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Islands & Archipelagos Quiz
Islands & Archipelagos · Hard
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Islands are landmasses completely surrounded by water, ranging from tiny coral atolls to vast landmasses like Greenland and Australia. Archipelagos are chains or clusters of island...
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All 18 questions in this Islands & Archipelagos quiz
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Which island is known as the Spice Island and was once so valuable to European powers that the Netherlands traded Manhattan for it?
- A. Java
- B. Sumatra
- C. Ternate
- D. Banda Neira
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What is the name of the tropical island that is the southernmost point of the Indian subcontinent?
- A. Andaman
- B. Lakshadweep
- C. Nicobar
- D. Minicoy
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What is the term for a ring-shaped coral island?
- A. Archipelago
- B. Atoll
- C. Lagoon
- D. Islet
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What is the Svalbard archipelago and what is unusual about who can live there?
- A. A Danish island group with strict immigration controls
- B. A Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean governed by a unique treaty that allows citizens of any signatory nation to live and work there without a visa
- C. An uninhabited archipelago preserved as a nature reserve
- D. A Russian territory in the Arctic Sea
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Which country has the most natural islands?
- A. Finland
- B. Sweden
- C. Norway
- D. Canada
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Which country has the largest number of islands?
- A. Finland
- B. Norway
- C. Sweden
- D. Canada
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What is the name of the chain of coral atolls in the Indian Ocean that is currently a British Overseas Territory and was controversially depopulated to create a US military base?
- A. Chagos Islands
- B. Maldives
- C. Cocos Islands
- D. Lakshadweep
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The 'Dragon Blood Tree' is native to which island?
- A. Madagascar
- B. Socotra
- C. Galapagos
- D. Tasmania
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What is the name of the volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean that is a British Overseas Territory and was evacuated in 1961 due to a volcanic eruption?
- A. Bouvet Island
- B. Ascension Island
- C. Saint Helena
- D. Tristan da Cunha
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What is the name of the volcanic island that emerged from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Iceland in 1963?
- A. Heimaey
- B. Askja
- C. Surtsey
- D. Eldey
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Which is the most populous island in the world?
- A. Manhattan
- B. Great Britain
- C. Honshu
- D. Java
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What is the name of the island chain that forms a natural border between the Pacific Ocean and the Philippine Sea?
- A. Mariana Islands
- B. Marshall Islands
- C. Palau Archipelago
- D. Caroline Islands
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What is the significance of Robinson Crusoe Island and which country does it belong to?
- A. A fictional island that inspired a novel
- B. A Pacific island that was the setting for a famous shipwreck
- C. A real Chilean island in the South Pacific originally called Juan Fernndez that inspired Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe after a Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was marooned there for over four years
- D. An island named after the novel's main character
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What is the name of the narrow sea between mainland Italy and Sicily?
- A. Strait of Bonifacio
- B. Strait of Gibraltar
- C. Strait of Otranto
- D. Strait of Messina
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What is the significance of the land Islands in terms of international relations?
- A. An independent island nation between Sweden and Finland
- B. A disputed island group between Sweden and Russia
- C. A joint Finnish-Swedish territory administered by both countries
- D. A demilitarised autonomous archipelago belonging to Finland but with Swedish as its official language - a successful model of minority rights and peaceful resolution of territorial disputes
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What is the Seychelles and what is it most known for geographically?
- A. An archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean that is the only oceanic island system in the world with a granitic (continental) rather than volcanic or coral foundation
- B. A coral atoll nation in the Arabian Sea
- C. A volcanic archipelago in the Pacific
- D. A Caribbean island nation
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What is the name of the Polynesian island that is both the most remote inhabited island on Earth and a British Overseas Territory?
- A. Henderson Island
- B. Easter Island
- C. Ducie Island
- D. Pitcairn Island
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Which is the most visited island in the world by tourists?
- A. Phuket
- B. Mallorca
- C. Phuket
- D. Bali