Islands and Archipelagos

Geography · 10 questions

Specks and giants scattered across the world's oceans.

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1. What is the largest island in the world (not counting continents)?

   1. Greenland
   2. Borneo
   3. Madagascar
   4. New Guinea
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   A) Greenland

2. Which island nation lies off the southeast coast of Africa?

   1. Mauritius
   2. Comoros
   3. Madagascar
   4. Seychelles
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   C) Madagascar

3. Which Mediterranean island is the largest?

   1. Sardinia
   2. Cyprus
   3. Crete
   4. Sicily
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   D) Sicily

4. Which archipelago inspired Darwin's theory of natural selection?

   1. Canary Islands
   2. Galápagos Islands
   3. Hawaiian Islands
   4. Azores
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   B) Galápagos Islands

5. Which island group forms a U.S. state in the middle of the Pacific?

   1. Hawaii
   2. Aleutians
   3. Guam
   4. Samoa
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   A) Hawaii

6. Which country's main islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku?

   1. Philippines
   2. Indonesia
   3. New Zealand
   4. Japan
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   D) Japan

7. Which island is divided between Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

   1. Jamaica
   2. Puerto Rico
   3. Hispaniola
   4. Cuba
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   C) Hispaniola

8. Which Greek island is famed for its white-and-blue villages over a caldera?

   1. Corfu
   2. Santorini
   3. Rhodes
   4. Kos
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   B) Santorini

9. Iceland sits on the boundary of two tectonic plates.

   1. True
   2. False
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   A) True

10. Tasmania is a state of New Zealand.

    1. True
    2. False
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    B) False