Geography Quiz #561
Geography Quiz for 13 October 2019
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1
Q1.
Which bird is recognised as the national symbol of Denmark?
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2
Q2.
What World Heritage Site is located 20 miles north of Stonehenge in the UK?
A
Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland
B
The Avebury henge, Wiltshire
C
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
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3
Q3.
What and where are the Yungas?
A
Vegetation along the eastern foot of the Andes in South America
B
Nomadic tribesmen in western Mongolia
C
Island archipelagos along the southern Chile coast
D
Dwellings on Lake Titicaca's floating islands
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4
Q4.
The Khoikhoi (including the Namaqua), Korana and the Saan are pre-European peoples of what area?
C
Northern Alaska and Canada
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5
Q5.
During the period from the 12th to 15th centuries CE, what was the land from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east (including the Lake Ladoga regions of modern Russia) known as?
B
The Republic of Karelia
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6
Q6.
The geographic region which includes Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australasia is known as what?
D
The Federated Oceanic Territories
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Q7.
What is the capital city of the third smallest territory, and the one with the most lagoons, deltas, coastline, river basins and rivers per square mile, in South America?
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