--- title: Geography — the questions of a course of Mova's school, with trees and pragmatics description: The test and exam questions of the geography course of Mova's primary school: 64 lessons, 955 questions, each with its options, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / Geography # Geography Maps and the world: scale, directions, latitude and longitude, map projections, time zones, continents and oceans, islands and seas, the countries and capitals of Europe, the British Isles, the United States, the English-speaking world, and the regions of Asia, Africa and the Americas. The questions of the geography course of Mova's primary school: 64 lessons, 955 questions, every question and option parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the course at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/). - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/) — Maps and scale — 15 questions · my cousin says people in 1337 thought the earth was flat lol. right? - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/2-directions-latitude-and-longitude/) — Directions, latitude and longitude — 15 questions · Why is there a natural zero for latitude but not for longitude? - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/3-projections-why-greenland-looks-huge/) — Projections: why Greenland looks huge — 15 questions · Why would a 1569 sailor care more about correct directions than correct sizes? - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/4-time-zones-and-the-date-line/) — Time zones and the date line — 15 questions · Local noon in two places is 3 hours apart. How far apart are they in longitude? - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/5-continents-and-oceans/) — Continents and oceans — 15 questions · Mate reckons there's exactly seven continents and that's a scientific fact. Right? - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/6-islands-seas-and-lakes/) — Islands, seas and lakes — 15 questions · In EU5 you see Denmark and Greenland together in 1337. What did the real map look like? - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/7-europe-countries-and-capitals/) — Europe: countries and capitals — 15 questions · Why can two atlases give different numbers of European countries? - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/8-the-british-isles-and-the-united-kingdom/) — The British Isles and the United Kingdom — 14 questions · In EU5 you start as England in 1337. Who rules Scotland? - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/9-the-united-states/) — The United States — 15 questions · Why was the capital of the United States put outside every state? - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world/) — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of the English-speaking world — 15 questions · If a game map painted all of Ireland in English colours in 1337, what was the real picture? - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/11-east-south-and-south-east-asia/) — East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals — 15 questions · Jack says: «China's got the most people in the world, everyone knows that.» What is right? - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/12-middle-east-and-central-asia/) — The Middle East and Central Asia — 14 questions · Leo says: «Dubai's the capital of the Emirates, obviously, it's the famous one.» What is right? - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/13-africa-countries-and-capitals/) — Africa: countries and capitals — 15 questions · Tom says: «Africa's basically one big country, isn't it?» What is right? - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/) — Latin America and the Caribbean — 15 questions · Sam reckons Brazilians speak Spanish «coz it's South America innit». What is right? - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/15-the-arctic-and-antarctica/) — The Arctic and Antarctica — 15 questions · A cartoon shows a polar bear hunting penguins. Could this happen in the wild? - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/16-the-great-rivers/) — The great rivers — 15 questions · Max says: «The Amazon is definitely longer than the Nile, my teacher said.» What is the best answer? - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/17-mountains-and-highlands/) — Mountains and highlands — 15 questions · Ruby says: «Everest is the tallest mountain, end of story.» What is the best answer? - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/18-deserts/) — Deserts — 15 questions · Josh says: «Antarctica can't be a desert, it's all ice!» What is the best answer? - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/19-straits-the-narrow-doors/) — Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the other narrow doors — 15 questions · In Europa Universalis 5, a strait is just a crossing for armies and a good spot for a fort. What does the ga… - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts/) — Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts — 15 questions · In Europa Universalis 5 you can never sail through Suez. Is that a mistake in the game? - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/21-climate-zones-and-why-they-are-where-they-are/) — Climate zones and why they are where they are — 15 questions · My mate says it's summer cos Earth is closer to the Sun. Right? - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents/) — Winds, monsoons and ocean currents — 16 questions · Why does a beach often get a breeze from the sea in the afternoon? - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/23-weather-storms-and-the-changing-climate/) — Weather, storms and the changing climate — 15 questions · It snowed loads today so global warming is fake lol - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/24-population-and-cities/) — Population and cities — 15 questions · My mate says the world has always had about 8 billion people. Right? - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/) — Languages and peoples on the map — 16 questions · Why does Romanian look a bit like Italian although they are far apart? - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/) — Food and farming around the world — 16 questions · My mate says potatoes are an old Irish food, been there forever. True? - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/27-resources-and-what-countries-trade/) — Resources and what countries trade — 16 questions · Why does Britain import bananas? - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/28-the-silk-road/) — The Silk Road — 15 questions · Did traders in 1300 call it the Silk Road? - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/) — The spice trade and the Indian Ocean — 15 questions · Why did pepper cost so much more in Europe than in India? - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/) — The Atlantic routes and the slave trade — 15 questions · My mate says ships just sailed straight there and straight back. Why did they take different routes? - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/) — Borders: why they are where they are — 15 questions · My mate says Hadrian's Wall is the England–Scotland border, innit? - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/) — Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean — 15 questions · My mate says Lepanto smashed the Ottomans for good. Right? - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/) — Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires — 15 questions · My teacher said Columbus discovered the Earth was round. That right? - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/34-muscovy-england-and-france-how-the-big-powers-grew/) — Muscovy, England and France: how the big powers grew — 15 questions · In EU5 you "form Great Britain" with one decision. How did it really happen? - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia/) — The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia — 15 questions · lol my cousin says the Great Wall is the only thing you can see from space. true? - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/36-the-people-who-were-already-there/) — The people who were already there: what colonisation did — 15 questions · In EU5 you "colonise an empty province" in North America. What really happened in such places? - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/) — How empires fell: the map of the 20th century — 15 questions · In EU5 the colonial map of the Americas looks rock solid in 1836. What is the truth? - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/38-todays-world-the-un-the-eu-and-the-commonwealth/) — Today's world: the UN, the EU and the Commonwealth — 15 questions · my mate reckons Brexit happened in 2016. not quite, is it - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands/) — Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands — 16 questions · lol Vatican City is a city not a country. right? - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/40-the-game-map-and-the-real-map-what-eu5-simplifies/) — The game map and the real map: what EU5 simplifies — 15 questions · My mate says "in EU5 I took this province in 3 months, so armies were fast back then." What is wrong? - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/41-inside-the-earth/) — Inside the Earth — 15 questions · Jack says: "Under the ground it's all lava, like a giant soup, that's why volcanoes happen." Put him right. - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/42-plate-tectonics/) — Plate tectonics — 14 questions · Leo says the plates float on a sea of liquid lava. Put him right. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today/) — Moving continents: from Pangaea to today — 15 questions · Your friend says: "The continents have always been where they are now, maps never change." Put her right. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/44-earthquakes/) — Earthquakes — 14 questions · Jake says: "In an earthquake the ground opens up and swallows whole cities." Put him right. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/45-tsunamis/) — Tsunamis — 14 questions · In a film, a surfer rides a giant curling tsunami into the beach. What's wrong with it? - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/) — Volcanoes: how and where — 14 questions · Ben says: "Lava and magma are two different kinds of rock." Put him right. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/) — Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes — 14 questions · A cartoon shows the people of Pompeii slowly drowned by a river of lava they could easily outwalk. What's cl… - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/) — Igneous rocks and the rock cycle — 14 questions · Ella's granite worktop has big speckles. Her brother says it cooled fast in a volcano's lava. Put him right. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/) — Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks — 14 questions · Josh says the top layer of a cliff must be the oldest because it's been there longest in the sun. Put him ri… - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/) — Minerals and crystals — 14 questions · "found gold in the stream!!! shiny cubes, gonna be rich" What should you check first? - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/51-gemstones-and-precious-metals/) — Gemstones and precious metals — 15 questions · Jake reckons diamonds and pencil lead are totally different stuff. right? - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/52-weathering-and-erosion/) — Weathering and erosion — 15 questions · my mate says weathering and erosion is the same thing innit - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/) — Rivers shaping the land — 15 questions · Why does a river cut a V-shaped valley up in the hills but wind in loops near the sea? - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/54-glaciers-and-ice-ages/) — Glaciers and ice ages — 15 questions · In a cartoon a glacier zooms down the mountain like a car. What should be corrected? - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/55-coasts-and-caves/) — Coasts and caves — 15 questions · little sis: "stalagMITES go up, stalacTITES come down — how do i remember?" which is right? - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/56-soil/) — Soil — 14 questions · kid at school: "soil's just dead dirt, nothing lives in it lol" — what's true? - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/57-fossils/) — Fossils — 15 questions · Ben reckons every dead animal turns into a fossil eventually. Right? - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life/) — Deep time and the story of life — 16 questions · A cartoon shows cavemen riding dinosaurs. What is wrong? - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/59-coal-oil-and-gas/) — Coal, oil and gas — 15 questions · "oil comes from dead dinosaurs" — it says so on a cartoon dinosaur at a petrol station. What is true? - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/) — Metals, mining and what they cost — 15 questions · Ella reckons metals just come out of the ground shiny and ready. right? - [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey/) — The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to the Limpopo, the Amazon and Surrey — 15 questions · «latitude and longitude are the same thing really» What would you say? - [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel/) — The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantinople to the English Channel — 15 questions · «the river in wind in the willows is made up, there's no real one» What is right? - [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/63-olympiad-maps-directions-and-clocks/) — Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★ — 15 questions · Your mate says "I walked 1 km south, 1 km east, 1 km north and I'm back at my tent." Where could his tent be? - [64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/64-olympiad-which-country-am-i/) — Olympiad: which country am I? ★★★ — 15 questions · Quizmaster in Dudley: "I'm massive, I've got 11 time zones and a bit stuck between Poland and Lithuania. Bos… - ← previous: [French](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/french/) - next →: [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) - ↑ back to [the questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/)