Great Rivers of the World Quiz

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Instructions: From the Nile to the Mississippi, can you place the world's mightiest rivers and the lands they flow through?

1.
Which river is generally considered the longest in the world?
A
The Amazon
B
The Nile
C
The Mississippi
D
The Yangtze
2.
The Amazon River flows through which continent?
A
Africa
B
Asia
C
South America
D
Australia
3.
Which great river flows through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea?
A
The Congo
B
The Niger
C
The Zambezi
D
The Nile
4.
The Mississippi River empties into which body of water?
A
The Atlantic Ocean
B
The Gulf of Mexico
C
The Pacific Ocean
D
The Caribbean Sea
5.
Which river is the longest in Europe?
A
The Rhine
B
The Danube
C
The Thames
D
The Volga
6.
The Yangtze River is the longest river on which continent?
A
Africa
B
Europe
C
Asia
D
North America
7.
Which river forms a natural border between the United States and Mexico?
A
The Colorado River
B
The Rio Grande
C
The Missouri River
D
The Arkansas River
8.
The Danube River flows through more countries than any other river in the world. How many countries does it pass through?
A
Six
B
Eight
C
Ten
D
Twelve
9.
Victoria Falls, one of the world's greatest waterfalls, is located on which African river?
A
The Congo River
B
The Niger River
C
The Zambezi River
D
The Orange River
10.
Which city is located near the point where the Missouri River meets the Mississippi River?
A
Memphis, Tennessee
B
St. Louis, Missouri
C
Kansas City, Missouri
D
Louisville, Kentucky
11.
The ancient city of Babylon was built along which famous river?
A
The Nile
B
The Tigris
C
The Euphrates
D
The Indus
12.
Which river carries the greatest volume of water of any river in the world?
A
The Nile
B
The Yangtze
C
The Congo
D
The Amazon
13.
The Thames River flows through which famous European capital city?
A
Paris
B
Dublin
C
Amsterdam
D
London
14.
Which river did General George Washington famously cross on the night of December 25–26, 1776, to surprise Hessian troops at Trenton?
A
The Potomac River
B
The Delaware River
C
The Hudson River
D
The Susquehanna River
15.
The Ob-Irtysh river system, one of the world's longest, flows through which country before emptying into the Arctic Ocean?
A
Canada
B
China
C
Norway
D
Russia

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