Travel Q&A

1. Which city’s location on the River Clyde helped it to become a shipping and industrial center? a) Glasgow b) Manchester c) Edinburgh

2. Which major city is located in North Carolina and was near the site of the first important gold discovery in the United States? a) Fayetteville b) Columbia c) Charlotte

3. Which country in Central America is the only one that does not border the Pacific Ocean? a) Guatemala b) Costa Rica c) Belize

4. What is the term for the lower limit of permanent snow cover on a mountain? a) treeline b) snow line c) permafrost

5. Which city replaced Williamsburg as a state capital? a) Richmond b) Norfolk c) Juneau

6. The Great Circle at zero degrees latitude is primarily known by what name? a) Tropic of Cancer b) Equator c) Tropic or Capricorn

7. The Gila River flows west from New Mexico across which other state? a) Wyoming b) Nevada c) Arizona

8. What Russian term meaning “black earth” is used for fertile soils, such as those of the steppe, that was well suited for growing grains? a) Spodosol b) laterite c) chernozem

9. What present-day country, located at the southwestern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, supplied frankincense and myrrh to the ancient world? a) Yemen b) Kuwait c) Jordan

10. In February 1998, a major power failure temporarily crippled the economy of New Zealand’s most populous city. Name this city. a) Wellington b) Christ Church c) Auckland

Questions provided by the National Geographic Bee. Visit nationalgeographic.org/bee/study/quiz