Archipelagos and Island Chains
Some countries are scattered across thousands of islands. From the Galápagos to the Aleutians, the Azores to the Andamans — can you place the world's great island chains?
- Difficulty:
- medium
- Questions:
- 12
Questions in this quiz
Q1. The Galápagos Islands, which helped inspire Darwin's theory of evolution, belong to which country?
- • Peru
- • Colombia
- • Chile
- • Ecuador
Q2. Which island nation between Sicily and North Africa is the smallest member state of the European Union?
- • Cyprus
- • Malta
- • Monaco
- • San Marino
Q3. The Aleutian Islands stretch west into the Pacific from which US state?
- • Alaska
- • Hawaii
- • Washington
- • Oregon
Q4. The Azores are an autonomous region of which country?
- • Spain
- • Morocco
- • Italy
- • Portugal
Q5. Which Indian Ocean nation is made up of roughly 1,200 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls?
- • Seychelles
- • Mauritius
- • Maldives
- • Comoros
Q6. The Hebrides lie off the west coast of which country?
- • Ireland
- • Norway
- • Iceland
- • Scotland
Q7. The Åland Islands, an autonomous, Swedish-speaking archipelago in the Baltic Sea, belong to which country?
- • Sweden
- • Estonia
- • Finland
- • Denmark
Q8. The Balearic Islands, including Mallorca and Ibiza, belong to which country?
- • France
- • Italy
- • Spain
- • Greece
Q9. The Cyclades and the Dodecanese are island groups belonging to which country?
- • Turkey
- • Greece
- • Italy
- • Cyprus
Q10. Which island country lies about 570 km off West Africa and consists of ten volcanic islands?
- • Cape Verde
- • São Tomé and Príncipe
- • Canary Islands
- • Madeira
Q11. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a territory of which country?
- • Indonesia
- • Thailand
- • Myanmar
- • India
Q12. The Lofoten Islands, famous for their dramatic peaks above the Arctic Circle, lie off which country?
- • Iceland
- • Norway
- • Scotland
- • Greenland