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NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ: COUNTRIES


 Answer these fourteen questions to score your “world knowledge”.

1. How many countries are there in 8. In which country is the United


the world? Nations located?
a) about 100 a) Germany
b) about 150 b) the United Kingdom
c) about 200 c) Japan
d) about 300 d) the United States

2. Which of the following countries is 9. When did Christopher Columbus


the largest in size? first visit the Americas?
a) Brazil a) 1136
b) Canada b) 1492
c) China c) 1648
d) Russia d) 1723

3. What is the population of the 10 Which of the following countries


world? has the smallest population?
a) about 2.6 billion (2,000,000,000) a) Iceland
b) about 4 billion b) Singapore
c) about 7.2 billion c) Mexico
d) about 10 billion d) Yemen

4. How many states are there in the 11. Which of the following countries is
United States of America? smallest in size?
a) 48 a) Ireland
b) 49 b) Japan
c) 50 c) Egypt
d) 52 d) Argentina

5. Which language is most commonly 12. Which of these countries does NOT
spoken in Brazil? have a coast?
a) Italian a) Mongolia
b) Portuguese b) Peru
c) Russian c) Poland
d) Spanish d) Turkey

6. Which country’s flag has a picture 13. Which of the following continents is
of a tree on it? largest?
a) Canada a) Africa
b) Greece b) Europe
c) Lebanon c) North America
d) Ireland d) Asia

7. About how many different 14. Which of the following countries


languages are spoken in the world? has a king?
a) 600 a) Chile
b) 1,000 b) Sweden
c) 6,000 c) South Africa
d) 15,000 d) the Philippines

13 – 14 = Excellent 11 – 12 = Good 9 – 10 = Study More!

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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ Countries
Aims Vocabulary practice (NOT used for formal assessment)
Level Intermediate to Advanced
Time Approximately 10 minutes

ANSWER KEY My Notes

1. C 8. D
2. D 9. B
3. C 10. A
4. C 11. A
5. B 12. A
6. C 13. D
7. C 14. B

Grades
as percentages
14 / 14 = 100 %
13 / 14 = 93
12 / 14 = 86
11 / 14 = 79
10 / 14 = 71
9 / 14 = 64
8 / 14 = 57
7 / 14 = 50
6 / 14 = 43
5 / 14 = 36
4 / 14 = 29
3 / 14 = 21
2 / 14 = 14
1 / 14 = 7
0 / 14 = 0 %

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