Travel Q& A

1. About 90% of the people in which South American country speak Guarani, an indigenous language? a) Uruguay b) Suriname c) Paraguay

2. The Amu Darya is to the Aral Sea as the Volga River is to what? a) Caspian Sea b) Mediterranean Sea c) North Sea

3. Which one of the Great Lakes of North America has the largest surface area? a) Lake Superior b) Lake Ontario c) Lake Michigan

4. Which of these regions has large areas of continuous permafrost? a) Siberia b) Great Plains c) Patagonia

5. Countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations have political and historical ties to which country? a) United Kingdom b) Russia c) United States

6. A national park in the state of Assam provides habitats for both tigers and onehorned rhinoceroses. What is the name of the river on which this park is located? a) Ganges b) Dhaka c) Brahmaputra

7. Toros coleados, a form of bullfighting in which the bull is thrown by its tail, is practiced in the easternmost part of Llanos. This region is in what country that borders the Caribbean Sea? a) Venezuela b) Guyana c) Costa Rica

8. One of the world’s saltiest bodies of water was known to ancient Romans as Lacus Asphaltites. Name this body of water located east of the

Mediterranean Sea. a) Dead Sea b) Black Sea c) Aegean Sea

9. The region around a large lake north of Almaty was once habitat for tigers. Name this lake. a) Lake Malawi b) Lake Balkhash c) Lake Baikal

10. Sobo- Katamuki National Park is located on the southernmost of Japan’s major islands. Name this island. a) Kyushu b) Honshu c) Hokkaido