Travel Q&A

1. Since the 1970s, most of the immigrants in the United States have come from other countries in the Americas and which other continent? a) Europe b) Asia c) Africa

2. The Great Northern Peninsula, which extends approximately 170 miles from Bonne Bay on the west to Cape Bauld on the tip, is located in Newfoundland in which country? a) Canada b) England c) Australia

3. Sri Lanka is to island as Panama is to what? a) isthmus b) peninsula c) strait

4. Newark is the largest city and an industrial center in which mid-atlantic state? a) New Jersey b) Maryland c) Virginia

5. Prince Edward Island lies in a gulf that borders five Canadian provinces. Name this gulf. a) Gulf of St. Lawrence b) Gulf of Maine c) Gulf of Bothnia

6. The Mozambique and Benguela currents flow along the coast of which continent? a) Europe b) Asia c) Africa

7. Which agent of erosion is primarily responsible for creating limestone caves? a) water b) soil c) rock

8. Which of Earth’s four oceans is the smallest? a) Indian Ocean b) Atlantic Ocean c) Arctic Ocean

9. Prince Rupert’s Land is a historic region that made up much of which present-day country in the Western

Hemisphere? a) Canada b) Mexico c) Argentina

10. A giant statue of Buddha at the confluence of the Min and two other Asian rivers was carved out of a cliff to protect boatmen from dangerous currents. This statue is in what officially atheist country? a) Vietnam b) China c) Bhutan

Questions provided by the National Geographic Bee. Visit nationalgeographic.org/ education/ student-experiences/ geobee/study/ quiz/