Geography Quiz #428
Geography Quiz for 26 March 2017
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Q1.
What is the area 19th century Europeans called the Barbary Coast known as now?
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2
Q2.
What happens in areas where there is a pattern of a mixed semi-diurnal tide?
A
Two high tides and two low tides each day with different heights
B
Two high tides and two low tides each day
C
Moments of slack water which differ from those of high and low water each day
D
Two high tides each day
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3
Q3.
Which of Somalia's neighbours has built a wall along part of its borders to control crossings by illegal immigrants and terrorist groups?
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4
Q4.
The largest river by discharge of water in the Americas, and the world, flows mainly through which country?
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5
Q5.
What is the oldest city of European origin, established in 1565 by Pedro Menedesto, that still exists in what is now the USA?
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6
Q6.
Which country is Amuay on the Paraguana Peninsula, the northernmost point in Venezuela, closest to?
A
Kingdom of the Netherlands
D
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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7
Q7.
What is the name for the circle that describes the most northerly point at which the sun appears directly overhead at noon?
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