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What family of satellites are used to guide you home?
A. NOAA
B. GPS
C. Seasat
D. RadarSat
1The answer is: GPS (Global Positioning System)
What is the longest river in the United States?
A. Columbia
B. Missouri
C. Yukon
D. Mississippi
3The answer is: Mississippi.
Next to Canada and Mexico, what country is closest to the United States?
A. Cuba
B. Guatemala
C. Jamaica
D. Russia
3The answer is: Russia
Which of the following pairs includes two states which border Oklahoma?
A. Arkansas, Mississippi
B. New Mexico, Missouri
C. Nebraska, Louisiana
D. Kansas, Wyoming
3The answer is: Kansas, Wyoming
What country has more than 60,000 lakes?
A. United States
B. Finland
C. Russia
D. Canada
1The answer is: Finland
What year did the Czech Republic receive it's independence?
A. 1992
B. 1991
C. 1995
D. 1993
3The answer is: 1993
What country has the shortest shoreline?
A. Monaco
B. Cuba
C. Honduras
D. Madagascar
0The answer is: Monaco, 3.5 miles long
What country did the Republic of Costa Rica receive it's independence from?
A. England
B. France
C. Spain
D. United States
2The answer is: Spain
Approximately how far is Punta Arenas (Chile) from Cape Town (South Africa)?
A. 2,856 nautical miles
B. 3,839 nautical miles
C. 4,323 nautical miles
D. 5,000 nautical miles
1The answer is: approximately 3,839 nautical miles
In what mountain range would you find Mt. Blanc?
A. Rocky Mountains
B. Appalachians
C. Himalayas
D. Alps
3The answer is: The Alps
What is the capital of Hong Kong?
A. Kowloon
B. Victoria
C. Macao
D. Hsiying
1The answer is: Victoria
Name the largest U.S. state east of the Mississippi?
A. Tennessee
B. Georgia
C. Florida
D. Arkansas
1The answer is: Georgia
What is the second largest country in Africa?
A. Algeria
B. Kenya
C. Ethiopia
D. Sudan
0The answer is: Algeria
Name the highest mountain in Africa?
A. Mt Kenya
B. Mt Killimanjaro
C. Mt. Kosciuske
D. Mt. Whitney
1Mt. Killimanjaro
What country, outside of Asia, has the largest population?
A. Russia
B. Brazil
C. U.S.A.
D. Libya
2The answer is: U.S.A.
What is the diameter of the earth in thousands of miles?
A. 4,500
B. 5,800
C. 6,200
D. 8,000
3The answer is: 8,000 miles
One degree of latitude covers about how many miles?
A. 50
B. 70
C. 100
D. 150
1The answer is: 70 miles
What river has the largest drainage basin?
A. Amazon
B. Mississippi
C. Indus
D. Nile
0The answer is: The Amazon
What national capital is furthest south?
A. Sydney, Australia
B. Lima, Peru
C. Johannesburg, South Africa
D. Wellington, New Zealand
3The answer is: Wellington, New Zealand
Which U.S. State receives the most rainfall?
A. Oregon
B. Washington
C. Arizona
D. Hawaii
3The answer is: Hawaii
In what country is St. Moritz?
A. Belgium
B. Denmark
C. Switzerland
D. France
2The answer is Switzerland
What South American country has both a Pacific and Atlantic coastline?
A. Argentina
B. Brazil
C. Ecuador
D. Columbia
3The answer is: Columbia
Name the country that is located on the French-Spanish border?
A. Gramercy
B. Andorra
C. Monaco
D. Portugal
1The answer is: Andorra
How many states are there in Australia?
A. Six
B. Seven
C. Ten
D. Twelve
1The answer is: Seven
What country has the most coastline?
A. U.S.A.
B. United Kingdom
C. Chile
D. Canada
3The answer is: Canada
Name the world's most photographed and most climbed mountain?
A. Mt. Everest
B. Mt. McKinley
C. Mt. Fuji
D. Mt. Rushmore
2The answer is: Mt. Fuji
What is the name of the longest river in Europe?
A. Danube
B. Thames
C. Amur
D. Volga
3The answer is: The Volga
Where would you expect to see the Abominable Snowman?
A. The Canadian Rocky Mountains
B. The Alps
C. The Andes
D. The Himalayas
3The answer is: The Himalayas
What symbols are on the Turkish flag?
A. Star and a Moon
B. A Cross and a Crescent
C. A Star and a Cross
D. A star and a Crescent
3The answer is: A Star and a Crescent
What is the world's highest city?
A. Mexico City, Mexico
B. Casablanca, Morocco
C. Lhasa, Tibet
D. Kabul, Afiganistan
2The answer is: Lhasa, Tibet
What is the smallest country in Central America?
A. Guatemala
B. Panama
C. El Salvador
D. Uruguay
0The answer is: Guatemala
What mountain range is between Poland and the Czech Republic?
A. Atlas Mountains
B. The Alps
C. The Ural Mountains
D. Carpathian Mountains
3The answer is: The Carpathian Mountains
What African country has the largest population?
A. Egypt
B. Sudan
C. Libya
D. Nigeria
3The answer is: Nigeria
What country has the second largest coastline?
A. Japan
B. England
C. Indonesia
D. Chile
2The answer is: Indonesia
Guayaquil is the largest city in what country?
A. El Salvador
B. Columbia
C. Paraguay
D. Ecuador
3The answer is: Ecuador
Which of the 48 continental states extends farthest North?
A. New York
B. Washington
C. Michigan
D. Minnesota
3The answer is: Minnesota
Which of the great lakes has a border running through it?
A. Lake Erie
B. Lake Superior
C. Lake Michigan
D. Lake Huron
2The answer is: Lake Michigan
What mountain range separates Europe from Asia?
A. The Carpathian Mountains
B. The Atlas Mountains
C. The Urals
D. The Himalayas
2The answer is: The Urals
Which European country has the highest population density?
A. Ukraine
B. Russia
C. Monaco
D. France
2The answer is: Monaco
What is the longest river in Canada?
A. The Mackenzie
B. The Athabasca
C. The Nelson
D. The Churchill
0The answer is: The Mackenzie River
What is the highest mountain in Canada?
A. Mt. Robson
B. Mt. Athabasca
C. Mt. McKinley
D. Mt. Logan
3The answer is: Mt. Logan
Name the two landlocked countries in South America?
A. Brazil and Bolivia
B. Venezuela and Paraguay
C. Uruguay and Chile
D. Bolivia and Paraguay
3The answer is: Bolivia and Paraguay
In the continental USA, how many places are called Venice?
A. 20
B. 6
C. 12
D. 3
2The answer is: 12
What year was the People's Republic of China established?
A. 1945
B. 1949
C. 1954
D. 1959
1The answer is: 1949
In what country is the Mekong River Delta?
A. Indonesia
B. Korea
C. Vietnam
D. China
2The answer is: Vietnam
Which continent has the greatest number of countries?
A. South America
B. Europe
C. Africa
D. North America
2The answer is: Africa
What country has the world's most southerly city?
A. New Zealand
B. Australia
C. Africa
D. Chile
3The answer is: Chile
Which country are the Galapagos Islands part of?
A. USA
B. Australia
C. Ecuador
D. Peru
2The answer is: Ecuador
What U.S. city is located at 21 N., 158 W.?
A. Miami
B. San Diego
C. Honolulu
D. Atlanta
2The answer is: Honolulu
Name the longest river in Asia?
A. The Yellow River
B. The Indus River
C. The Ganges River
D. The Yangtze River
3The answer is: The Yangtze River