Earth - Biggest and Smallest Trivia Quiz

Answer: Panthalassa

The ocean around Pangea was called Panthalassa. One of the reasons the continents are located where they are now is due to the motion of tectonic plates.

Other choices: Pangea was once the enormous continent that was, in reality, all the continents put together. Pancreas is an organ of the human body. Finally, pangarius is a name I made up.

Answer: Africa

Africa has 54 independent nations, the largest of them being Algeria. Asia has 45, and Europe has 47. The largest country from all of these continents is, of course, Russia. Australia is a country and continent in one, but Oceania has about 14 countries, if you don't include territories.

Answer: Somalia

Somalia has 3,025 kilometers, or 1,879 miles, of coastline. The next-closest African country is South Africa, which has about 200 fewer kilometers, or 124 miles, of coast.

Answer: No

Russia has a smaller coastline than one might think. Part of the reason for this misconception is because when someone looks at a flat map of the world, areas near the north and south poles become different from their actual size. The same is true for locations such as Canada, Greenland, and Antarctica.

Russia has the fifth-largest amount of coastline in the world, with only 37,653 kilometers, or 23,653 miles, of coast. Canada, the country with the most coastline, has over 200,000 kilometers (over 125,000 miles) of coastline!

Answer: Monaco

Monaco has only 4 kilometers, or 2.5 miles, of coastline. Gibraltar has 12 kilometers, or 7.5 miles. Bosnia and Herzegovina has 20 kilometers or 12.5 miles, and Tuvalu has 24 kilometers or 15 miles. Interestingly, Tuvalu has 26 square kilometers, or 10 square miles, of area, which is almost equal to the amount of miles and kilometers in its coast.

However, Bosnia and Herzegovina has 51,197 square kilometers, or 19,767 square miles, of area, which is nowhere near the amount of coastline it has!

Answer: Nauru

Nauru is not only the world's smallest country outside of Europe. It is also the smallest republic in the world, the smallest island nation in the world, and the smallest country in Oceania. Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest nation in the Western Hemisphere, with Grenada being the second-smallest. Finally, Tuvalu is the second-smallest country in Oceania.

Answer: Monaco

Monaco is also the second-smallest country in the world, after Vatican City. Malta is the smallest country in the European Union.

Answer: United States

The smallest mountain range is the Sutter Buttes, in California, USA. The range only covers about 75 square miles, or 194 square kilometers, of the Sacramento Valley. The mountains were, at one time, volcanoes. Their highest peak is South Butte.

Answer: False

Guyana is not the smallest country in South America. The smallest is Suriname, which borders Brazil, Guyana, and French Guyana. Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth-largest in the world.

Answer: Caspian Sea

Although the name implies that it's a sea, the Caspian Sea is actually a saltwater lake. It borders Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. Lake Superior is one of America's Great Lakes. It borders Canada and the United States. Lake Victoria is found in Africa, and Lake Huron is another of the Great Lakes. Thank you for playing this quiz, and please rate it!