Geography for grades 7–8: questions with answers

The Geography questions for grades 7–8 from the game, with the correct answers and an explanation for each.

  1. Which is the longest river in Europe?

    • Rhine
    • Dnieper
    • Volga
    • Danube

    Correct answer: Volga — The Volga is about 3,530 km long and empties into the Caspian Sea; the Danube is Europe's second-longest river.

  2. Which is the largest lake in the world by surface area?

    • Lake Baikal
    • Lake Superior
    • Lake Victoria
    • Caspian Sea

    Correct answer: Caspian Sea — Despite its name the Caspian is a lake of about 371,000 square kilometres, with no outlet to the ocean and slightly salty water.

  3. What is the capital of Peru?

    • Lima
    • Bogotá
    • Santiago
    • Quito

    Correct answer: Lima — Lima was founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 and sits on the Pacific coast in one of the driest capital regions in the world.

  4. What is the capital of Nigeria?

    • Abuja
    • Lagos
    • Kano
    • Accra

    Correct answer: Abuja — Abuja, a planned city in the centre of Nigeria, replaced Lagos as the capital in 1991.

  5. What is the capital of Morocco?

    • Tunis
    • Rabat
    • Casablanca
    • Marrakesh

    Correct answer: Rabat — Rabat sits on the Atlantic coast; Casablanca is the larger city and the country's economic centre.

  6. Which strait connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara?

    • Dardanelles
    • Bosporus
    • Strait of Gibraltar
    • Strait of Messina

    Correct answer: Bosporus — The Bosporus runs through Istanbul and is one of the narrowest straits used for international shipping — under 1 km at points.

  7. Which is the largest peninsula in the world?

    • Indochina
    • Scandinavian Peninsula
    • Arabian Peninsula
    • Iberian Peninsula

    Correct answer: Arabian Peninsula — The Arabian Peninsula is about 3.2 million square kilometres and holds Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait.

  8. Which sea lies between Saudi Arabia and north-east Africa?

    • Arabian Sea
    • Red Sea
    • Persian Gulf
    • Black Sea

    Correct answer: Red Sea — The Red Sea is an ocean in the making: Africa and Arabia are slowly drifting apart along a rift beneath it.

  9. Which river flows through Rome?

    • Arno
    • Adige
    • Po
    • Tiber

    Correct answer: Tiber — Rome was founded on the east bank of the Tiber; legend says the twins Romulus and Remus were found on its shore.

  10. Which is the lowest point on Earth's land surface?

    • Dead Sea shore
    • Caspian Sea shore
    • Lake Assal
    • Death Valley

    Correct answer: Dead Sea shore — The Dead Sea shore lies more than 430 m below sea level, and its water is nearly ten times saltier than the ocean.

  11. What is the capital of New Zealand?

    • Dunedin
    • Auckland
    • Wellington
    • Christchurch

    Correct answer: Wellington — Wellington became the capital in 1865 for its central position; Auckland is the largest city.

  12. Which mountain range is the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia?

    • Caucasus
    • Carpathians
    • Ural Mountains
    • Altai Mountains

    Correct answer: Ural Mountains — The Urals run about 2,500 km from the Arctic coast south to Kazakhstan.

  13. Which river forms much of the border between the United States and Mexico?

    • Mississippi
    • Missouri
    • Colorado
    • Rio Grande

    Correct answer: Rio Grande — The Rio Grande, called Río Bravo in Mexico, forms about 2,000 km of border along the state of Texas.

  14. What is the capital of Saudi Arabia?

    • Riyadh
    • Dubai
    • Jeddah
    • Mecca

    Correct answer: Riyadh — Riyadh lies in the centre of the Arabian Peninsula; its name means "the gardens" in Arabic.

  15. Which river flows through Baghdad?

    • Jordan
    • Euphrates
    • Tigris
    • Indus

    Correct answer: Tigris — Baghdad was founded on the Tigris in 762 as capital of the Abbasid caliphate; the Tigris and Euphrates together define Mesopotamia.

  16. What is the capital of Iran?

    • Baghdad
    • Tehran
    • Isfahan
    • Kabul

    Correct answer: Tehran — Tehran lies at the foot of the Alborz mountains and became the capital in 1796 under the Qajar dynasty.

  17. Which is the largest of North America's Great Lakes?

    • Lake Michigan
    • Lake Huron
    • Lake Erie
    • Lake Superior

    Correct answer: Lake Superior — Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area, about 82,000 square kilometres.

  18. Which is the largest island of Africa?

    • Madagascar
    • Zanzibar
    • Bioko
    • Socotra

    Correct answer: Madagascar — Madagascar separated from the Indian subcontinent about 88 million years ago; most of its species live nowhere else.

  19. Which is the largest island in the Caribbean?

    • Jamaica
    • Hispaniola
    • Puerto Rico
    • Cuba

    Correct answer: Cuba — Cuba is about 110,000 square kilometres — more than all the other islands of the Greater Antilles combined.

  20. Which mountain range separates France from Spain?

    • Alps
    • Pyrenees
    • Apennines
    • Carpathians

    Correct answer: Pyrenees — The Pyrenees stretch about 430 km from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean; the tiny state of Andorra lies within them.

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