather is fine
The whether is fine
The wether is fine
93
Which mountain range separates Asia from Europe?
Carpathian
Appenines
European Alps
Urals
94
In what year was the Sydney Opera House opened?
1963
1993
1973
1983
95
Compass bearings on a map are given from
due west having a value of zero degrees
due east having a value of zero degrees
due north having a value of zero degrees
due south having a value of zero degrees
96
Which of the following statements is correct?
The Box Jelly Fish kills more people than snakes
Koalas sleep for around 20 hours per day
The record jump by a kangaroo is 9 metres
All are correct
97
What name is given to waves generated by an earthquake?
Sonar waves
Volcanic waves
Seismic waves
all of the above are correct
98
Which Australian state has the lowest annual rainfall?
Western Australia
NSW
South Australia
Queensland
99
How many points are there on a standard compass rose?
6
8
12
16
100
In what state is the Spencer Gulf?
Western Australia
Victoria
NSW
South Australia
