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