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Islands & Archipelagos Quiz
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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 20 questions in this Islands & Archipelagos quiz
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What is the name of the world's smallest island nation by land area?
- A. Monaco
- B. Nauru
- C. Palau
- D. Palau
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What is the name of the archipelago that comprises the Cook Islands and with which country does it have a free association?
- A. United States
- B. Australia
- C. France
- D. New Zealand
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What is the name of the group of islands in the Indian Ocean that includes Mauritius and has a colonial history involving the dodo?
- A. Chagos Islands
- B. Lakshadweep
- C. Mascarene Islands
- D. Seychelles
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Which continent is also known as the 'Island Continent'?
- A. Australia
- B. Africa
- C. Europe
- D. South America
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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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The 'Dragon Blood Tree' is native to which island?
- A. Madagascar
- B. Socotra
- C. Galapagos
- D. Tasmania
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What is the Falkland Islands and what dispute surrounds them?
- A. A British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic claimed by Argentina that was the subject of a brief but significan't war in 1982 when Argentina invaded and Britain retook the islands
- B. A Danish territory in the North Atlantic
- C. A Spanish territory off the coast of South America
- D. A self-governing independent island state
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Which island is known as the Pearl of the Orient Seas?
- A. Luzon
- B. Philippines
- C. Bali
- D. Ceylon
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What is the Cape Verde archipelago and to which continent does it geographically belong?
- A. A chain of volcanic islands in the Caribbean
- B. An island group belonging to Spain
- C. A volcanic island nation in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa that gained independence from Portugal in 1975
- D. An archipelago off the European coast belonging to Portugal
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What is the name of the large island that contains both the countries of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia's Papua province?
- A. New Guinea
- B. Sumatra
- C. Sulawesi
- D. Timor
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What is the name of the Indonesian island famous for being home to over 150 million people making it one of the most densely populated places on Earth?
- A. Sulawesi
- B. Java
- C. Sumatra
- D. Kalimantan
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What is the name of the archipelago that includes Ibiza Mallorca and Menorca in the Mediterranean?
- A. Aeolian Islands
- B. Canary Islands
- C. Cyclades
- D. Balearic Islands
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Which island in the Pacific is famous for its mysterious giant stone statues called Moai?
- A. Hawaii
- B. Samoa
- C. Tahiti
- D. Easter Island
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What is the island of Sumatra and what notable features does it possess?
- A. A volcanic island in the Andaman Sea belonging to Myanmar
- B. A large island in the Pacific known for its coral reefs
- C. The sixth largest island in the world and the westernmost large island of Indonesia home to critically endangered orangutans tigers and rhinos in some of the world's oldest rainforests
- D. The second largest island in Indonesia known only for its beaches
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Which is the world's largest island country?
- A. Madagascar
- B. Indonesia
- C. United Kingdom
- D. Japan
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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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What is the name of the chain of islands including Trinidad and Tobago and what sea do they border?
- A. The Greater Antilles bordering the Gulf of Mexico
- B. The Lesser Antilles forming the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea
- C. The ABC Islands bordering the Caribbean
- D. The Bahamas bordering the Atlantic
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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 world's fourth largest island located off the southeast coast of Africa?
- A. Borneo
- B. Sri Lanka
- C. Sumatra
- D. Madagascar
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Which is the largest island in the Caribbean?
- A. Hispaniola
- B. Cuba
- C. Jamaica
- D. Puerto Rico