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50 MCQs on World Geography — Greenland Facts sit in the GK360 bank, collected from 1 solved papers (2026). Below are the top 50 distinct questions — repeats across papers merged into their strongest version — with the correct answer marked, an explanation where the bank carries one, and the source paper named on every card.
Correct Answer: Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean
Greenland lies between the Arctic Ocean to the north and the North Atlantic Ocean to the south and east.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: North America
Geographically Greenland is part of the North American continent, although politically it belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Denmark
Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Kalaallit Nunaat
Kalaallit Nunaat ('Land of the Greenlanders') is the Greenlandic name for Greenland; Grønland is the Danish name.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Nuuk
Nuuk, on the south-west coast, is Greenland's capital and largest town.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Inuit
The Inuit (Kalaallit) are Greenland's indigenous people, forming the great majority of the population.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Greenlandic
Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) is Greenland's sole official language since the Self-Government Act of 2009; Danish is also widely used.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Godthåb
Godthåb was the Danish colonial name for Nuuk; the other names belonged to other Greenlandic settlements.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: largest island
At about 2.17 million sq km, Greenland is the world's largest island (Australia is counted as a continent, not an island).
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: About 80%
The Greenland Ice Sheet covers about 80% of the island's surface.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Arctic Circle
About two-thirds of Greenland lies north of the Arctic Circle; only its southern tip lies below it.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Canada
Canada, across Nares Strait and Baffin Bay, is Greenland's nearest North American neighbour.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Iceland
Iceland, across the Denmark Strait to the south-east, is Greenland's nearest European neighbour.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Denmark
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, with extensive self-government.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Self-governing parliamentary system
Greenland is a self-governing parliamentary democracy within the Kingdom of Denmark, with its own parliament and government.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Inatsisartut
Inatsisartut is Greenland's parliament; the Folketing is Denmark's parliament.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Gunnbjørn Fjeld
Gunnbjørn Fjeld, about 3,694 m (booklet: ~3,700 m), in the Watkins Range of East Greenland, is Greenland's highest peak.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Antarctica's ice sheet
The Greenland Ice Sheet is the world's second-largest ice body, after the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Erik the Red
The Norse explorer Erik the Red, exiled from Iceland, named the land Greenland around 985 CE.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Fishing
Fishing — chiefly shrimp and halibut — is Greenland's main export industry.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: ~44,000 km
Greenland's deeply indented coastline is about 44,087 km on the commonly cited figure.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Canada, Iceland, Norway
Greenland shares maritime boundaries with Canada, Iceland and Norway (Jan Mayen/Svalbard waters).
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: ~56,000
Greenland's population is about 56,000, making it one of the least densely populated territories on Earth.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: About 16–20%
Only about a fifth of Greenland — roughly 410,000 sq km of coastal fringe — is ice-free.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Seals and whales
Seals and whales head the booklet's list of traditional Greenlandic hunted animals, alongside other Arctic game.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Three
Greenland currently uses three UTC offsets: the main zone (UTC−2), Pituffik (UTC−4) and Danmarkshavn (UTC+0).
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: West Greenland
Nuuk lies on the south-west coast of Greenland, in West Greenland.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: ~18,000
Nuuk has about 18,000–19,000 residents, roughly a third of Greenland's population.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Danish krone (DKK)
Greenland uses the Danish krone (DKK); it has no separate currency in circulation.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: 1979
Greenland gained Home Rule in 1979, the start of its self-government within the Kingdom of Denmark.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Hunting and fishing
The traditional Greenlandic diet is based on hunting and fishing — seal, whale, fish and seabirds.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Inuit languages of Canada and Alaska
Greenlandic belongs to the Inuit language family, related to Inuktitut in Canada and Iñupiaq in Alaska.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: ~59°N and 83°N
Greenland stretches from about 59°46′N at Cape Farewell to about 83°40′N at Kaffeklubben Island.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Cape Farewell
Cape Farewell (Kap Farvel) is Greenland's southernmost point; Cape Morris Jesup is its northernmost.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: About 1,700 m
The Greenland Ice Sheet averages about 1,673 m thick (maximum about 3,488 m).
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Small coastal towns
Almost all Greenlanders live in small coastal towns and settlements; the interior ice sheet is uninhabited.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Ice cap and rugged coastline
Greenland's terrain is dominated by its ice cap and a deeply indented, rugged coastline.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Rare earth minerals, oil, gas
Greenland is noted for potential reserves of rare earth minerals, oil and gas, alongside its fishing economy.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Settlers
According to the sagas, Erik the Red chose the attractive name Greenland to encourage settlers from Iceland.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Kalaallit
Kalaallit is the name Greenland's Inuit people use for themselves; Inughuit and Tunumiit are regional groups.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: 31
The Inatsisartut has 31 members, elected for four-year terms.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Arctic to subarctic
Greenland's climate ranges from arctic in the north to subarctic in the south.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: More than four-fifths
The ice sheet covers about 80% — more than four-fifths — of Greenland.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: ~16 miles (~26 km)
Across the Nares Strait (Kennedy Channel), Greenland and Canada's Ellesmere Island are only about 16 miles (26 km) apart.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: East/Northeast
The Greenland Sea lies off Greenland's east and north-east coasts, between Greenland and Svalbard.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Icebergs in Arctic waters
Greenland's outlet glaciers calve icebergs into Arctic waters, notably from Ilulissat (Jakobshavn).
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Kalaallit Nunaat
Kalaallit Nunaat — 'Land of the Greenlanders' — is what most Greenlandic Inuit call their homeland.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Tundra, lichens, limited scrub
Greenland's vegetation is tundra — mosses, lichens and low scrub — with no forests except dwarf birch and willow in the south.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Nearly 100%
Greenland's adult literacy rate is reported at nearly 100%.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
Correct Answer: Political and economic center
Nuuk, the largest city and capital, is Greenland's political and economic centre.
From: Greenland Facts — Practice Set (2026) · PMS
The bank holds 50 questions tagged "World Geography — Greenland Facts" under General Knowledge, drawn from 1 solved papers (2026). After merging the same question asked in multiple papers, 50 are distinct; this page shows the top 50.
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