TRAVEL QUIZ

1. Mandarin is to Chinese as Castilian is to what? a) Spanish b) French c) English

2. Which state is adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico? a) Mississippi b) Georgia c) Oregon

3. Which African city was established near the head of the Nile River Delta, south of Alexandria, more than a thousand years ago? a) Tripoli b) Cairo c) Asmara

4. What is the term for a mass of ice that moves slowly over land? a) iceberg b) glacier c) fjord

5. The word “trek,” meaning a trip or journey, came into common English usage after the migration of Dutchspeaking people in southern Africa. Name this group of people. a) Bantu b) Afrikaners c) ! Kung

6. The Yenisey- Angara river system is the second- longest river system on which continent? a) Australia b) Asia c) Africa

7. Kudzu, a vine that was promoted in the 1930s to control soil erosion, is now considered a pest in what U. S. region with a warm, wet climate? a) southwest b) southeast c) northeast

8. Which of these islands is not divided between two or more countries? a) Madagascar b) Borneo c) New Guinea

9. Which of these present- day countries was not a republic of the Soviet Union before that country broke up in 1991? a) Serbia b) Ukraine c) Kazakhstan

10. To fly directly from Barcelona, Spain, to Naples, Italy, in which cardinal direction would you travel? a) west b) north c) east

Answers

1. Spanish, 2. Mississippi, 3. Cairo, 4. glacier, 5. Afrikaners, 6. Asia, 7. southeast, 8. Madagascar, 9. Serbia, 10. east

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