NAQT Geography Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Yangtze - CORRECT ANSWER the longest river in China and Asia
third longest in the world
Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest
Brahmaputra - CORRECT ANSWER source in the Tibetan Himalayas
merges with the Ganges to form the world's largest delta
prone to disastrous flooding.
Yellow - CORRECT ANSWER China's second-longest
the most important to the northern half of the country.
Bohai Gulf
the Grand Canal
Ganges - CORRECT ANSWER flows 1,560 miles to the world's largest delta, on the Bay of
Bengal
high population density that is rapidly polluting the river
Mekong - CORRECT ANSWER chief river of Southeast Asia
originates in eastern Tibet
forms much of the Laos-Thailand border,
Vientiane (Laos) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
source of diplomatic conflict among China, Laos, and Cambodia.
Tigris - CORRECT ANSWER eastern of the two rivers that define Mesopotamia home to the
ancient civilizations Sumer and Akkad
empties into the Persian Gulf.
Euphrates - CORRECT ANSWER the western border of Mesopotamia
, the longer of the two rivers
Irrawaddy - CORRECT ANSWER chief river of Myanmar (Burma)
delta is one of the world's most important rice-growing regions
name from the Sanskrit word for "elephant"
Indus - CORRECT ANSWER chief river of Pakistan and the source of the name of India.
Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej tributaries
Jordan - CORRECT ANSWER rises in Syria from springs near Mount Hermon through the Sea
of Galilee, and into the Dead Sea
the site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.
Atacama - CORRECT ANSWER Chile
rain shadow of the Andes
driest hot desert in the world
main bone of contention in the War of the Pacific
Kalahari - CORRECT ANSWER Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
all of region is arid enough to be a desert
red sand, large game reserves, mineral deposits
San Bushmen (click language)
Mojave - CORRECT ANSWER mostly California, and Arizona, Utah Nevada
between the Great Basin and the Sonoran Desert Death Valley
Gobi - CORRECT ANSWER China and Mongolia
Asia's second largest desert (after Arabian Desert) role in the Silk Road trading rout
the Nemegt Basin
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Yangtze - CORRECT ANSWER the longest river in China and Asia
third longest in the world
Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest
Brahmaputra - CORRECT ANSWER source in the Tibetan Himalayas
merges with the Ganges to form the world's largest delta
prone to disastrous flooding.
Yellow - CORRECT ANSWER China's second-longest
the most important to the northern half of the country.
Bohai Gulf
the Grand Canal
Ganges - CORRECT ANSWER flows 1,560 miles to the world's largest delta, on the Bay of
Bengal
high population density that is rapidly polluting the river
Mekong - CORRECT ANSWER chief river of Southeast Asia
originates in eastern Tibet
forms much of the Laos-Thailand border,
Vientiane (Laos) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
source of diplomatic conflict among China, Laos, and Cambodia.
Tigris - CORRECT ANSWER eastern of the two rivers that define Mesopotamia home to the
ancient civilizations Sumer and Akkad
empties into the Persian Gulf.
Euphrates - CORRECT ANSWER the western border of Mesopotamia
, the longer of the two rivers
Irrawaddy - CORRECT ANSWER chief river of Myanmar (Burma)
delta is one of the world's most important rice-growing regions
name from the Sanskrit word for "elephant"
Indus - CORRECT ANSWER chief river of Pakistan and the source of the name of India.
Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej tributaries
Jordan - CORRECT ANSWER rises in Syria from springs near Mount Hermon through the Sea
of Galilee, and into the Dead Sea
the site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.
Atacama - CORRECT ANSWER Chile
rain shadow of the Andes
driest hot desert in the world
main bone of contention in the War of the Pacific
Kalahari - CORRECT ANSWER Botswana, Namibia, South Africa
all of region is arid enough to be a desert
red sand, large game reserves, mineral deposits
San Bushmen (click language)
Mojave - CORRECT ANSWER mostly California, and Arizona, Utah Nevada
between the Great Basin and the Sonoran Desert Death Valley
Gobi - CORRECT ANSWER China and Mongolia
Asia's second largest desert (after Arabian Desert) role in the Silk Road trading rout
the Nemegt Basin
