NAME:

BRITISH GEOGRAPHY– QUIZ

(first semester)

I. Choose the correct answer(s) to the following questions:

1. Which of the following is not a type of settlement?
a. conurbation b. hamlet c. inner city d. regional centre
2. What does CBD stand for?
a. nothing b. central building district c. cement building department
d. central business district
3. What are the reasons for low population density?
a. climate b. relief c. soils d. neighbors
4. Which one of the following is an example of intermediate population density?
a. East Anglia b. London c. Scotland d. none of these
5. What are the factors affecting climate?
a. latitude b. longitude c. relief d. winds
6. The climate of what city is different from that of the rural area around it?
a. Glasgow b. Leeds c. Belfast d. none of these
7. What is the relief of coasts made up of?
a. cliffs b. arches c. dunes d. hills
8. What are the causes of flooding?
a. rainstorms b. cloudbursts c. relief d. crops
9. What river floods most winters?
a. Ouse b. Tay c Humber d. Thames
10. What is the “ backbone of England”?
a. the Pennines b. the Scottish Highlands c. East Anglia d. the Cambrians
11. What are the mountains situated in Wales called?
a. the Pennines b. the Scottish Highlands c. East Anglia d. the Cambrians
12. Where are the Fens situated?
a. Ireland b. Scotland c. Wales d. none of these
13. What is the name of the lake situated in Northern Ireland?
a. Loch Ness b. Kildear c. Lough Neagh d. none of these
14. What is the wettest part of Britain?
a. West b. South c. North d. East
15. What are the relief areas of Britain?
a. lowlands b. mountains c. cliffs d. highlands

II. Unjumble these words in order to find out the elements of weather
a. shenisun
b. peetraturem
c. vapotarione
d. repessur
e. dihumity
f. ipatrecipotin
 ANSWER KEY

I. 1c II. a. sunshine
2d b. temperature
3 a, b, c c. evaporation
4a d. pressure
5 a, d e. humidity
6d f. precipitation
7 a, b
8 a, b
9a
10 a
11 d
12 d
13 c
14 a
15 a, d