Travel Q&A

1. The mouth of the Rio Grande is in which state? a) Utah b) Texas c) Colorado

2. Rio de Janeiro and what other large city in Brazil are growing toward each other due to the high rate of urbanization? a) Campo Grande b) Sao Paulo c) Porto Alegre

3. Launceston is a port on which island in the Southern Hemisphere? a) Tasmania b) Guam c) Palau

4. Ghana, Mali, Kanem-bornu and Songhai are names associated with which of the following? a) major religions in Africa b) early empires in West Africa c) Arab centers in East Africa

5. The Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania link with what mountain group to the northeast? a) Catskill Mountains b) Adirondack Mountains c) Ozark Mountains

6. Llanos and pampas are terms for grasslands commonly associated with which continent? a) South America b) Europe c) Asia

7. The Torres del Paine National Park is located along the fjord-marked Pacific coastline of which country in the Western Hemisphere? a) Peru b) Chile c) Canada

8. Kodiak, Nunivak and Baranof are islands that are part of which state? a) Wisconsin b) Texas c) Alaska

9. The tropopause marks the boundary between the troposphere and which other layer of the atmosphere? a) stratosphere b) mesosphere c) exosphere

10. Which state has a population density of approximately one person per square mile? a) Alaska b) New York c) Texas

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