Q 01/05

Australia is the smallest continent in the seven-continent model. Roughly how large is it?

A) 7.6 million km²

B) 9.0 million km²

C) 10.2 million km²

D) 14.0 million km²

Answer · why

A) 7.6 million km²

Europe, at about 10.2 million km², is the second-smallest; Australia is also the lowest, flattest and oldest landmass on Earth.

Q 02/05

Roughly what share of the world's population lives in Asia?

A) 60%

B) 65%

C) 70%

D) 75%

Answer · why

A) 60%

Its 4.7 billion people live on about 30 percent of Earth's land area, and the continent shares the Eurasian landmass with Europe.

Q 03/05

How many fully recognised sovereign states does Africa contain, more than any other continent?

A) 39

B) 44

C) 48

D) 54

Answer · why

D) 54

Plus two de facto states with limited recognition; the continent is also the youngest, with a median age under 20 in 2012 against a world figure of 30...

Q 04/05

Africa is the only continent to straddle both the equator and which other line of reference?

A) Tropic of Cancer

B) Tropic of Capricorn

C) International Date Line

D) Prime meridian

Answer · why

D) Prime meridian

The two lines cross in the Gulf of Guinea, just off the coast; South America is crossed by the equator but not the prime meridian.

Q 05/05

Besides the Urals, Caucasus, Black Sea and Turkish straits, which sea divides Europe and Asia?

A) Aral Sea

B) Caspian Sea

C) Sea of Azov

D) Baltic Sea

Answer · why

B) Caspian Sea

The Turkish straits complete the line; the whole boundary is a convention rather than a physical break, since Europe and Asia share one landmass.