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Trivia: Geography

Ten questions with four answers each. Circle the answer you think is right. The answers are on the last page.

Trivia: Geography

Circle the answer you think is right.

  1. In which country is the city of Timbuktu?

    A. SudanB. ChadC. MaliD. Senegal

  2. On which continent is the country of Chile?

    A. North AmericaB. AfricaC. AsiaD. South America

  3. What is the capital city of Turkey?

    A. AntalyaB. AnkaraC. IstanbulD. Izmir

  4. Which lake is the largest in Africa?

    A. Lake ChadB. Lake VictoriaC. Lake MalawiD. Lake Tanganyika

  5. Which sea lies between Europe and Africa?

    A. The Black SeaB. The MediterraneanC. The CaspianD. The Baltic

  6. What is the name of the largest island in the world?

    A. AustraliaB. GreenlandC. BorneoD. Madagascar

  7. Which desert covers much of Mongolia and northern China?

    A. The GobiB. The MojaveC. The SaharaD. The Namib

  8. Which of these is the smallest continent by area?

    A. AustraliaB. South AmericaC. EuropeD. Antarctica

  9. What is the capital city of Japan?

    A. TokyoB. KyotoC. SeoulD. Osaka

  10. Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia?

    A. The PacificB. The ArcticC. The Indian OceanD. The Atlantic

Answers

  1. C. Mali. Timbuktu was a famous centre of trade and learning hundreds of years ago.
  2. D. South America. Chile is a very long, thin country down the western side of South America.
  3. B. Ankara. Many people guess Istanbul, but Ankara has been the capital since 1923.
  4. B. Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
  5. B. The Mediterranean. Mediterranean means "in the middle of the land".
  6. B. Greenland. Australia is counted as a continent, so Greenland is the largest island.
  7. A. The Gobi. The Gobi is a cold desert, with freezing winters.
  8. A. Australia. Australia is both a country and a continent.
  9. A. Tokyo. Tokyo became the capital in 1868. Before that, Kyoto was the home of the emperor for over a thousand years.
  10. C. The Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean.