TRAVEL QUIZ

1. In April 1998, Malaysia deported illegal Indonesian workers, forcing them to leave from a port on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. This port is on what strait? a) Strait of Malacca b) Singapore Strait c) Makassar Strait

2. Valley Forge National Historical Park is located just outside of which large city? a) Washington, D. C. b) Philadelphia c) Boston

3. The name of which state comes from the French words for “Green Mountain?” a) Vermont b) New Hampshire c) Georgia

4. Name the body of water that separates the Korean Peninsula from mainland China. a) Yellow Sea b) Sea of Japan c) Korea Strait

5. At what Virginia settlement were British forces defeated by American and French troops, ending the fighting during the Revolutionary War? a) Yorktown b) Virginia Beach c) Richmond

6. Asia’s largest expanse of taiga, a type of forest, lies just south of the tundra in which country? a) Russia b) Mongolia c) Finland

7. In 1991, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania officially gained independence from what former country? a) Soviet Union b) East Germany c) Czechoslovakia

8. The echidna, or spiny anteater, is native to Australia and the large island directly north of that country. Name this large island. a) Vanuatu b) New Zealand c) New Guinea

9. Often, a combination of coal and water is transported through a pipeline. Which term refers to such a thin, liquid mixture? a) slurry b) magma c) loess

10. Scientists performed a CT scan of King Tutankhamun’s mummy to learn more about the ancient Egyptian pharaoh who died in 1323 B. C., when he was about 18 years old. King Tut was entombed in the Valley of Kings near which ancient city?

a) Thebes b) Alexandria c) Cairo