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1. Which of these cities lies on the banks of the Mississippi River in the U.S.?
a. Cincinnati
b. St. Louis
c. Oklahoma City
d. Nashville
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2. This is the longitude and latitude of which city? 41°50’N, 87°37W
a. Phoenix, Arizona
b. Chicago, Illinois
c. Rio de Janeiro
d. Mexico City, Mexico
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3. This is the longitude and latitude of which city? 48°48’N, 2° 20’E
a. Beijing, China
b. Paris, France
c. Cairo, Egypt
d. Berlin, Germany
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4. Which map would you use if you were asked to find the land heights of New Zealand?
a. Political
b. Street
c. Physical
d. Weather
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5. What word is a synonym for all lines of latitude?
a. Meridian
b. Equator
c. Parallel
d. Hemisphere
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6. Which of these map projections indicates a cylindrical view of the earth’s surface?
a. Conic
b. Robinson
c. Flat or polar
d. Mercator
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7. What is the latitude for the geographic North Pole?
a. 0°N
b. 90°S
c. 90°N
d. 180°W
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8. What instrument can be used to determine longitude?
a. Clock
b. Compass
c. Sextant
d. Telescope
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9. When did the first modern Olympic games take place in Athens?
a. 1896
b. 1750
c. 1596
d. 1924
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10. What is the second highest mountain in the world?
a. K2
b. Mt. Everest
c. Mt. McKinley
d. Olympus Mons
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11. What is the highest capital city in the Western Hemisphere?
a. La Paz
b. Lima
c. Mexico City
d. Quito
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12. St. Croix and St. Thomas are island territories of
a. New Zealand
b. Australia
c. United States
d. Nova Scotia
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13. What is the currency of Peru?
a. Peso
b. Nuevo Sol
c. Ruble
d. Yen
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14. Which country has the longest coastline?
a. Australia
b. Russia
c. Canada
d. Indonesia
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15. What is the largest island in the Caribbean?
a. Puerto Rico
b. Antigua
c. Jamaica
d. Cuba
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16. What is the capital of Alabama?
a. Montgomery
b. Birmingham
c. Huntsville
d. Mobile
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17. Medical geographers were busy mapping and monitoring outbreaks
of cholera in what region in 1991?
a. South Africa
b. Latin America
c. Scandinavia
d. Middle East
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18. What would be your elevation while standing on the South Pole?
a. slightly above sea level
b. over 9,000 feet above sea level
c. 100 feet below sea level
d. 3,000 feet above sea level
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19. What country currently owns the North Pole?
a. Canada
b. No country claims ownership
c. Greenland
d. Norway
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20. Start a journey at the North Pole and head down the 0° meridian until
you encounter the first European country. What could you see in this
country?
a. Stonehenge
b. Blarney Stone
c. Roman Colosseum
d. Eiffel Tower
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21. The Industrial Revolution was based on WHICH of the following changes?
a. increased agricultural output
b. technological inventions
c. bigger labor pool in cities
d. new sources of energy that enhanced industrial output
e. all of the above
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22. What town, known as the 'Barbecue Capital of the World,' officially declared
October as ‘Barbecue Month’ and holds an annual festival including
a parade of pigs on bicycles?
a. St. Louis, Missouri
b. Austin, Texas
c. Atlanta, Georgia
d. Lexington, North Carolina
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23. Historically, suburbs had all of the following characteristics EXCEPT:
a. They were residential areas outside of or surrounding a city.
b. They were based on nuclear families.
c. They separated home life from the work world of the city.
d. They contained great diversity of ethnic groups and social classes.
e. People commuted from them to the central city for work.
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24. Which country has been an independent nation the longest?
a. Belgium
b. Canada
c. United States
d. Germany
e. Iceland
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25. Hibernia is the Latin name for which island?
a. Sicily
b. Sardinia
c. Ireland
d. Cuba
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26. What was the name of the 1823 proclamation by a U.S. President that
the U.S. would oppose any new colonization in the Western Hemisphere?
a. Hallstein Doctrine
b. Monroe Doctrine
c. Roosevelt Corollary
d. Good Neighbor Policy
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27. What is the longest river in the United States?
a. Missouri
b. Mississippi
c. Colorado
d. Rio Grande
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28. Which river carries the greatest volume of water of any river system?
a. Nile River
b. Amazon River
c. Mississippi River
d. Thames River
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29. Spain and Portugal are located on the ____________ Peninsula.
a. Iberian
b. Jutland
c. Balkan
d. British Isles
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30. What town in Arizona is known as ‘The Town Too Tough to Die?'
a. Jerome
b. Arivaca
c. Crown King
d. Tombstone
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31. The term ‘campesino’ refers to?
a. peasant farmers
b. coal miners
c. wealthy landowners
d. marketplace vendors
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32. Which country is not a major banana producing area?
a. India
b. Philippines
c. China
d. Italy
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33. A person walks 1 mile south, and then 1 mile east, sees a bear,
and then runs 1 mile north, back to the place they started from.
What color is the bear?
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34. Where would you find the largest landlocked harbor in the world?
a. Tampa Bay
b. San Francisco Bay
c. Bay Harbor
d. Pearl Harbor
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35. Which Central American country does not have an Atlantic Coast?
a. Belize
b. Honduras
c. Costa Rica
d. El Salvador
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36. The length of day and night are the same during this time.
a. Equinox
b. Solstice
c. Daylight Savings Time
d. New Year’s Eve
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37. Which of these foods was not likely to have originated in the place included in its name?
a. Peking Duck
b. French Fries
c. Hungarian Goulash
d. New England Clam Chowder
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38. The Boston Cooler, an ice cream soda made from ginger ale and
vanilla ice cream, is thought to have been invented in?
a. Boston, Massachusetts
b. Boston, Lincolnshire
c. Detroit, Michigan
d. New Orleans, Louisiana
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39. Parts of the world where religion has declined in importance are undergoing the process of
a. vitalization
b. segmentation.
c. sacredation.
d. secularization
e. conversionalization.
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40. Place identity is often associated with food. Wisconsin-Cheese, Chicago-Hot Dogs,
Boston-Baked Beans, Gilroy California- Garlic, and Traverse City Michigan- _____________.
a. watermelon festival
b. pumpkin festival
c. hamburger festival
d. cherry festival
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41. “Speed bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing; Onward, the sailors cry;
Carry the lad that's born to be king; Over the sea to Skye.”
Skye is located in __________.
a. Wales
b. Scotland
c. England
d. Belgium
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42. What city in China was devastated on July 28, 1976 by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake?
a. Tangshan
b. Shaanxi
c. Haiyuan
d. Shansi
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43. The coastal district of Swan Land is located in what region of Australia?
a. South Australia
b. Western Australia
c. Northern Territory
d. New South Wales
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44. Portland Oregon is adjacent to what city in Washington?
a. Spokane
b. Vancouver
c. Tacoma
d. Walla Walla
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45. What state is known as the Yellowhammer State?
a. Alabama
b. California
c. South Dakota
d. Vermont
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46. The highest point in North Dakota, Black Butte,
is at an elevation of ___________.
a. 1556 ft.
b. 3465 ft.
c. 4025 ft.
d. 506 ft.
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47. Which of these rivers does not flow north?
a. St. Johns River, Florida
b. Willamette River, Oregon
c. Red River, North Dakota/Minnesota
d. Virgin River, Utah/Nevada
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48. What lake is the largest lake in Australia as well as the lowest point in Australia?
a. Lake Eyre
b. Lake Carey
c. Lake Gairdner
d. Lake Bonney
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49. The explorer and pioneer medical missionary David Livingstone
is reputed to be the first European to see what?
a. The Grand Canyon
b. Victoria Falls
c. The Great Sphinx
d. Antarctica
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50. What is the capital of Montana?
a. Great Falls
b. Missoula
c. Helena
d. Bozeman
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