world economic industry trade agriculture section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

With an area of about 9.6 million km², the People’s Republic of China is the 3rd largest country in total area behind Russia and Canada, and very similar to the United States, in area.

Answer: (d)

• The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy zone in Southern Africa extending 900,000 square kilometres, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia, and regions of South Africa.
• Namib is a coastal desert in southern Africa. The name Namib is of Nama origin and means “vast place”.
• The Nubian Desert is in the eastern region of the Sahara Desert, spanning approximately 400,000 km² of northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea.

Answer: (d)

Shikoku is the smallest of Japan’s main islands with a total area of 7,260 square miles (18,800 sq km). This area is made up of the main island as well as the small islets surrounding it.

It is located to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu and has a population of 4,414,955. Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and it is located to the south of Honshu (map). It has a total area of 13,761 square miles (35,640 sq km) and a 2006 population of 13,231,995 people.

The largest city on Kyushu is Fukuoka and it is divided into seven prefectures. Hokkaido is the second-largest island of Japan with a total area of 32,221 square miles (83,453 sq km). The population of Hokkaido is 5,507,456 and the main city on the island is Sapporo, which is also the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture. Honshu is central, with Tokyo in the central part of the island.

The main island is also home to Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and Nagoya, and the majority of Japan’s population lives here. Honshu has a total area of 88,017 square miles (227,962 sq km) and it is the world’s seventh-largest island.

Answer: (a)

1. Kinki is the industrial region of Japan. The Kansai region or the Kinki region lies in the southern-central region of Japan’s main island Honshu.
2. Lorraine is the industrial region of France. Lorraine is one of the 27 regions of France. The administrative region has two cities of equal importance: Metz, the regional prefecture and Nancy.
3. Midlands is the industrial region of U.K. The Midlands is an area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders southern England, northern England, East Anglia and Wales.
4. New England is the industrial region of U.S.A. New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Answer: (a)

• Detroit, the largest city in Michigan and the seat of Wayne County in the United States. The city is located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit River (connecting Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair), opposite Windsor, Ontario, Canada.