TRAVEL QUIZ

1. Which modern- day country was not a part of the Roman Empire at any time? a) Italy b) Spain c) South Africa

2. Which island country is not part of the Greater Antilles? a) Barbados b) Jamaica c) Cuba

3. Name the Muslim country that is bordered by India and Myanmar. a) Pakistan b) Indonesia c) Bangladesh

4. The Anguilla Cays, part of the Bahamas, lie north of the Nicholas Channel about 50 miles from which island? a) Cuba b) Puerto Rico c) Jamaica

5. “Equality before the Law” is the motto of a Great Plains state that is home to Chimney Rock National Historic Site. Name this state. a) Idaho b) Nebraska c) Utah

6. What city is located on the Potomac River and was built in the late 1700s according to the plans laid out by Pierre L’enfant? a) Washington, D. C. b) Pittsburgh c) New York

7. Which state produces more apples? a) Washington b) Mississippi c) Florida

8. What is the term used to describe a tropical grassland containing widely spaced trees? a) savanna b) desert c) deltas

9. Sweden’s highest peak, Kebnekaise, is located in the Kjolen Mountains. These mountains run along Sweden’s boundary with which country? a) Norway b) Finland c) Denmark

10. Lesotho is to the Drakensberg Mountains as Andorra is to the what? a) Pyrenees b) Apennines c) Urals

Answers

1. South Africa, 2. Barbados, 3. Bangladesh, 4. Cuba, 5. Nebraska, 6. Washington, D. C., 7. Washington, 8. savanna, 9. Norway, 10. Pyrenees

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