TRAVEL QUIZ

1. Which state has a larger population? a) Connecticut b) West Virginia c) Delaware

2. A mountain range along the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert once provided habitat for tigers. Name this mountain range. a) Tian Shan b) Pamirs c) Altun Shan

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

4. Which South American country has approximately 4,600 miles of coastline along the Atlantic Ocean, contributing to the largest tourism trade in that country? a) Uruguay b) Peru c) Brazil

5. Which state has a larger desert region? a) West Virginia b) Arizona c) Oklahoma

6. During U. S. President Bill Clinton’s trip to Africa in March 1998, he spoke to schoolchildren in a town near Kampala. This visit occurred in what country? a) Uganda b) South Africa c) Ghana

7. Prince Rupert’s Land is a historic region that made up much of which presentday country in the Western Hemisphere? a) Canada b) Mexico c) Argentina

8. Pamperos are strong wind and rainstorms that characterize the Pampas and the northeastern region of what South American country? a) Argentina b) Bolivia c) Venezuela

9. Mount Cook National Park takes its name from the highest mountain in which island country on the southwestern part of the Ring of Fire? a) Tonga b) New Zealand c) Fiji Islands

10. Name Australia’s longest river system. a) Victoria River b) Murray- Darling River c) Ashburton River

Answers

1. Connecticut, 2. Tian Shan, 3. Chile, 4. Brazil, 5. Arizona, 6. Uganda, 7. Canada,

8. Argentina, 9. New Zealand, 10. MurrayDarling River

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