Geography Quiz #409
Geography Quiz for 13 November 2016
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Q1.
When Spanish commander de Heredia founded a city in 1533 on an indigenous village in a bay in the north-west of what is now Colombia what was the source of the name he gave to it?
A
The city of Carthage, Tunisia
B
The city of Medellín, Spain
C
Bacatá, the indigenous name for the area
D
"Barranca", the Spanish word for the nearby canyons
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Q2.
The Atlas Mountains occupy most of the land area of which country?
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Q3.
Which of these mountain ranges is not found in New Guinea?
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Q4.
What does the Little Abbay river flow into?
A
Lake Victoria, Uganda / Kenya / Tanzania
C
Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Burundi / Zambia
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Q5.
What is the name for a narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land?
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Q6.
Which of these Australian cities calls itself the "City of Churches"?
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Q7.
Which of these is an island holiday destination and a type of shorts?
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