This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which theme of geography organizes the world into locations because they share common characteristics? A) Place. B) Human Environment interaction. C) Location. D) Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Region. 2. Half of Earth is called a ..... A) Quarter. B) Hemisphere. C) Half. D) Sphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hemisphere. 3. Breakdown of rocks by water, roots, temperature changes, & natural acids A) Weathering. B) Gulf. C) Bog. D) Isthmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathering. 4. Various shapes on the Earth's surface A) Island. B) Landform. C) Mesa. D) Oasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landform. 5. Stream or small river that flows into a large river A) Lake. B) Bay. C) Gulf. D) Tributary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tributary. 6. Which isn't an R in the Park Model A) Reconstruction. B) Rest. C) Rehabilitation. D) Relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rest. 7.  What is a plateau? A) A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land. B) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. C) A large body of saltwater surrounded by land. D) A small body of still water formed naturally or by artificial meansTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land. 8. The land next to an ocean A) River. B) Coast. C) Lake. D) Harbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coast. 9. Which is a landform? A) A bridge. B) A mountain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mountain. 10. A plain place between mountains is a A) Plain. B) Hill. C) Valley. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Valley. 11. What is the equator? A) An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, equidistant from the poles. B) A geographical feature that separates continents. C) A type of climate zone found near the poles. D) A line that marks the northernmost point of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, equidistant from the poles. 12. Land that rises at least 1, 000 feet or more above its surrounding area (steep sides) A) Isthmus. B) Hill. C) Mountain. D) Piedmont. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain. 13. What is half of a sphere called? A) Half circle. B) Halfsphere. C) Hemisphere. D) Semisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hemisphere. 14. Narrow piece of land connecting two larger pieces of land A) Isthmus. B) Mesa. C) Plateau. D) Moraine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isthmus. 15. What is a dry area where little rain falls and few plants grow? A) Desert. B) Canal. C) Environment. D) Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 16. Which mountain range was created when the Indian plate buckled into the Eurasian plate? A) Himalayas. B) Andes Mountains. C) Rocky Mountains. D) Alps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Himalayas. 17. What type of climate do the Rockies and Pacific Ranges have? A) Sub-arctic. B) Humid sub-tropical. C) Mediterranean. D) High altitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) High altitude. 18. The Vindhya and the Satpura are examples of fold mountains in India. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. What is the name of the sandstone formation in Australia that is an erosional remnant and all that remains from an ancient plain? A) Grand Canyon. B) Matterhorn. C) Uluru. D) Mount Everest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Uluru. 20. Where a river/stream empties into a larger body of water A) Source. B) Canyon. C) Mouth. D) Savanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mouth. 21. What is a beach? A) The great plains that mostly grasses with very few trees. B) The area along bodies of water with sand, shells and aquatic animals. C) Areas of land surrounded by water. D) A build up of gravel, sand, silt and clay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The area along bodies of water with sand, shells and aquatic animals. 22. Which of the following is a human feature? A) Valley. B) Hill. C) Plain. D) City. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) City. 23. What is a levee? A) A crescent-shaped lake cut off from a river. B) A narrow, steep sided valley. C) A pronounced bend in a river. D) Sediment that piles up along the bank of a river. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sediment that piles up along the bank of a river. 24. What are the fossil fuels found in the US? A) Coal, petroleum, and natural gas. B) Gold and silver. C) Fish. D) Lumber. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal, petroleum, and natural gas. 25. What is the definition of Bay? A) A body of water that is partially enclosed by land. B) A mountain range covered with snow. C) A desert area with little rainfall. D) A dense forest with tall trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A body of water that is partially enclosed by land. 26. An area of land that is slightly raised and has sloping sides is called a/an ..... A) Canyon. B) Mountain. C) Butte. D) Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hill. 27.  What is a gulf? A) A large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay. B) A small body of water surrounded by land. C) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. D) A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding landTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay. 28. A river is a large stream of flowing water. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust? A) A number of large volcanoes. B) A rift valley. C) An island arc. D) A mountain range. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A mountain range. 30. The flat and fertile land is called: A) Plateau. B) Mountain. C) Plain. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plain. 31. A group or chain of islands.(Usually 4 or more.) A) Mountain. B) Valley. C) Island. D) Archipelago. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archipelago. 32. Which landform has a PEAK? A) Canyon. B) Plateau. C) Mountain. D) Plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain. 33. What is a common feature found in the Appalachian Plateau region of Georgia? A) Mountains and caves. B) Swamps. C) Rolling hills. D) Beaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountains and caves. 34. Mount Vesuvius and Mount Fuji A) Shield. B) Stratovolcano. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratovolcano. 35. Every Geyser is a hot spring but every hot spring is not a Geyser. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 36. ..... flowing through ..... provide enough water for human settlements. A) Meanders, hills. B) Lakes, mountains. C) Rivers, plains. D) Oceans, plateaus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rivers, plains. 37. Which type of map would you use to understand the climate of a region? A) Political map. B) Climate map. C) Topographic map. D) Economic mapTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Climate map. 38.  What is a canyon? A) A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land. B) A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it. C) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. D) A large body of saltwater surrounded by landTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it. 39. What are the FOUR landforms we are learning about? A) Mountains, hills, forests, and plains. B) Mountains, forests, plateaus and plains. C) Hills, forests, plateaus and plains. D) Mountains, hills, plateaus and plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mountains, hills, plateaus and plains. 40. Grassland with isolated trees, in Africa A) Source. B) Canyon. C) Savanna. D) Mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Savanna. 41. Which two landforms have the most in common? A) Harbor and plateau. B) Plain and hill. C) Valley and mountain. D) Hill and mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hill and mountain. 42. What is the capital of Texas? A) Dallas. B) San Antonio. C) Houston. D) Austin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Austin. 43. This mountain range along the East Coast of the US is the oldest range in North America. A) Appalachian Mountains. B) Rocky Mountains. C) Cascade Mountains. D) Andes Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appalachian Mountains. 44.  Identify the landform that is a large body of water surrounded by land. A) Pond. B) Lake. C) Desert. D) PlateauTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake. 45. Rocks are composed of particles that contain variouscombinations of such common elements as A) Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, and calcium. B) Argon, krypton, xenon, and the radioactive radon. C) Neodymium, promethium, terbium, scandium, and cerium. D) Gold, frankincense, myrrh, and unobtainium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, and calcium. 46. The place where the river starts is known as the ..... , the journey of the river from it's source to it's mouth is called the ..... and the place where the river drains out it's water into another water body is known as ..... A) Course, source, mouth. B) Source, course, mouth. C) Mouth, course, source. D) Estuary, source, course. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Source, course, mouth. 47. What moves and flows through land? A) Cliff. B) Snow. C) Field. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) River. 48. Transportation and communication A) Region. B) Movement. C) Location. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement. 49. What is the process of decay and disintegration of rocks, leading to the production of soil from rock? A) Subduction. B) Erosion. C) Weathering. D) Sedimentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weathering. 50. What is the scientific study of landforms, the processes that make them, why they vary, and their significance at different scales? A) Geomorphology. B) Oceanography. C) Meteorology. D) Geology. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geomorphology. 51. The movement of ..... water, and wind change the Earth's surface. A) Soil. B) Mountains. C) Ice. D) Deserts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ice. 52. Most plates move a few ..... per year. A) Millimeters. B) Centimeters. C) Kilometers. D) Meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Centimeters. 53. Which country do we live in? A) Mexico. B) New York State. C) United States. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United States. 54. A large flat, gently rolling region A) Plateau. B) Earthquake. C) Plain. D) Shield. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plain. 55. Sedimentary rocks evolve under water in horizontal bedscalled A) Teff. B) Kerogen. C) Strata. D) Lager. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strata. 56. Which part of a map shows the cardinal directions? A) Legend. B) Scale. C) Compass rose. D) GridTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compass rose. 57. What is the longest mountain range in North America? A) The Appalachian Mountains. B) The Andes Mountains. C) The Rocky Mountains. D) The Sierra Nevada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Rocky Mountains. 58. Is the process by which rocks are broken and swept away. A) HEI. B) EROSION. C) TECTONIC PLATES. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) EROSION. 59. A plateau is raised land with a flat top. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 60. Which part of the map lets us know which direction to go? A) Title. B) Scale. C) Compass rose. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compass rose. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 1Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 2Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 3Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 4Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 5Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 6Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 7Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books