It starts in the Great Khingan Mountains in Northern China and empties into the Sea of Japan. This river is also a border between China and Russia

A) Argun River

B) Yangtze River

C) Pearl River

D) Razdolnaya River

E)& Amur River

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The longest river in Southeast Asia is the …

A)& Mekong River

B) Brunei River

C) Irrawaddy River‎

D) Klang River‎

E) Nan River‎

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This river starts in the Himalayas and flows through China, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam before emptying into the South China Sea

A)& Mekong River

B) Brunei River

C) Irrawaddy River‎

D) Klang River‎

E) Nan River‎

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This body of water is located between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. In Korea they refer to it as the East Sea

A)& Sea of Japan

B) South China Sea

C) ‎East China Sea

D) ‎Sea of Okhotsk

E) Philippine Sea

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They are located off of the southwest coast of India in the Indian Ocean. There are over 1200 small islands in the

archipelago. The islands are atolls, the tops of submerged volcanoes surrounded by coral reefs

A) Malay Archipelago

B) Indonesia

C) Philippines

D) Islands of Japan

E)& Maldives

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Monsoon is a seasonal wind that occurs in …

A) Southwest Asia

B) North Asia

C)& South and Southeast Asia

D) Central Asia

E) East Asia

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Ohio River in North America belongs to the … Ocean’s Basin

A) Indian

B)& Atlantic

C) Pacific

D) Southern

E) Arctic

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Mackenzie River in North America belongs to the … Ocean’s Basin

A) Indian

B) Atlantic

C) Pacific

D) Southern

E)& Arctic

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Yukon River in North America belongs to the … Ocean’s Basin

A) Indian

B) Atlantic

C)& Pacific

D) Southern

E) Arctic

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North America exceeds … by the total amount of annual river flow

A) South America

B) Eurasia

C)& Australia

D) all continents

E) South America and Eurasia

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North America ranks … by the water resources amount

A) 1st

B) 2nd

C)& 3rd

D) 4th

E) 5th

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Young hydrographic network of North America is on:

A)& north of continent

B) south of continent

C) southeast of continent

D) southwest of continent

E) center of continent

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Main watershed of North America:

A) Appalachians

B) Great Plains

C) Brooks ridge

D) Labrador peninsula

E)& Cordilleras

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Great Lakes includes:

A) Winnipeg

B) Athabasca

C) Big Bear

D)& Huron

E) Great Slave

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Center of the modern glaciation of North America:

A)& Elsmir

B) Newfoundland

C) Florida

D) Labrador

E) Aleutian Islands

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… has a great impact on the modern boundaries of natural zones of North America

A) Africa

B)& Quaternary glaciation

C) influence of the adjacent territories

D) Indian Ocean

E) Antarctica

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In North America podsolic soils are characteristic for this natural zone:

A) tundra

B)& taiga

C) the steppe

D) monsoonal forests

E) Arctic deserts.

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The subzone of prairies of North America occupies the transitional part between:

A) taiga and steppes

B) deciduous forests and steppes

C)& both broad-leaved forests and steppes

D) monsoonal forests and taiga

E) tundra and forest-tundra

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The vegetation in the form of agaves, prickly pears, yuccas in North America, is characteristic for:

A) Alaska

B) Labrador

C)& Mexican Plateau

D) Appalachians

E) Laurentian Highlands

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Endemiс fauna in the tundra of North America is:

A) puma

B)& muskox

C) leopard

D) narwhal

E) opossum

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The vegetation of North America is the part of …:

A) Holarctic and Paleotropic kingdoms

B) Paleotropic kingdoms

C)& Holarctic and Neotropical kingdoms

D) Neotropical kingdoms

E) Cape kingdom.

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South America ranks … by area:

A) 1st

B) 2nd

C) 3rd

D)& 4th

E) 5th

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These tectonic structures lie on the basis of the southern row of continents:

A) Laurasia

B) Lavraziya and Gondwana

C) Pangea and Laurasia

D)& Gondwana

E) there are no tectonic structures

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The last stage of mountain buildings in the southern continents was:

A) Paleozoic

B) Caledonian

C) Variscan

D) Baikal

E)& Alpine

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South America reaches the greatest width on:

A) 10⁰ N

B) 10⁰ S

C) 5⁰ N

D)& 5⁰ S

E) 10⁰ S

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Northernmost point of South America is:

A)& Galyinas

B) Cabo Branco

C) Horn

D) Parinyas

E) Tierra del Fuego

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The area of South America:

A) 24,25 million sq.km

B) 30,3 million sq.km

C)& 17,85 million sq.km

D) 54,4 million sq.km

E) 10,5 million sq.km.

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How many shields are there on the basis of South American tectonic structure?

A) 1

B) 2

C)& 3

D) 4

E) 5.

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Syneclise of the most ancient platform of South America:

A) Karra

B) Yukla

C)& Paranaiba

D) Chad

E) Amadeus

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Tectonic plate of South America:

A) Scythian

B)& Patagonian

C) Yukla

D) Kanning

E) East Brazilian

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The geosynclinal belt in South America passes on:

A) Plateau of Brazil

B) Guiana Highlands

C)& Andes

D) Amazonian lowland

E) La-Plata lowland

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South America is divided into … large parts by relief

A) 1

B)& 2

C) 3

D) 4

E) 5

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Plain of South America:

A)& Orinoco

B) Mexican

C) Atlantic

D) Central

E) Brazilian

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Large hollows of South America are located around:

A) anticlise

B)& syneclises

C) gorges

D) trough valley

E) breaks

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Age of the base of the most ancient platform of South America:

A) 500-800 million years

B) 1-1,5 billion years

C) 4-5 billion years

D)& 2,5-3,5 billion years

E) 300-400 million years.

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The Andes of South America are rich in:

A)& copper

B) diamonds

C) platinum

D) uran

E) construction raw materials

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… have a great impact on climate of east regions of South America

A) trade winds from the Pacific Ocean

B) trade winds

C)& trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean

D) monsoons

E) all answers are right

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The most humid places of South America:

A) Patagonia

B) Internal plains

C)& Western Colombia

D) East Brazil

E) Pampas

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