How many continents are there on Earth?
Answer : Seven
There are generally considered to be seven continents: Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.
Questions and answers: World
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Which is the largest country in the world by area?
Answer : Russia
Russia is the largest country in the world by area, spanning two continents.
What is the highest mountain in the world?
Answer : Mount Everest
Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, rises to 8,849 meters and is the highest point on Earth.
How many oceans are usually counted on Earth?
Answer : Five
Five oceans are usually distinguished: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans.
What is the smallest sovereign state in the world?
Answer : Vatican City
Vatican City, enclosed within Rome, is the smallest sovereign state in the world.
On which continent is Egypt located?
Answer : Africa
Egypt is located in Africa, with a small part of its territory (the Sinai Peninsula) in Asia.
Which international organization, headquartered in New York, includes nearly every country in the world?
Answer : The United Nations
The United Nations (UN), founded in 1945, has its main headquarters in New York.
Which is the largest country in South America?
Answer : Brazil
Brazil is the largest country in South America, both by area and by population.
Easy
Which country is both Africa's most populous and home to the Pyramids of Giza?
Answer : Egypt
Egypt, with over 100 million people, is home to the famous Pyramids of Giza.
Which megacity is the capital of Japan?
Answer : Tokyo
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world.
Which icy desert covers most of the Antarctic continent?
Answer : The Antarctic desert
The Antarctic desert, cold and arid, is considered the largest desert in the world by area.
Which Oceanian country is also a continent in its own right?
Answer : Australia
Australia is both a country and a continent, the smallest of the continents.
Which river flows through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer : The Nile
The Nile, one of the longest rivers in the world, flows through Egypt from south to north.
Which mountain range runs along the western coast of South America?
Answer : The Andes
The Andes is the longest mountain range in the world, running along South America's west coast.
Which North American country is the second-largest in the world by area?
Answer : Canada
Canada is the second-largest country in the world by area, after Russia.
Which language has the most total speakers worldwide, counting both native and non-native speakers?
Answer : English
English has the most total speakers worldwide when counting both native and non-native speakers.
Medium
Which country has the largest number of official time zones on its mainland territory?
Answer : Russia
Russia spans 11 time zones, the most of any single country.
Which rainforest, the largest in the world, lies mostly within Brazil?
Answer : The Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, spanning several South American countries.
Which is the most populous country in Africa?
Answer : Nigeria
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, with over 200 million people.
Which strait separates Asia from North America?
Answer : The Bering Strait
The Bering Strait separates Russia (Asia) from Alaska (North America).
What is the capital of Australia (not to be confused with Sydney)?
Answer : Canberra
Canberra, not Sydney, is the political capital of Australia.
Which Southeast Asian country consists of more than 17,000 islands?
Answer : Indonesia
Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world, with over 17,000 islands.
Which African lake, the largest on the continent, is shared by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania?
Answer : Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, is shared by three countries.
Which Central American country is crossed by the canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Answer : Panama
The Panama Canal, completed in 1914, crosses Panama and links the two oceans.
Hard
What is the deepest known point in the oceans, located in the Mariana Trench?
Answer : Challenger Deep
The Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench, is the deepest known point in the oceans, at about 10,900 meters.
Which country is the only one that is transcontinental between Europe and Asia and has long been a candidate for EU membership?
Answer : Turkey
Turkey is a transcontinental country that has been an EU candidate since 1999.
Which landlocked country in southern Africa is entirely surrounded by South Africa?
Answer : Lesotho
Lesotho is a kingdom entirely enclosed within South African territory.
Which active Indonesian volcano is infamous for its cataclysmic 1883 eruption?
Answer : Krakatoa
Krakatoa, between Java and Sumatra, had one of the deadliest eruptions in history in 1883.
Which South American desert is considered one of the driest places on Earth?
Answer : The Atacama Desert
The Atacama Desert, in Chile, is considered one of the driest places on the planet.
Which Central Asian country, a former Soviet republic, is the largest in the region by area?
Answer : Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia by area.
Which inland sea, the largest enclosed body of water in the world, borders Russia, Iran, and Kazakhstan among others?
Answer : The Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water in the world, bordered by five countries.
Which lake, the deepest in the world, is located in Siberia?
Answer : Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is the deepest lake in the world, reaching over 1,600 meters.
Expert
What is the name of the lowest point on dry land, located near the Dead Sea?
Answer : The shores of the Dead Sea
The shores of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land, at about 430 meters below sea level.
Which Oceanian country, a former kingdom, is the only Pacific nation never to have been colonized by a foreign power?
Answer : Tonga
Tonga is considered the only Pacific country never to have lost its sovereignty to a colonial power.
Which Central African river is the continent's second-longest and gives its name to a major river basin?
Answer : The Congo
The Congo River, the second-longest river in Africa after the Nile, flows through the vast Congo Basin.
Which depression in Ethiopia is considered one of the hottest and lowest places on Earth?
Answer : The Danakil Depression
The Danakil Depression, in Ethiopia, is one of the hottest and lowest places on Earth, with active lava lakes.
Which Pacific island, a Chilean territory, is famous for its monumental statues known as moai?
Answer : Easter Island
Easter Island, an isolated Chilean territory in the Pacific, is famous for its moai statues.
Which landlocked Asian country, between China and India, is the only Buddhist kingdom to officially measure progress via 'Gross National Happiness'?
Answer : Bhutan
Bhutan introduced the 'Gross National Happiness' index as an alternative to traditional GDP measures.
Which cold Central Asian desert, shared by Mongolia and China, is known for its extreme temperature swings?
Answer : The Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert experiences extreme temperature swings between summer and winter.
Which island, the largest in the world, is an autonomous territory of Denmark?
Answer : Greenland
Greenland, the largest island in the world, is an autonomous Danish territory.