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Geography Exam 08'
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the capital of Australia? | Canabera |
| What is the capital of Canada? | Ottawa |
| What is the capital of China? | Beijing |
| What is the capital of Egypt? | Caire |
| What is the capital of Greece? | Athens |
| What is the capital of India? | New Delhi |
| What is the capital of Japan? | Tokyo |
| What is the capital of Liberia? | Monrovia |
| What is the capital of Libya? | Tripoli |
| What is the capital of the Phillippines? | Manila |
| What is the capital of South Korea? | Seoul |
| What is the capital of Spain? | Madrid |
| What is the capital of Thailand? | Bangkok |
| What is the capital of the Netherlands? | Amsterdam |
| What is the capital of Ukraine? | Kiev |
| What is the capital of Russia? | Moscow |
| What is the captial of Iraq? | Baghdad |
| What is the capital of Portugal? | Lisbon |
| What is the capital of Afghanistan? | Kabul |
| The one mega continent was called? | Pangea |
| Name the fortress where 960 Jewish zealots committed suicide in 70 A.D. rather than be captured by the Romans? | Meseda |
| What is the term for where the ocean tide meets a river current? | estuary |
| What system of government allows individuals the freedom to follow their economic pursuits as they seem fit through private ownership of property? | Free Enterprise capitalism |
| What city and country is the starting point for measuring longitude? | Greenwich, England |
| Along what parallel were North and South Korea divided? | 38th parallel |
| What country is 1/4 polder? | Netherlands |
| Because its major religion prohibits the killing of cattle, the country has more livestock than any other country in the world? | India |
| What is Japan's highest peak? | Mount Fuji |
| Both Jews and Muslims considered this a "Holy City" | Jerusalem |
| When was the modern state of Israel established? | 1948 |
| Where did Noah's ark caome yo rest after the flood? | Mount Ararat |
| What is the only Asian country where a majority of the people practice Roman Catholicism? | Phillippines |
| Lowest point on earth? | Dead Sea |
| Highest point on earth? | Mount Everest |
| What is the term used to describe when land is taken from the sea by using dikes, dams, and windmills to drain the water? | Polder |
| What is the world's largest desert? | Sahara |
| What is the world's longest river? | Nile river |
| Which African country, in addition to Sierra Leon, was settled by freed slaves? | Liberia |
| Afrikaners are the Dutch inhabitants of____________? | South Africa |
| What is the world's biggest natureal structure formed by living things? | Great Barrier Reef |
| A gold rush in 1851 caused the population of ____________ to increasre by nearly 200%. | Australia |
| What mountain range is considered the "Backbone of North America"? | Rocky Mountains |
| What is the world's largest inland seaway? | St. Lawrence |
| What is the world's largest island? | Greenland |
| What is the world's largest canyon? | Grand Canyon |
| Which country became the western hemisphere's first Communist dictatorship? | Cuba |
| What was Canada's first Prividence? | Quebec |
| In North America, What provides passage for ships traveling between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans? | Panama Canal |
| Which South American lake is the continent's largest? | Lake Maricabo |
| What is the world's highest waterfall? | Angel Falls |
| Name the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere? | Mount Aconcagua |
| What religion do the majority of South Americans practice? | Roman Catholicism |
| What is the longest mountain range on land? | Andes Mountains |
| Which country produces more emeralds than any other country? | Columbia |
| What is the official language of Brazil? | Portuguese |
| Franciso Pizarro conquered the Inca Indianz of which country? | Peru |
| Who is remembered for leading Venezuela abd several other South American countries to independence from Spain? | Simon Bolivar |
| Which country is known as "Granary of the South"? | Argentina |
| What is the world's second largest city in population? | San Paulo, Brazil |
| What is the world's highest freshwater lake? | Lake Titicaca |
| The Galapagos Islands belong to which nation? | Ecaudor |
| What separates South America from Antarctica? | Drake Passage |
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