Political Geography Quiz

Quiz Questions and Answers

Thimphu is the capital of which country? Answer: Bhutan
Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites? Answer: Italy
What mountain range forms the natural border between France and Spain? Answer: Pyrenees
Which country is the largest landlocked nation by area? Answer: Kazakhstan
Which country has three capital cities? Answer: South Africa (Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein)
Which river is considered the lifeblood of Egypt? Answer: Nile River
Which American state is the only one to border three Canadian provinces? Answer: Montana
Which two countries are divided by the Durand Line? Answer: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Which country located on the southwestern coast of Africa is bordered by Botswana to the east and South Africa to south?Answer: Namibia
Which river flows through Budapest and Vienna? Answer: Danube River
What is the capital of the Republic of the Congo? Answer: Brazzaville
Which two countries share the island of Cyprus? Answer: Greece and Turkey
Which three countries does Mexico share a land border with? Answer: USA, Belize and Guatemala
What, together with French and German, is the primary language spoken in Luxembourg? Answer: Luxembourgish
In which country is Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall? Answer: Venezuela
What is the capital of Barbados? Answer: Bridgetown
Which island group, located off the coast of Ecuador, is known for its unique biodiversity? Answer: Galapagos Islands
What is the capital of Malta? Answer: Valletta
Which landlocked nation is sandwiched between Vietnam and Thailand? Answer: Laos
Which mountain range is known as the "Backbone of Italy"? Answer: Apennines
What two countries have a historical rivalry over the Kashmir region? Answer: India and Pakistan
What is the capital of Nicaragua? Answer: Managua
Which country has the longest coastline in the world? Answer: Canada
Which body of water separates Saudi Arabia from Africa? Answer: Red Sea
The Maldives is in which ocean? Answer: Indian Ocean
Aksai Chin is a territory claimed by China and which other country? Answer: India
Which city is the administrative capital of the European Union? Answer: Brussels
Eswatini is the new name for where? Answer: Swaziland
By what name is 'Huang He' better known in English? Answer: The Yellow River
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea? Answer: Port Moresby
What is the capital of the Czech Republic? Answer: Prague
Which country is divided into regions known as "cantons"? Answer: Switzerland
What is the capital city of the country Georgia? Answer: Tbilisi
Which country has a territory called Greenland? Answer: Denmark
Which country is famous for the historical region of Transylvania? Answer: Romania
Egypt is bordered to its south by which country? Answer: Sudan
Which two countries are separated by the Strait of Gibraltar? Answer: Spain and Morocco
Turkmenistan shares a 1,086 mile long border with which body of water? Answer: Caspian Sea
The enclave of Kaliningrad borders Poland and which other country? Answer: Lithuania
Is most of Africa south or north of the equator? Answer: North
What is the capital of North Macedonia? Answer: Skopje
What present-day Italian city does Mount Vesuvius overlook? Answer: Naples
Which country is directly south of Slovakia? Answer: Hungary
What two states do not share a border with any other US state? Answer: Hawaii and Alaska
Which Central American country is the only one that does not border the Pacific Ocean? Answer: Belize
What's the well-known term for the geographical dividing line between South and North Korea? Answer: 38th Parallel
Which continent is home to the most countries? Answer: Africa
The Equator passes through which 3 South American countries? Answer: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil
Pakistan is bordered by which four countries? Answer: India, Afghanistan, Iran and China
The Black Sea connects to the Mediterranean Sea through which strait? Answer: Bosporus Strait