Travel Q&A

1. Which mountain range is not located in the United States? a) Sierra Nevada b. Appalachian c. Andes

2. Although native to the Amazon Basin, more than half of the world’s cacao is today grown on which continent? a) Africa b) Australia c) North America

3. Berbers and what other Muslim people make up most of the population in Algeria, Libya and Morocco? a) Tuareg b) Fulani c) Arabs

4. Name the explorer who was killed in the Philippines in 1521 after becoming the first European to sail across the Pacific Ocean. a) Marco Polo b) James Cook c) Ferdinand Magellan

5. Name the Southeast Asian country that gained independence from the Netherlands in 1949. a) Philippines b) Indonesia c) Brunei

6. Which of these countries is not a constitutional monarchy? a) Mexico b) Morocco c) Malaysia

7. A city that is Switzerland’s center for chemicals and pharmaceuticals is near the junction of France, Germany, and Switzerland. Name the city: a) Basel b) Bern c) Zurich

8. The Arab League, which promotes economic cooperation among its members, is made up of countries on which two continents? a) Europe and Asia b) Europe and Africa c) Africa and Asia

9. A compass is to direction as a global positioning system is to what? a) temperature b) ocean depths c) location

10. La Mancha and Somontano regions are to Spain as the Champagne and Burgundy regions are to what? a) France b) Switzerland c) Germany