terravelPublisher’s note: These original practice prompts use the location fields in Terravel’s place atlas. Source and reference links are available in each linked atlas entry.
How to use these geography quiz questions
Try the questions before opening their answers. The first round asks you to connect places with countries; the second asks you to connect a different set of places with continents. Each answer links to an atlas entry so you can explore the location and context.
For a quiz night, have a host read the questions and award one point per correct answer. This is an untimed, 24-point place-geography round, not a comprehensive measure of geography knowledge. The set does not cover capitals, flags or every country.
Round one: which country?
Name the country that contains this place: Machu Picchu.
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Peru. Read the Machu Picchu atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Batu Caves.
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Malaysia. Read the Batu Caves atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Yosemite Valley.
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United States. Read the Yosemite Valley atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Old City of Bern.
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Switzerland. Read the Old City of Bern atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Sossusvlei.
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Namibia. Read the Sossusvlei atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Lake Hillier.
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Australia. Read the Lake Hillier atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Atacama Desert.
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Chile. Read the Atacama Desert atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Tsushima Island.
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Japan. Read the Tsushima Island atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Canadian Rockies.
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Canada. Read the Canadian Rockies atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Mole Antonelliana.
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Italy. Read the Mole Antonelliana atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Nyungwe Forest.
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Rwanda. Read the Nyungwe Forest atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the country that contains this place: Tasmanian Wilderness.
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Australia. Read the Tasmanian Wilderness atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Round two: which continent?
Name the continent for this place: Hunza Valley.
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Asia. Read the Hunza Valley atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: Lake Nyos.
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Africa. Read the Lake Nyos atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: High Atlas.
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Africa. Read the High Atlas atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: Blombos Cave.
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Africa. Read the Blombos Cave atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: Blue Mountains.
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Oceania. Read the Blue Mountains atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: The Twelve Apostles.
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Oceania. Read the The Twelve Apostles atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: Colca Canyon.
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South America. Read the Colca Canyon atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: Sacred Valley.
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South America. Read the Sacred Valley atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: Charyn Canyon.
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Asia. Read the Charyn Canyon atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: Aokigahara.
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Asia. Read the Aokigahara atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: Ironbridge Gorge.
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Europe. Read the Ironbridge Gorge atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
Name the continent for this place: Viñales Valley.
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North America. Read the Viñales Valley atlas entry for its location and geographic context.
A note about continents and place names
This set uses the six inhabited-continent groupings in Terravel’s atlas: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. Antarctica is not part of this question set. Oceania is the regional label here; some school systems instead use Australia as a continent name.
Country and continent answers refer to the named place, rather than every place with a similar name. Read the linked atlas entry if you want its coordinates or need to check an ambiguous name. For example, the Blue Mountains entry here refers to the Australian landscape.
Turn a missed answer into your next discovery
Choose three answers you missed. Read their atlas entries, find the country on a map and write one detail beside each name. Then have someone ask those three questions again without showing you the answer choices.
If you prefer immediate scoring, play the 12-question world quiz. For a narrower session, choose a continent quiz. For app recommendations by task, see our geography quiz app comparison.
Sources and review notes
Answers use the country and continent fields in the linked Terravel atlas entries. Each entry includes geographic context and reference links. Reviewed October 23, 2026.