🌍 World geography quiz for kids

The answers, and why

1. Which is the largest continent? Asia. Asia is the biggest continent by land and has the most people.
2. What is the Sahara? A desert. The Sahara, in northern Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world.
3. The world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is in which mountains? The Himalayas. Everest sits in the Himalayas, on the border of Nepal and China.
4. Which country is shaped like a boot? Italy. Italy's long peninsula looks like a boot kicking a ball, which is the island of Sicily.
5. What is the capital of Japan? Tokyo. Tokyo is Japan's capital and one of the biggest cities in the world.
6. In which country do kangaroos live in the wild? Australia. Kangaroos are marsupials found in the wild only in Australia and nearby New Guinea.
7. What is the capital of France? Paris. Paris is France's capital, on the River Seine.
8. Which continent is covered almost entirely by ice? Antarctica. Antarctica, around the South Pole, is almost all ice sheet.
9. The Amazon rainforest is mostly in which country? Brazil. Most of the Amazon rainforest is in Brazil, with the rest in eight neighbouring countries and territories.
10. What is the longest river in Africa? The Nile. The Nile flows north through eleven countries to the Mediterranean Sea.