TRAVEL QUIZ

1. Death Valley, one of the hottest and driest places in the United States, is just east of which mountains? a) Sierra Nevada b) Allegheny Mountains c) Adirondack Mountains

2. The Mayflower and the Titanic are two famous ships that began their transatlantic journeys at what British port city? a) Southampton b) Portsmouth c) Plymouth

3. Name the inland sea in Central Asia that once was the world’s fourth largest lake, but which has been drastically reduced by agricultural use of water flowing into it. a) Lake Baikal b) Caspian Sea c) Aral Sea

4. Which of the following states was not part of the Cotton Belt? a) South Carolina b) Maryland c) Georgia

5. The Panama Canal links the Pacific Ocean with which other body of water? a) Gulf of Mexico b) Caribbean Sea c) Atlantic Ocean

6. Large ranches occupy a region called the Great Artesian Basin in which country that borders the Indian Ocean? a) Sri Lanka b) Indonesia c) Australia

7. By using the Suez Canal, ships avoid sailing around which continent? a) South America b) Europe c) Africa

8. Which state has the lowest per capita income? a) Texas b) Mississippi c) Massachusetts

9. Nickel is mined near Pico Duarte, one of the highest peaks in the West Indies. This peak is located in which country west of Puerto Rico? a) Dominican Republic b) Jamaica c) Cuba

10. The city of Reykjavik originated on the site of the first Viking farmsteads on what island country? a) Madagascar b) Ireland c) Iceland

Answers

1. Sierra Nevada, 2. Southampton, 3. Aral Sea,

4. Maryland, 5. Caribbean Sea, 6. Australia, 7. Africa,

8. Mississippi, 9. Dominican Republic, 10. Iceland

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