TRAVEL QUIZ

1. Egypt’s blockade of the Strait of Tiran in 1967 to prevent Israeli shipping was a cause of the Six Day War. This strait is at the southern end of what gulf? a) Persian Gulf b) Gulf of Aqaba c) Gulf of Aden

2. The Outer Banks are barrier islands in which state? a) North Carolina b) Florida c) California

3. Canada’s Prairie Provinces were settled by a large number of immigrants from which country that is also a major wheatproducing region in Europe? a) Ukraine b) Romania c) Norway 4. Red imported fire ants, native to South America, have a painful sting and can be found in parts of the Southern U. S. These ants were first seen in Mobile, a city in which state bordering the Gulf of Mexico? a) Georgia b) Alabama c) Tennessee

5. Which Colombian city lies on a plateau just west of the Llanos plains, a grassland region that stretches through eastern Colombia and western Venezuela? a) Cali b) Bogota c) Barranquilla

6. Teotihuacan was the great center of an early civilization on which continent? a) North America b) Europe c) Asia

7. The meandering Elkhorn River joins the Platte River in the eastern part of which state? a) West Virginia b) Nebraska c) Arizona

8. Sakhalin Island is to Russia as New Britain Island is to what? a) Papua New Guinea b) England c) India

9. Which of the following states is not crossed by the Colorado River? a) New Mexico b) Colorado c) Arizona

10. On July 1, 2007, which special administrative region marked the 10th anniversary of its return to China? a) Hong Kong b) Shanghai c) Macau

Answers

1. Gulf of Aqaba, 2. North Carolina, 3. Ukraine, 4. Alabama, 5. Bogota, 6. North America, 7. Nebraska, 8. Papua New Guinea, 9. New Mexico, 10. Hong Kong

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