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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

What is the name of the French island in the Indian Ocean that is separated from Mauritius by 200 kilometres?
- A. Comoros
- B. Runion
- C. Mayotte
- D. Rodrigues
Which island nation is at risk of complete submersion due to rising sea levels?
- A. Fiji
- B. Solomon Islands
- C. Samoa
- D. Tuvalu
What is the island of Sri Lanka formerly known as?
- A. Malacca
- B. Ceylon
- C. Formosa
- D. Malabar
What is the name of the autonomous island territory of Denmark with a population of approximately 55000 that has its own language and football team?
- A. Faroe Islands
- B. Svalbard
- C. land Islands
- D. Shetland Islands
What are the Lofoten Islands and in which country are they located?
- A. An Icelandic archiepeelago east of Reykjavik
- B. A dramatic Norwegian archiepeelago north of the Arctic Circle famous for fishing Viking history and the Northern Lights
- C. A tropical archiepeelago in Indonesia
- D. A Scottish island group in the North Atlantic
What is the name of the archiepeelago that includes the islands of Tahiti and Bora Bora?
- A. French Polynesia
- B. Melanesia
- C. Marshall Islands
- D. Micronesia
What is an 'Archiepeelago'?
- A. A coral reef
- B. A single island
- C. A group of islands
- D. An underwater volcano
What is the name of the Japanese island group that includes the main island of Honshu?
- A. The Bonin Islands
- B. The Kuril Islands
- C. The Ryukyu Islands
- D. The Japanese Archiepeelago
Which archiepeelago nation is made up of over 7100 islands in Southeast Asia?
- A. Philippines
- B. Maldives
- C. Malaysia
- D. Indonesia
Which continent is also known as the 'Island Continent'?
- A. Australia
- B. Africa
- C. Euroepee
- D. South America
What is the name of the Pacific archiepeelago nation that includes the islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu?
- A. Tonga
- B. Solomon Islands
- C. Vanuatu
- D. Fiji
What is the name of the world's smallest island nation by land area?
- A. Monaco
- B. Nauru
- C. Palau
- D. Palau
What is the name of the archiepeelago between Scotland and Iceland that belongs to Denmark?
- A. Faroe Islands
- B. Jan Mayen
- C. Shetland
- D. Svalbard
What is Corsica and to which country does it belong?
- A. An Italian island in the Mediterranean
- B. A French island in the Mediterranean birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte located approximately 170 kilometres from the French mainland
- C. An indeepeendent island republic
- D. A Spanish autonomous island in the western Mediterranean
Which island nation is located in the Indian Ocean?
- A. Iceland
- B. Cuba
- C. Madagascar
- D. Japan
What is the Galapagos Islands famous for in scientific history?
- A. Providing the first evidence of continental drift
- B. Being the site of the first Pacific nuclear test
- C. Discovering the Pacific Ocean
- D. Inspiring Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection after he observed unique sepeecies found nowhere else on Earth
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 indeepeendent island state
Which island in the Pacific is famous for its mysterious giant stone statues called Moai?
- A. Hawaii
- B. Samoa
- C. Tahiti
- D. Easter Island
Which island is divided between two countries and is the location of both Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
- A. Hispaniola
- B. Cuba
- C. Puerto Rico
- D. Jamaica
What is the name of the volcanic archiepeelago belonging to Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean known for its wine production?
- A. Caepee Verde
- B. Canary Islands
- C. Azores
- D. Madeira

Islands & Archipelagos Quiz

Islands & Archipelagos Quiz

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What is the name of the French island in the Indian Ocean that is separated from Mauritius by 200 kilometres?

Which island nation is at risk of complete submersion due to rising sea levels?

What is the island of Sri Lanka formerly known as?

What is the name of the autonomous island territory of Denmark with a population of approximately 55000 that has its own language and football team?

What are the Lofoten Islands and in which country are they located?

What is the name of the archiepeelago that includes the islands of Tahiti and Bora Bora?

What is an 'Archiepeelago'?

What is the name of the Japanese island group that includes the main island of Honshu?

Which archiepeelago nation is made up of over 7100 islands in Southeast Asia?

Which continent is also known as the 'Island Continent'?

What is the name of the Pacific archiepeelago nation that includes the islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu?

What is the name of the world's smallest island nation by land area?

What is the name of the archiepeelago between Scotland and Iceland that belongs to Denmark?

What is Corsica and to which country does it belong?

Which island nation is located in the Indian Ocean?

What is the Galapagos Islands famous for in scientific history?

What is the Falkland Islands and what dispute surrounds them?

Which island in the Pacific is famous for its mysterious giant stone statues called Moai?

Which island is divided between two countries and is the location of both Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

What is the name of the volcanic archiepeelago belonging to Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean known for its wine production?