GEOGRAPHY QUIZ QUESTIONS
Help your students understand that geography is more than knowing places
on map-it helps them discover and explore the world. The National Geographic
Society is providing 25 questions that you can quiz you class with-five for
each weekday of Geography Awareness Week, November 14-20, 1999. The questions
are drawn from the 1999 National Geographic Bee, which has already taken place.
If you use these questions, please credit "The National Geographic Bee, a
program of the National Geographic Society.
TEST YOUR GEOGRAPHY "I.Q."
- To visit the gold-domed capitol in Caracas and see the Orinoco River,
you would travel to what country? Venezuela
- The Danube River flows for about 1,800 miles before emptying into
what sea? Black Sea
- Many Native Americans live on land set aside for them by the U.S.
government. What is the term for this land? reservation
- Chinese are the largest ethnic group in a small island country at
the tip of the Malay peninsula. Name this country. Singapore
- What is the term for a stream that flows into a larger river? tributary
- To see the Parthenon, on the Acropolis, and other ancient ruins,
you would travel to what country? Greece
- Which continent in the Western Hemisphere produces and uses the most
paper products? North America
- Slovakia and which other present-day central European country became
independent in 1993? Czech Republic
- The Parana` River forms part of the boundary between Argentina and
what other country? Paraguay
- What Norwegian word is used for a narrow, steep-sided inlet of the
sea that was carved by a glacier? fjord
- To see lions, gazelles, and zebras in Nairobi National Park, you would
travel to what country? Kenya
- Romance languages developed from Latin on which continent? Europe
- Many people practice voodo in which country on the island of Hispaniola?
- In July 1998 a tsunami killed about 2,000 on an island that lies across
the Torres Strait from Australia. Name this island. New Guinea
- What is the term for the regular rise and fall of the water level
in the ocean caused by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon?
- To see pagoda-shaped temples in Kathmandu and climb Mount Everest,
you would travel to what country? Nepal
- What mountain range is just east of Seattle? Cascade Range
- In August 1998 terrorist bombings occurred at the U.S. embassies in
Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, which is the capital of which East
African country? Tanzania
- What South American desert is considered the driest desert on Earth?
- What is the term for the heat energy within the Earth that can be
used to generate electricity? geothermal energy
- To see the running of the bulls in Pamplona and visit the Prado Museum,
in Madrid, you would travel to what country? Spain
- The St. Lawrence River flows out of the easternmost of the Great Lakes.
Name this lake. Lake Ontario
- The Ginza is a well-known shopping and entertainment district in which
Japanese city? Tokyo
- In May 1998 nucler tests conducted by India and by which neighboring
South Asian country caused international concern? Pakistan
- What is the name of the winds in the tropics that blow from the east?
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Geographic Society's Geography Awareness Week.
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