Indian Ocean
It is bounded by Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Southern Ocean. This topic is part of Oceans within Geography. This page currently draws on 30 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Indian Ocean trivia questions
The Indian Ocean lies south of which continent?
Answer: Asia
Bonus fact: It is bounded by Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Southern Ocean.
The Indian Ocean is the world's what-largest ocean?
Answer: Third-largest
Bonus fact: It ranks behind the Pacific and Atlantic.
Which large island lies off Africa in the western Indian Ocean?
Answer: Madagascar
Bonus fact: Madagascar is the world's fourth-largest island.
Somalia has Africa's longest mainland coastline along the Indian Ocean and what gulf?
Answer: Gulf of Aden
Bonus fact: Its northern coast faces the Gulf of Aden.
Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Bonus fact: The Indian Ocean is the third-largest ocean.
Comoros is an island country off the coast of which continent?
Answer: Africa
Bonus fact: Comoros lies in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar.
Kenya lies on the coast of which ocean?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Bonus fact: Mombasa is a major Indian Ocean port.
What is the capital of Somalia?
Answer: Mogadishu
Bonus fact: Mogadishu lies on the Indian Ocean coast.
Sri Lanka is an island country located south of which large country?
Answer: India
Bonus fact: Sri Lanka lies in the Indian Ocean just southeast of India.
Which ocean lies mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Bonus fact: Most of the Indian Ocean lies east of Greenwich.
The Arab slave trade connected Africa most heavily with which regions?
Answer: Middle East and Indian Ocean world
Bonus fact: Enslaved Africans were transported across the Sahara, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.
The Socotra Archipelago is part of which country?
Answer: Yemen
Bonus fact: UNESCO says Socotra lies in the northwest Indian Ocean near the Gulf of Aden.