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Sample Geography questions

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1. 1 Easy

   What geographic term describes the science of making maps?

   Answer: Cartography

   Why: Ptolemy's Geographia, written around AD 150, already listed roughly 8,000 places by latitude and longitude for mapmakers to plot.

2. 2 Medium

   In which country is the world's northernmost capital city located?

   Answer: Iceland

   Why: Reykjavik lies at 64°08'N, the northernmost capital of a sovereign state, though Greenland's Nuuk sits a few kilometres further north.

3. 3 Hard

   What geological process causes Niagara Falls to move backward every year?

   Answer: Soft shale erosion

   Why: Water scours out the soft shale until the hard caprock snaps off. The falls have retreated 11 km in 12,500 years, now roughly 30 cm a year.

4. 4 Easy

   Which warm climate zone spans between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn?

   Answer: Tropics

   Why: Sunlight hits the tropics nearly perpendicular year-round, which prevents the dramatic four-season cycles of higher latitudes.

5. 5 Medium

   Which city has the largest metropolitan population located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?

   Answer: Jakarta

   Why: The UN's 2025 report put Greater Jakarta near 42 million, the world's largest urban area, and it lies 6 degrees south of the equator.

6. 6 Hard

   What weathering process causes granite domes to shed layers like an onion?

   Answer: Pressure release

   Why: Yosemite's Half Dome owes its round crown to this: with the rock above eroded away, the freed dome peeled off whole curved sheets.