Which desert contains the world’s longest expanse of unbroken sand?
(a) Gobi
(b) Kalahari
(c) Mojave
(d) Arabian
Deserts of the World MCQs
Which American desert region is also the site of the hottest official temperature ever recorded in North America?
(a) Death Valley
(b) Painted Desert
(c) Monument Valley
(d) Sonoran Desert
Which desert is the largest after Antarctica?
(a) Gobi, Mongolia/northern China
(b) Sahara, northern Africa
(c) Kalahari, southwestern Africa
(d) Sonoran, Mexico/southwestern United States
Which African country contains most of the Kalahari Desert?
(a) Angola
(b) Botswana
(c) Congo
(d) Djibouti
What is the name of the desert of southwestern Arizona and northwestern Mexico?
(a) Mojave
(b) Gibson
(c) Durango
(d) Sonoran
Which Australian desert is farthest north?
(a) Gibson
(b) Great Sandy
(c) Great Victoria
(d) Nullarbor Plain
Where is the Thar Desert?
(a) Syria
(b) India Pakistan
(c) Libya
(d) Kazakhstan
Where is most of the Kara-Kum desert located?
(a) Turkmenistan
(b) Kazakhstan
(c) Iran
(d) China
Atacama is:
(a) A desert region of North Chile
(b) The grassland of Argentina
(c) The peninsular portion of Eastern Mexico
(d) A desert region in Southern California
Where on Earth was the highest temperature ever recorded?
(a) Kalahara Desert
(b) Death Valley
(c) Arabian Desert
(d) El Azizia