All About Mountains Quiz Quiz Questions

1. Which term refers to a large submarine volcanic mountain rising at least 3,300 feet (1,000 metres) above the surrounding deep-sea floor?

A trench B oceanic ridge C abyssal hill D seamount

2. What is the highest mountain in the British Isles?

A Ben Nevis B Snowdon C Ben Macdui D Cairn Gorm

3. Where in the United Kingdom are the Sperrin Mountains located?

A Northern Ireland B southern Wales C eastern Scotland D England

4. The summit of Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak, is located in which country?

A Italy B France C Spain D Germany

5. What is the North African mountain range that runs from the Moroccan port of Agadir in the southwest to the Tunisian capital of Tunis in the northeast?

A Drakensberg B Ruwenzori Range C Virunga Mountains D Atlas Mountains

6. What is the highest peak in South America?

A Mount Fitz Roy B Mount Roraima C Mount Aconcagua D Sugar Loaf

7. Which of these peaks is not in the Himalayas?

A K2 B Annapurna C Kanchenjunga D Mont Blanc

8. In which country are the Southern Alps located?

A Austria B Zimbabwe C New Zealand D Brazil

9. What is the highest mountain range in South America?

A Rocky Mountains B Andes Mountains C Sierra Madre D Sierra Nevada

10. What is the highest mountain in Africa?

A Kilimanjaro B Margherita Peak C Mount Tahat D Mount Elgon

11. Tirich Mir, in Pakistan, is the highest peak of which mountain system?

A Hindu Kush B Pamirs C Arakan Mountains D Kunlun Mountains

12. The name of what mountain peak means “Five Treasuries of the Great Snow”?

A Kanchenjunga B Nanda Devi C Dhaulagiri D Mount Everest

13. Which of these mountain ranges includes England’s Lake District?

A Cumbrian Mountains B Alps C Mourne Mountains D Sperrin Mountains

14. Which peak is the highest in England and Wales?

A Ben Nevis B Carrauntoohil C Mull Hill D Snowdon

15. Which mountain system lies between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea?

A Pyrenees B Appalachian Mountains C Caucasus D Atlas Mountains

16. To which of the four major categories of mountains does the Sierra Nevada range in North America belong?

A fold mountains B fault-block mountains C dome mountains D volcanic mountains

17. Which mountain range’s highest peak is known as Victoria Peak?

A Andes Mountains B Himalayas C Maya Mountains D Alps

18. Rannoch is a geographic region in which mountain range?

A Nevis Range B Grampian Mountains C Golis Mountains D Kelly Hills

19. Which treeless, rolling terrain in polar regions or on high mountains is characterized by bare ground and scant vegetation?

A tundra B taiga C savanna D veld

20. Which Asian mountain range takes its name from a Turkic term meaning “Black Mountain”?

A Karakoram Range B Hindu Kush C Pir Panjal Range D Patkai Range

21. Which mountain system of Central Asia takes its name from the Chinese for “Celestial Mountains”?

A Himalayas B Pamirs C Tian Shan D Kopet-Dag Range

22. What constitute the continuous submarine mountain chain that extends through all the world’s oceans?

A reefs B abyssal hills C oceanic ridges D seamounts

23. The source of the Arkansas River is in which North American mountain range?

A Appalachian Mountains B Rocky Mountains C Laurentian Mountains D Cascade Range

24. Which mountain chain separates France and Spain?

A Alps B Ural Mountains C Pyrenees D Andes Mountains

25. Which north-south mountain range forms the traditional dividing line between Europe and Asia?

A Atlas Mountains B Zagros Mountains C Ural Mountains D Hindu Kush

26. In which country are the Transylvanian Alps located?

A Romania B Bulgaria C Hungary D France

27. In what segment of the Appalachian Mountains is Sassafras Mountain, the highest peak in the U.S. state of South Carolina?

A Piedmont B Shenandoah Valley C Blue Ridge D Black Hills

28. Which mountain in Sri Lanka is believed by people of different religious faiths to bear the footprint of the Buddha, Adam, and Shiva?

A Mount Knuckles B Mount Kirigalpotta C Adam’s Peak D Mount Pidurutalagala