100 Geography Quiz Questions and Answers (2026)
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What is the capital of the United States?#1Show Answer
Washington, DC
What latitude is the Equator?#2Show Answer
0 degrees latitude
Which direction is opposite east on a compass?#3Show Answer
West
Which U.S. state is largest by area?#4Show Answer
Alaska
If water surrounds a landform on three sides, what kind of landform is it?#5Show Answer
A peninsula
How many Great Lakes are there?#6Show Answer
Five: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario
Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines are each examples of what kind of island grouping?#7Show Answer
An archipelago
What is the capital of France?#8Show Answer
Paris
In which state is the Grand Canyon?#9Show Answer
Arizona
What is the capital of Australia?#10Show Answer
Canberra
Which famous waterfall can be viewed from both the United States and Canada?#11Show Answer
Niagara Falls
What is the capital of Japan?#12Show Answer
Tokyo
Which is Earth's largest ocean?#13Show Answer
The Pacific Ocean
What is the capital of Canada?#14Show Answer
Ottawa
Which is the largest hot desert in the world?#15Show Answer
The Sahara
What is the capital of Mexico?#16Show Answer
Mexico City
On which continent are the Himalayas?#17Show Answer
Asia
Along which continent's western edge do the Andes run?#18Show Answer
South America
Which ocean surrounds the Hawaiian Islands?#19Show Answer
The Pacific Ocean
Which river flows through London?#20Show Answer
The River Thames
Into which body of water does the Mississippi River empty?#21Show Answer
The Gulf of Mexico
Machu Picchu is in which country?#22Show Answer
Peru
The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of which country?#23Show Answer
Australia
Which mountain range runs through western North America?#24Show Answer
The Rocky Mountains
Which country is made up of North Island, South Island and many smaller islands?#25Show Answer
New Zealand
Which U.S. state is smallest by area?#26Show Answer
Rhode Island
What longitude is the Prime Meridian?#27Show Answer
0 degrees longitude
What is the capital of Kenya?#28Show Answer
Nairobi
Do lines of latitude run mainly east–west or north–south?#29Show Answer
East–west
What is the capital of California?#30Show Answer
Sacramento
What is the capital of Egypt?#31Show Answer
Cairo
Which hemisphere contains the South Pole?#32Show Answer
The Southern Hemisphere
What is the capital of Argentina?#33Show Answer
Buenos Aires
Which two U.S. states are not part of the contiguous 48 states?#34Show Answer
Alaska and Hawaii
What is the fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of some rivers called?#35Show Answer
A delta
What is the capital of New Zealand?#36Show Answer
Wellington
What is the capital of New York State?#37Show Answer
Albany
What is the capital of South Korea?#38Show Answer
Seoul
What is the capital of Peru?#39Show Answer
Lima
What is the capital of Brazil?#40Show Answer
Brasília
Which Great Lake is the only one found entirely within the United States?#41Show Answer
Lake Michigan
Do lines of longitude meet at the Equator or at the poles?#42Show Answer
At the poles
Ankara is the capital of which country?#43Show Answer
Türkiye
Cape Cod is part of which U.S. state?#44Show Answer
Massachusetts
What map feature tells you how a measured distance compares with the real distance on the ground?#45Show Answer
The map scale
Rabat is the capital of which North African country?#46Show Answer
Morocco
What do contour lines on a topographic map show?#47Show Answer
Points of equal elevation
Which peninsula lies between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico?#48Show Answer
The Florida Peninsula
Which city serves as Switzerland's federal city and seat of government?#49Show Answer
Bern
Which named line of latitude crosses Mexico, northern Africa and southern Asia?#50Show Answer
The Tropic of Cancer
What is the highest mountain in North America?#51Show Answer
Denali in Alaska
Abuja is the capital of which country?#52Show Answer
Nigeria
Which named circle surrounds the far north of Earth?#53Show Answer
The Arctic Circle
Bangkok is the capital of which country?#54Show Answer
Thailand
The International Date Line roughly follows which meridian?#55Show Answer
The 180-degree meridian
Most of Yellowstone National Park is in which state?#56Show Answer
Wyoming
What is the capital of Vietnam?#57Show Answer
Hanoi
What is a narrow strip of land joining two larger land areas called?#58Show Answer
An isthmus
Reykjavík is the capital of which country?#59Show Answer
Iceland
What is the capital of Chile?#60Show Answer
Santiago
The Great Salt Lake is in which state?#61Show Answer
Utah
What is the capital of India?#62Show Answer
New Delhi
Lisbon is the capital of which country?#63Show Answer
Portugal
Into which sea does the Nile River flow?#64Show Answer
The Mediterranean Sea
Into which ocean does the Amazon River flow?#65Show Answer
The Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Rico lies in which sea?#66Show Answer
The Caribbean Sea
Which sea lies between southern Europe and northern Africa?#67Show Answer
The Mediterranean Sea
Which sea separates northeast Africa from the Arabian Peninsula?#68Show Answer
The Red Sea
Which canal links the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?#69Show Answer
The Suez Canal
Which canal crosses Panama and connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?#70Show Answer
The Panama Canal
Which U.S. state has the longest coastline?#71Show Answer
Alaska
Continents sit this one out: what is the largest island in the world?#72Show Answer
Greenland
Into which sea does the Danube River empty?#73Show Answer
The Black Sea
Which lake is the deepest in the world?#74Show Answer
Lake Baikal in Russia
Which continent is the driest overall?#75Show Answer
Antarctica
Which old mountain chain runs along the eastern United States?#76Show Answer
The Appalachian Mountains
Which continent is smallest by land area?#77Show Answer
Australia
Which continent is crossed by both the Equator and the Prime Meridian?#78Show Answer
Africa
What is the highest mountain above sea level?#79Show Answer
Mount Everest
The Mariana Trench is in which ocean?#80Show Answer
The Pacific Ocean
The Ring of Fire surrounds much of which ocean?#81Show Answer
The Pacific Ocean
The ancient city of Petra is in which country?#82Show Answer
Jordan
Most of Serengeti National Park lies in which country?#83Show Answer
Tanzania
Which European country is especially famous for deep coastal fjords?#84Show Answer
Norway
Which river forms much of the border between Texas and Mexico?#85Show Answer
The Rio Grande
Venice stands beside which sea?#86Show Answer
The Adriatic Sea
Mount Kilimanjaro is in which country?#87Show Answer
Tanzania
The Galápagos Islands belong to which country?#88Show Answer
Ecuador
Which two countries contain most of the Gobi Desert?#89Show Answer
Mongolia and China
In which part of Africa is the Kalahari Desert?#90Show Answer
Southern Africa
Which mountain range forms a broad natural boundary between France and Spain?#91Show Answer
The Pyrenees
Which mountain range is commonly used as part of the boundary between Europe and Asia?#92Show Answer
The Ural Mountains
Where can you stand in four U.S. states at once, and which states are they?#93Show Answer
The Four Corners: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah
A ferry across which strait takes you from the European side of Istanbul to the Asian side?#94Show Answer
The Bosporus
Which strait separates Spain from Morocco?#95Show Answer
The Strait of Gibraltar
Which major river runs through or along six countries in mainland Southeast Asia?#96Show Answer
The Mekong River
Which three countries share the rainforests of Borneo?#97Show Answer
Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei
Madagascar lies off which coast of Africa?#98Show Answer
The southeast coast
New Guinea lies directly north of which country?#99Show Answer
Australia
It is called a sea but is usually classed as the largest lake in the world. What is it?#100Show Answer
The Caspian Sea
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