This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We live in the country of A) Brazil. B) The United States of America. C) Canada. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The United States of America. 2. Throughout the enormous plateau of Africa, lies huge water collectors that can also be called depressions. They can get as deep as 5, 000 feet and 625 miles wide. These are called what? A) Rivers. B) Gorges. C) Basins. D) Valleys. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Basins. 3. The Columbian plateau is an example of which type of plateau? A) Continental plateau. B) Volcanic plateau. C) Intermontane plateau. D) Piedmont plateau. E) Residual plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Piedmont plateau. 4. Glaciers are masses of ice that move slowly on land. Which of these features was most likely formed by a glacier? A) A wide valley. B) A deep ocean. C) A lava flow. D) A mountain range. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A wide valley. 5. Abigail is conducting a research project on the characteristics of human populations in urban areas. What is the term for the study she is focusing on? A) Physical Geography. B) Human Geography. C) Cartography. D) GeologyTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human Geography. 6. A large, flat surface that is covered in grass A) Forest. B) Plateau. C) Beach. D) Plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plain. 7. The largest body of water and its water is salty A) Ocean. B) Lake. C) River. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean. 8. Which of the following is NOT a geographical feature? A) Island. B) Peninsula. C) Strait. D) Airplane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Airplane. 9. A piece of land surrounded by water on all but one side. A) Valley. B) Ocean. C) Peninsula. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peninsula. 10. Sand dunes can have many shapes and sizes. How is a natural sand dune formed? A) Windblown sand piles up on an open beach. B) Windblown sand is trapped by beach grass or other objects. C) Sand is washed up on shore from the ocean and forms hills. D) Animals push sand into small hills as they burrow along a beach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Windblown sand is trapped by beach grass or other objects. 11. What influences how landforms and landscapes look? A) The resistance of rocks to weathering and erosion. B) The intensity of volcanic activity. C) The speed of plate tectonics. D) The depth of oceanic trenches. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The resistance of rocks to weathering and erosion. 12. They are large stretches of flat land. What are they? A) River. B) Hills. C) Plateaus. D) Mountains. E) Plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Plains. 13. What is a landform surrounded by water, but still connects to land on one side? A) Isthmus. B) Island. C) Strait. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peninsula. 14. Which animal would you most likely find in the Coastal Plain region of Georgia? A) Alligator. B) Black bear. C) Mountain lion. D) Bobcat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alligator. 15. What is the capital of New York? A) Buffalo. B) Syracuse. C) Albany. D) Manhattan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albany. 16. The Appalachian Mountains can be found in Africa! A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by A) The gravity of the iron-nickel core. B) The Moho discontinuity. C) Convection currents in the Asthenosphere. D) The rotation of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convection currents in the Asthenosphere. 18. Which of the following show that continents are listed from largest to smallest? A) Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia. B) Australia, Antarctica, Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa. C) North America, South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Antarctica. D) Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica, Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia. 19. What is the main occupation in plains? A) Tourism. B) Agriculture. C) Herding. D) Mining. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 20. What is the primary factor that shapes the coastline of Florida? A) Volcanic activity. B) Tectonic plate movement. C) Erosion and deposition by water. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion and deposition by water. 21. A mountain is a small naturally raised area of land with low peaks A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 22. The lowest and flattest landform in North Carolina. A) Piedmont. B) Coastal Plains. C) Mountains. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coastal Plains. 23. It is the name of the world's largest and deepest ocean. A) Arctic. B) Indian. C) Atlantic. D) Pacific. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacific. 24. What divides the world into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? A) The North Pole. B) The Equator. C) The Prime Meridian. D) The South Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Equator. 25. Lakes in New York State are A) Toe Lakes. B) Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain. C) Lake Ohio. D) Lake Michigan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain. 26. On which continent is New York located? A) The Unites States. B) Europe. C) North America. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) North America. 27. Which country is NOT located in the Western Hemisphere. A) Japan. B) Brazil. C) United States. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan. 28. 0 degree latitude line A) Equator. B) Prime Meridian. C) Top Parallel. D) North Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equator. 29. What is an area of land saturated by water near a river or lake called? A) Swamp/Marsh. B) Delta. C) Canyon. D) Tributary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swamp/Marsh. 30. The lithosphere: A) Shows the elevation above sea level on a map. B) Is formed by water and glacial erosion. C) Is when wind, water, and/or ice carry material from one place on the earth's surface to another. D) Is the earth's solid outer crust, made up of moving plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is the earth's solid outer crust, made up of moving plates. 31. Shaking of the earth's surface A) Cartographer. B) Mantle. C) Deposition. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Earthquake. 32. A flat-topped highland with steep sides and looks like a table A) Hill. B) Penninsula. C) Valley. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plateau. 33. Maps, Globes, GPS devices, and compasses help people to find places. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 34. What is the source of the Mississippi River? A) A large ocean. B) A small lake in Minnesota. C) A mountain in Wyoming. D) A desert in Arizona. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A small lake in Minnesota. 35. Which of these is not a type pf landform? A) Shield. B) Glacier. C) Plateau. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glacier. 36. Which river borders the US and Canada? A) St. Lawrence River. B) Ohio River. C) Columbia River. D) Rio Grande. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) St. Lawrence River. 37. A group of places unified by a common feature A) Place. B) Loaction. C) Region. D) Human/Env Interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Region. 38. The area directly affected by the disaster is known as: A) Focus. B) Epicentre. C) Spatial extent. D) Target area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spatial extent. 39. How do you read a map's scale? A) Read the map without considering the scale. B) Use the scale to measure the map's color. C) Estimate distances based on the map's title. D) Measure the distance on the map and convert it using the scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Measure the distance on the map and convert it using the scale. 40. Which mountain range is the Andes located in? A) Africa. B) Europe. C) South America. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) South America. 41. What type of region gets very little rain each year and can be hot or cold? A) Desert. B) Plateau. C) Lake. D) Plains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 42. A strip of land that extends into a body of water. A) Peninsula. B) Isthmus. C) Island. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peninsula. 43. Low land between mountains is called A) Valley. B) Mountains. C) Hills. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valley. 44. Which Theme of Geography:Migration as a way of connecting places and people, which is an example of A) Region. B) Location. C) Place. D) Human Environment Interaction. E) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Movement. 45. What type of landform are all of these? The St. Mary's, the St. Johns, the Suwannee, and the Chatahochee? A) They are all rivers. B) They are all our coastline names. C) They are all lakes. D) They are all sinkholes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are all rivers. 46. A/an ..... is an area with water and vegetation and is found in a desert. They can be natural or man-made. A) Hill. B) Canyon. C) Oasis. D) Butte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oasis. 47. The name of our country is The United States of America (USA). A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 48. Major rivers in New York State are A) The Hudson, St. Lawerence, and Erie Canal. B) Syracuse. C) Lake Ontario. D) Boonville. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Hudson, St. Lawerence, and Erie Canal. 49. Which of the following mountain ranges is the oldest in the United States? A) Appalachian Mountains. B) Pacific Ranges. C) Rocky Mountains. D) Sierra NevadaTagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appalachian Mountains. 50. Which landform best describes a deep, narrow valley with steep sides? A) Valley. B) Mountain. C) Canyon. D) Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Canyon. 51. A river or stream that flows into a larger river. A) Tributary. B) Carrowwinds. C) Plateau. D) Little to Big RIver Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tributary. 52. An area of mostly flat land that is higher than the land around it. A) Mountain. B) Plateau. C) Reef. D) Shore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plateau. 53. What does longitude measure? A) Longitude measures the height of geographical features. B) Longitude measures distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. C) Longitude measures the distance between the equator and the poles. D) Longitude measures temperature variations across the globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitude measures distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. 54. A landform made of sediment that is deposited at the end of a river A) Volcano. B) Mountain. C) Delta. D) Dune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delta. 55. Which landform would be best for farming and why? A) Mountain, because it is high up. B) Plain, because it is flat and has rich soil. C) Island, because it is surrounded by water. D) Valley, because it is always dry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plain, because it is flat and has rich soil. 56. A round or raised landform that is not as high as a mountain. A) Plain. B) Coast. C) Hill. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hill. 57. People have no food for a long time and many people die A) Famine. B) Drought. C) Flood. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Famine. 58. The outer solid layer of the Earth. A) Landform. B) Lithosphere. C) Plate tectonics. D) Transform boundary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithosphere. 59. Washington is between ..... to ..... North Latitude? A) 29 to 42. B) 42 to 46. C) 46 to 49. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 46 to 49. 60. What is the term for a smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river? A) Headwaters. B) Tributary. C) Fall line. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tributary. ← 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