world physical geography section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (a)

Answer: (a)

Dover strait – English channel and North sea. The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, marking the boundary between the Channel and the North Sea, separating Great Britain from continental Europe.

Answer: (c)

Mont Blanc, meaning 'White Mountain', is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe, and the European Union. The Mont Blanc massif is being put forward as a potential World Heritage Site because of its uniqueness and its cultural importance, considered the birthplace and symbol of modern mountaineering.

Answer: (b)

1. Thailand – Siam
2. Ghana – Gold Coast
3. Zambia – Northern Rhodesia
4. Japan – Nippon.

Answer: (b)

Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan.

It is generally considered the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world in area (if Lakes Michigan and Huron are taken separately; see Lake Michigan–Huron), and the third-largest in volume, behind Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.

The Caspian Sea, while larger than Lake Superior in both surface area and volume, is brackish.