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A continental climate is most likely to be found in:

a. New York
b. Oregon
c. Florida
d. Delaware
e. Kansas

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E. Kansas

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Which of the following states of the USA is the likeliest place for the further development of ethanol and other biofuel production?

a. South Carolina
b. Alaska
c. Massachusetts
d. Iowa
e. Michigan

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D. Iowa

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Which of the following is one of Canada’s Atlantic provinces?

a. New Brunswick
b. British Columbia
c. Nunavut
d. Quebec
e. Saskatchewan

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A. New Brunswick

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Which of the following is one of Canada’s Prairie provinces?

a. New Brunswick
b. British Columbia
c. Manitoba
d. Newfoundland and Labrador
e. Prince Edward Island

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C. Manitoba

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__________ is the second most populous US state.

a. California
b. Texas
c. Arizona
d. New York
e. Alaska

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B. Texas

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Software Valley is found in which State?

a. California
b. Utah
c. Nevada
d. Colorado
e. Texas

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B. Utah

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In many ways the key Canadian province is _____, containing the country’s largest and most globalized city.

a. Quebec
b. Ontario
c. Toronto
d. New Brunswick
e. British Columbia

A

B. Ontario

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Oil is being drawn from deposits of tar sand in:

a. Alaska
b. Saudi Arabia
c. California
d. Canada
e. Kuwait

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D. Canada

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Quebec is nearly twice the size as:

a. Alaska
b. California
c. Texas
d. Michigan
e. Montana

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C. Texas

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Which Canadian province contains the majority of French-speaking citizens?

a. Nova Scotia
b. British Columbia
c. Manitoba
d. Quebec
e. Maine

A

D. Quebec

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Which state is located in the U.S. Corn Belt?

a. Texas
b. Iowa
c. Florida
d. Maine
e. None

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B. Iowa

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Which of the following is a major oil and gas producing state?

a. Maine
b. New York
c. Ohio
d. Texas
e. None of the above

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D. Texas

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Which of the following states is unilingual in that it possesses a single language spoken throughout its territory?

a. Switzerland
b. Austria
c. Former Yugoslavia
d. Belgium
e. The British Isles

A

B. Austria

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Only the southern portion of which of the following islands was recently granted admission to the EU?

a. Ireland
b. Malta
c. Turkey
d. Sicily
e. Cyprus

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E. Cyprus

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_______ has been pulling through the global recession better than any other country in the realm.

a. France
b. Italy
c. The United Kingdom
d. Germany
e. the United States

A

D. Germany

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The only European country with coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the North Sea is:

a. Portugal
b. Germany
c. Spain
d. France
e. Italy

A

D. France

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The Western European state that is not a member of the European Union is:

a. Austria
b. Luxembourg
c. the Netherlands
d. Switzerland
e. Belgium

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D. Switzerland

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________ is the Discontinuous North’s largest country in terms of both population (9.4 million) and territory

a. Denmark
b. Sweden
c. Norway
d. Finland
e. Iceland

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B. Sweden

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The Northern European country that has benefited the most from North Sea oil is:

a. Denmark
b. Norway
c. Iceland
d. Finland
e. Sweden

A

B. Norway

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The country located on the Jutland Peninsula and the smallest state (in area) in Norden is:

a. Sweden
b. Norway
c. Estonia
d. Iceland
e. Denmark

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B. Norway

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___________ has more in common with Finland than its other neighboring states and is therefore included as part of Northern Europe

a. Estonia
b. Latvia
c. Lithuania
d. Kaliningrad
e. Belarus

A

A. Estonia

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The Mediterranean European country with the lowest percentage of urban residents is

a. Spain
b. Portugal
c. France
d. Italy
e. Greece

A

B. Portugal

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The country located directly across the Strait of Gibraltar from southernmost Spain is

a. Portugal
b. Morocco
c. Italy
d. Gibraltar
e. Algeria

A

B. Morrocco

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The Mediterranean island contested by both Greece
and Turkey is:
a. Cyprus
b. Crete 
c. Malta 
d. Sicily 
e. Sardinia
A

A. Cyprus

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The Russian exclave located between Lithuania and Poland is called:

a. Kaliningrad
b. Leningrad
c. Latvia
d. Estonia
e. the Baltic Corridor

A

A. Kaliningrad

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Which former Soviet Socialist Republic, with its capital at Mensk (Minsk), is also called White Russia, and is still strongly linked to Moscow?

a. Belarus
b. Lithuania
c. Moldova
d. Estonia
e. Ukraine

A

B. Lithuania

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Which of the following is not a state created by the breakup of former Yugoslavia?

a. Bosnia
b. Macedonia
c. Croatia
d. Slovakia
e. Slovenia

A

D. Solvakia

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Which state contains Serb, Croat, and Muslim populations that were finally brought together in 1995 at a US-run peace conference?

a. Bosnia
b. Serbia
c. Croatia
d. Montenegro
e. Slovenia

A

A. Bonsia

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A country that was divided into two political units after World War II was:

a. United Kingdom
b. Italy
c. Germany
d. Austria
e. Greece

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C. Germany

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Which of the following is not a portion of the United Kingdom?

a. Republic of Ireland
b. England
c. Scotland
d. Wales
e. All are part of the UK

A

A. Republic of Ireland

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Which of the following is not a Nordic country?

a. Malta
b. Norway
c. Finland
d. Denmark
e. Iceland

A

A. Malta

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Gibraltar is a disputed territory between the UK and

a. Spain
b. Portugal
c. Italy
d. France
e. Ireland

A

A. Spain

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Q

The first country to experience the Industrial Revolution was

a. Spain
b. France
c. Prussia
d. The United Kingdom
e. Italy

A

D. The United Kingdom

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Which of the following European countries is landlocked?

a. Switzerland
b. Croatia
c. Albania
d. Belgium
e. Spain

A

A. Switzerland

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______ dominates Western Europe demographically and economically.

a. France
b. Belgium
c. Austria
d. Germany
e. Switzerland

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D. Germany

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The European country that has purported to practice strict neutrality is:

a. Germany
b. Austria
c. Finland
d. Switzerland
e. Belgium

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D. Switzerland

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Which of the following is not a Nordic country?

a. Malta
b. Norway
c. Finland
d. Estonia
e. Iceland

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A. Malta

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Finland lost significant territories to:

a. Finland
b. Russia
c. Denmark
d. Norway
e. Belarus

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B. Russia

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The Norden country with the lowest population is:

a. Estonia
b. Denmark
c. Iceland
d. Sweden
e. Malta

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C. Iceland

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Which of the following countries is almost entirely Roman Catholic?

a. Estonia
b. Albania
c. Poland
d. England
e. Sweden

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C. Poland

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Which Eastern European country has led the Eastern Europe in technology and engineering skills?

a. Belarus
b. Czech Republic
c. Slovakia
d. Moldova
e. Bosnia

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B. Czech Republic

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The most linguistically-distinctive country in Eastern Europe is:

a. Belarus
b. Hungary
c. Moldova
d. Poland
e. Russia

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B. Hungary

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Which Eastern European country is the largest both territoriality and in population?

a. Bulgaria
b. England
c. Ukraine
d. Hungary
e. Albania

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C. Ukraine

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This former Soviet Socialist Republic contains the oil city of Baki (Baku) and its people have ethnic affinities with Iran.

a. Azerbaijan
b. Moldova
c. Georgia
d. Armenia
e. Turkmenistan

A

A. Azerbaijan

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The former Soviet Republic on the Black Sea containing the birthplace of Stalin is:

a. Azerbaijan
b. Moldavia
c. Georgia
d. Russia
e. Armenia

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C. Georgia

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In 1965, _____ broke away from Malaysia and became a separate political entity in Southeast Asia.

a. Singapore
b. Hong Kong
c. Sarawak
d. Brunei
e. Borneo

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A. Singapore

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Taiwan was at one time a colony of:

a. Russia
b. The United States
c. Japan
d. Australia
e. Britain

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C. Japan

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Taiwan is located off the coast of:

a. Russia
b. China
c. Korea
d. Vietnam
e. Japan

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B. China

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Which of the following was the first highly developed country in East Asia, significantly ahead of any other East Asian state in its level of economic development?

a. Japan
b. South Korea
c. China
d. North Korea
e. Taiwan

A

A. Japan

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The country that has functioned as a buffer state between Russia and China is:

a. Mongolia
b. Siberia
c. North Korea
d. Tibet
e. Xinjiang

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A. Mongolia

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Prior to independence, New Guinea was administered by:

a. Australia
b. New Zealand
c. The Netherlands
d. Indonesia
e. Papua

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A. Australia

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The largest cluster of population in Melanesia is found in:

a. Papua New Guinea
b. Fiji
c. Vanuatu
d. Samoa
e. New Caledonia

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A. Papua New Guinea

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53
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In territorial size, the largest country in Melanesia is:

a. Solomon Islands
b. Fiji
c. Papua New Guinea
d. Hawai’i
e. Easter Island

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C. Papua New Guinea

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54
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Which of these is NOT a state of the Australian federal government system?

a. New South Wales
b. Western Australia
c. Tasmania
d. New Zealand
e. Queensland

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D. New Zealand

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Which country, along with Australia, constitutes the Austral Realm?

a. New Zealand
b. New Guinea
c. East Timor
d. Indonesia
e. Singapore

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A. New Zealand

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A country in Southeast Asia that remained, for the most part, an independent state throughout the colonial era was:

a. Vietnam
b. Malaya
c. Borneo
d. Thailand
e. Burma

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D. Thailand

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57
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Which of the following countries was once part of British India?

a. Singapore
b. Sumatera (Sumatra)
c. Myanmar (Burma)
d. Malaysia
e. Thailand

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C. Myanmar (Burma)

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58
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_____ held onto eastern Timor well after the Dutch left the East Indies.

a. Portugal
b. France
c. Australia
d. Britain
e. Japan

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A. Portugal

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The largest Muslim country in the world in terms of population is:

a. Bangladesh
b. Iran
c. Pakistan
d. Indonesia
e. Nigeria

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D. Iran

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A country that is elongated is:

a. Cambodia
b. Vietnam
c. Brunei
d. Singapore
e. Philippines

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B. Vietnam

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61
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Which country does not border Vietnam?

a. Laos
b. Thailand
c. Cambodia
d. People’s Republic of China
e. None of the above

A

B. Thailand

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62
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The Southeast Asian nation that exhibits the greatest degree of compactness is:

a. Laos
b. Cambodia
c. Thailand
d. Vietnam
e. Indonesia

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B. Cambodia

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63
Q

Angkor Wat is located in which country?

a. Vietnam
b. Cambodia
c. Laos
d. Myanmar
e. Thailand

A

B. Cambodia

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64
Q

The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million people in an attempt to change the society of:

a. Vietnam
b. Cambodia
c. Laos
d. Thailand
e. Myanmar

A

B. Cambodia

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65
Q

What is the poorest state in mainland Southeast Asia?

a. Laos
b. East Timor
c. Singapore
d. Thailand
e. Myanmar

A

A. Laos

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66
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The insular region of Southeast Asia does not include:

a. Malaysia
b. Brunei
c. Singapore
d. Laos
e. Indonesia

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D. Loas

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67
Q

What country in mainland Southeast Asia was once part of British India?

a. Myanmar
b. Thailand
c. Cambodia
d. The Philippines
e. East Timor

A

A. Myanmar

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68
Q

The small oil rich Islamic sultanate of insular Southeast Asia is:

a. Kalimantan
b. Papua
c. Brunei
d. Sulawesi
e. East Timor

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C. Brunei

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69
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The most populated Southeast Asian nation is:

a. Malaysia
b. Indonesia
c. Philippines
d. Thailand
e. Vietnam

A

B. Idonesia

70
Q

The country that historically was called Siam is now known as:

a. Singapore
b. Cambodia
c. Thailand
d. Malaysia
e. Myanmar

A

C. Thailand

71
Q

Which city is located closest to Southeast Asia’s vitally important Strait of Malacca?

a. Hong
b. Singapore
c. Bangkok
d. Jakarta
e. Manila

A

B. Singapore

72
Q

Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country is:

a. Laos
b. Vietnam
c. Brunei
d. Thailand
e. Cambodia

A

A. Loas

73
Q

The giant of the Southeast Asian Realm, in terms of both area and population, is _____.

a. Indonesia
b. Malaysia
c. Singapore .
d. Thailand
e. Cambodia

A

A. Indonesia

74
Q

_____ has the highest income of Southeast Asia’s realm.

a. Singapore
b. Brunei
c. Malaysia
d. Thailand
e. Indonesia

A

D. Thailand

75
Q

The small oil rich Islamic sultanate in Southeast Asia is:

a. Indonesia
b. Singapore
c. Brunei
d. Thailand
e. Luzon

A

C. Brunei

76
Q

A former Portuguese colony which is the newest nation in Southeast Asia is:

a. Macau
b. East Timor
c. Philippines
d. Papua New Guinea
e. Laos

A

B. East Timor

77
Q

The country divided in two almost equal parts by water:

a. Hainan
b. Malaysia
c. Luzon
d. Timor
e. New Guinea

A

B. Malaysia

78
Q

What is the only country in the Pacific Rim that is predominantly Roman Catholic?

a. Macau
b. East Timor
c. Philippines
d. Papua New Guinea
e. Laos

A

B. East Timor

79
Q

The country of the “people of Han” is:

a. Mongolia
b. China
c. Japan
d. Korea
e. Tibet

A

B. China

80
Q

The People’s Republic of China also claims the island of:

a. Hokkaido
b. Honshu
c. Taiwan
d. Kurile
e. Gobi

A

C. Taiwan

81
Q

Which of the following is not one of the countries of the South Asia realm?

a. Pakistan
b. Bhutan
c. Afghanistan
d. Sri Lanka

A

C. Afghanistan

82
Q

What South Asian country has Buddhism as its state religion?

a. Sri Lanka
b. India
c. Bhutan
d. Nepal

A

C. Bhutan

83
Q

Where was the political center of the Mughal Empire?

a. Afghanistan
b. Pakistan
c. Mongolia
d. Bangladesh

A
84
Q

What is the modern-day name of East Pakistan?

a. Bhutan
b. Bangladesh
c. Pakistan
d. Afghanistan

A

B. Bangladesh

85
Q 
Which of the Southern Islands has South Asia’s highest GNI per capita?
a. Andaman Islands 
B. Sri Lanka 
C. The Maldives 
D. Nicobar Islands
A

C. The Maldives

86
Q

Which of the Southern Islands experienced a long civil war?

a. Andaman Islands
b. Sri Lanka
c. The Maldives
d. Nicobar Islands

A

B. Sir Lanka

87
Q

Which country is almost annually struck by costly natural disasters?

a. India
b. Bangladesh
c. Pakistan
d. Sri Lanka
e. Nepal

A

B. Bangladesh

88
Q

The small group of islands 400 miles south of India are the:

a. Sri Lanka
b. Punjab
c. Maldives
d. Dravidians
e. Colombo

A

C. Maldives

89
Q

The country with the second largest population in the world is:

a. Pakistan
b. The United States
c. Russia
d. India
e. China

A

D. India

90
Q

Which of the following countries is characterized by a plantation economy?

a. Pakistan
b. India
c. Bangladesh
d. Nepal
e. Sri Lanka

A

E. Sir Lanka

91
Q

Which of the following is not included in the North Africa/Southwest Asia realm?

a. Pakistan
b. Iran
c. Iraq
d. Tunisia
e. Afghanistan

A

A. Pakistan

92
Q

Which area was least influenced by the spread of Islam?

a. Yemen
b. Bosnia
c. China
d. Northern Nigeria
e. Turkestan

A

C. China

93
Q

Shi’ite Muslims constitute the great majority of the population of:

a. Egypt
b. Israel
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Turkey
e. Iran

A

E. Iran

94
Q

Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer?

a. Kuwait
b. Azerbaijan
c. Iraq
d. Iran
e. Turkey

A

E. Turkey

95
Q

The upstream country that could control the flow of the Nile River into Egypt is:

a. Iraq
b. Sudan
c. Israel
d. Libya
e. Chad

A

B. Sudan

96
Q

Which of the following oil producers does not border the Persian Gulf?

a. Iran
b. Kuwait
c. Libya
d. Saudi Arabia
e. United Arab Emirates

A

C. Libya

97
Q

Which North African country fought a bitter war of liberation against the French?

a. Egypt
b. Libya
c. Algeria
d. Tunisia
e. Sudan

A

C. Algeria

98
Q

This country is the smallest in North Africa, but has the highest GNI per capita in North Africa.

a. Chad
b. Israel
c. Tunisia
d. Morocco
e. Libya

A

C. Tunisia

99
Q

Which of the following countries does not share a common border with Israel?

a. Iran
b. Egypt
c. Jordan
d. Lebanon
e. Syria

A

A. Iran

100
Q

The largest oil reserves in the realm are located in:

a. Israel
b. Libya
c. Kuwait
d. Saudi Arabia
e. Iran

A

D. Saudi Arabia

101
Q

Which of the following countries is not located on the Arabian Peninsula

a. Syria
b. Kuwait
c. Oman
d. Qatar
e. Bahrain

A

A. Syria

102
Q

The Rub al Khali (Empty Quarter) lies near the border between Saudi Arabia and:

a. Israel
b. Iraq
c. Yemen
d. Dubai
e. Kuwait

A

C. Yemen

103
Q

Which of the following is not one of the republics of Turkestan?

a. Kazakhstan
b. Uzbekistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Azerbaijan
e. Tajikistan

A

D. Azerbaijan

104
Q

Which of the following republics of Turkestan contains an ethnic majority of Persian origin?

a. Kazakhstan
b. Uzbekistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Tajikistan
e. Afghanistan

A

D. Tajikistan

105
Q

Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer:

a. Libya
b. Iran
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Iraq
e. Lebanon

A

E. Lebanon

106
Q

The country that sits atop an oil reserve which is, by far, the world’s largest, is:

a. Kuwait
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Iraq
d. Iran
e. Jordan

A

B. Saudi Arabia

107
Q

The Ottomans, based in what is today _____, conquered Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1453 and then pushed into southeastern Europe.

a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Syria
d. Libya
e. Turkey

A

E. Turkey

108
Q

The smallest of the Maghreb states is _____.

a. Tunisia
b. Algeria
c. Morocco
d. Libya
e. Egypt

A

A. Tunisia

109
Q

All of the following are countries that comprise the Middle East except:

a. Iraq
b. Jordan
c. Syria
d. Algeria
e. Lebanon

A

D. Algeria

110
Q

Which of the following is not one of the six states of Turkestan?

a. Kazakhstan
b. Pakistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Afghanistan
e. Uzbekistan

A

B. Pakistan

111
Q

Country that split into two as a result of a long and bloody civil war:

a. Egypt
b. Sudan
c. Libya
d. Turkey
e. None of the above

A

B. Sudan

112
Q

Country in North Africa with large oil reserves, where NATO enforced no fly zone helped rebels to topple a long lasted dictatorship:

a. Mauritania
b. Somali
c. Eritrea
d. Libya
e. Tunisia

A

D. Libya

113
Q

A desert republic in Turkestan with significant new gas supplies?

a. Kazakhstan
b. Uzbekistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Azerbaijan
e. Kyrgyzstan

A

C. Turkmenistan

114
Q

Economic future of what central Asian country is connected to oil supplies found near Caspian Sea?

a. Kazakhstan
b. Uzbekistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. Azerbaijan
e. Kyrgyzstan

A

A. Kazakhstan

115
Q

The country to which the US first sent ground troops to eradicate terrorism:

a. Sudan
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Afghanistan
d. Iraq
e. Pakistan

A

C. Afghanistan

116
Q

Before independence, the modern state of The Congo was a colony of:

a. France
b. Germany
c. Britain
d. Belgium
e. South Africa

A

C. Britian

117
Q

Which of the following states was not a colony of France prior to its independence?

a. Ivory Coast
b. Chad
c. Ghana
d. Senegal
e. Burkina Faso

A

A. Ivory Coast

118
Q

Which country lost its independence only briefly?

a. Zimbabwe
b. Zambia
c. Kenya
d. Ethiopia
e. Malawi

A

A. Zimbabwe

119
Q

The last country to give up its African colonies was:

a. The United States
b. Germany
c. France
d. Belgium
e. South Africa

A

B. Germany

120
Q

Which of the following countries is not located in Southern Africa?

a. Botswana
b. Cameroon
c. Zimbabwe
d. Zambia
e. Mozambique

A

A. Botswana

121
Q

The Boer War took place in:

a. Kenya
b. South Africa
c. The Netherlands
d. Sudan
e. Nigeria

A

B. South Africa

122
Q

Which of the following countries is the home of the Shona and Ndebele tribes where whites have been expelled by government-backed squatters seeking their land?

a. Botswana
b. Cameroon
c. Zimbabwe
d. Zambia
e. Tanzania

A

C. Zimbabwe

123
Q

The now-independent political entity that once was a German colony named South West Africa is today known as:

a. . Namibia
b. Botswana
c. Western Rhodesia
d. Tanganyika
e. Togo

A

A. Namibia

124
Q

Which of the following countries is not located in East Africa?

a. Nigeria
b. Kenya
c. Uganda
d. Tanzania
e. Burundi

A

B. Kenya

125
Q

Tourism, once a particularly important business in _____, struggles to remain viable in the face of numerous challenges:

a. Liberia
b. Kenya
c. Uganda
d. Burkina Faso
e. Nigeria

A

B. Kenya

126
Q

Dar es Salaam is the capital of:

a. Saudi Arabia
b. Tanzania
c. Kenya
d. Somalia
e. Ethiopia

A

B. Tanzania

127
Q

Which of the following countries borders Lake Victoria?

a. Sudan
b. Uganda
c. Malawi
d. The Congo
e. Ethiopia

A

D. The Congo

128
Q

Which of the following countries is not located in Equatorial Africa?

a. Gabon
b. Congo
c. Ivory Coast
d. Cameroon
e. Central African Republic

A

D. Cameroon

129
Q

The country in Equatorial Africa with significant oil supplies and the only coastal capital is:

a. Congo
b. Cameroon
c. Central African Republic
d. Gabon
e. Angola

A

D. Gabon

130
Q

The country in Equatorial Africa that had a border dispute with Nigeria over an oil-rich area is:

a. Congo
b. Cameroon
c. Central African Republic
d. Gabon
e. Chad

A

B. Cameroon

131
Q

Which of the following countries is located in the Bulge of Africa?

a. Senegal
b. South Africa
c. Somalia
d. Chad
e. Kenya

A

E. Kenya

132
Q

The country that moved its capital from Lagos to the new centrally-located city of Abuja is:

a. Nigeria
b. Tanzania
c. The Congo
d. Niger
e. Ethiopia

A

C. The Congo

133
Q 
The first West African state to gain its independence, formerly called the Gold Coast, is:
a. Ghana 
b Guinea 
c. Sierra Leone 
d. Gambia 
e. Benin
A

A. Ghana

134
Q

This West African country borders Liberia, is a former French colony, and built a Roman Catholic basilica in Yamoussoukro to rival St. Peter’s in Rome:

a. Ivory Coast
b. Chad
c. Niger
d. Guinea
e. Senegal

A

A. Ivory Coast

135
Q

Which of the following countries was established by former American slaves?

a. Gambia
b. Guinea
c. Guinea-Bissau
d. Ghana
e. Liberia

A

E. Liberia

136
Q

Which of the following countries is not located in The African Transition Zone?

a. Mauritania
b. Mali
c. Niger
d. Somalia
e. Tanzania

A

E. Tanzania

137
Q

Which of the following countries is located in the Horn of Africa?

a. Burkina Faso
b. Mal
c. Niger
d. Nigeria
e. Ethiopia

A

E. Ethiopia

138
Q

This small country gains much of its importance because of its location on the Bab el Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea

a. Ethiopia
b. Swaziland—Switzerland**
c. Niger
d. Egypt
e. Djibouti

A

E. Djibouti

139
Q

The largest country in Equatorial Africa is:

a. Congo
b. Cameroon
c. Central African Republic
d. The Congo
e. Tanzania

A

B. Cameroon

140
Q

The most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa, which also has significant oil supplies, is:

a. Namibia
b. South Africa
c. Ethiopia
d. Kenya
e. Nigeria

A

E. Nigeria

141
Q

The economy which is by far the largest and most diverse in Africa is found in:

a. South Africa
b. Nigeria
c. Kenya
d. Botswana
e. Namibia

A

A. South Africa

142
Q

_____ is the giant of Southern Africa, its economy by far the largest of the entire realm.

a. The Republic of South Africa (RSA)
b. Zimbabwe
c. Botswana
d. Namibia
e. Angola

A

A. The Republic of South Africa (RSA)

143
Q

Of the four coastal countries of Equatorial Africa, _____ has the largest proven mineral resources, including manganese, uranium and iron ore.

a. Gabon
b. Cameroon
c. Cabinda
d. Principe
e. The Central African Republic

A

A. Gabon

144
Q

_____ is home to just over 155 million people, by far the largest population of any African country.

a. Ghana
b. Nigeria
c. Ivory Coast
d. Benin
e. Chad

A

B. Nigeria

145
Q

Africa’s Horn is an especially volatile sub-region of the African Transition Zone, which contains all of the following countries except:

a. Ghana
b. Ethiopia
c. Eritrea
d. Djibouti
e. Somalia

A

A. Ghana

146
Q

Which of the following countries is located within the culture hearth known as Mesoamerica?

a. Puerto Rico
b. The United States
c. Guatemala
d. Jamaica
e. Panama

A

C. Guatemala

147
Q

Middle America’s largest country today in terms of both area and population is:

a. Mexico
b. Hispaniola
c. Cuba
d. Panama
e. Trinidad

A

A. Mexico

148
Q

Which of the following countries does not have a common border with Guatemala?

a. El Salvador
b. Honduras
c. Belize
d. Nicaragua
e. Mexico

A

D. Nicaragua

149
Q

The Central American country where English is spoken, but where Spanish will eventually become the predominant language is:

a. Jamaica
b. Guatemala
c. Costa Rica
d. Trinidad
e. Belize

A

E. Belize

150
Q

While other Central American countries were called banana republics, this country was a coffee republic:

a. Cuba
b. Guatemala
c. Mexico
d. El Salvador
e. Colombia

A

D. El Salvador

151
Q

The Switzerland of Central America, the region’s oldest democratic republic, is:

a. Nicaragua
b. Jamaica
c. Belize
d. Honduras
e. Costa Rica

A

E. Costa Rica

152
Q

As one travels north leaving South America, the first country encountered on the Central American land bridge is ________.

a. Costa Rica
b. Panama
c. El Salvador
d. Nicaragua
e. Aruba

A

A. Costa Rica

153
Q

Which island is the Caribbean’s leading bauxite producer?

a. Trinidad
b. Cuba
c. The Bahamas
d. Jamaica
e. Hispaniola

A

D. Jamacia

154
Q

Which of the following Caribbean countries possesses major natural gas deposits:

a. The Dominican Republic
b. Cuba
c. Trinidad and Tobago
d. Martinique
e. Barbados

A

C. Trinidad and Tobago

155
Q

Which of the following countries contains the heart of the ancient Mayan empire?

a. Cuba
b. Nicaragua
c. Costa Rica
d. Honduras
e. Guatemala

A

E. Guatemala

156
Q

Which South American country was most transformed by the forced in-migration of Africans in bondage?

a. Argentina
b. Brazil
c. Colombia
d. Paraguay
e. Ecuador

A

B. Brazil

157
Q

The largest country in terms of landmass in Latin America is:

a. Venezuela
b. Colombia
c. Panama
d. Brazil
e. Ecuador

A

D. Brazil

158
Q

Which of the following countries is landlocked?

a. Uruguay
b. Ecuador
c. Paraguay
d. Peru
e. Suriname

A

C. Paraguay

159
Q

Which of the following countries contains a population whose ethnicity is dominated by Amerindian ancestry?

a. Argentina
b. Brazil
c. Bolivia
d. Uruguay
e. Chile

A

C. Bolivia

160
Q

The best example of an elongated state in South America, and probably the world, is:

a. Peru
b. Brazil
c. Chile
d. Bolivia
e. Uruguay

A

C. Chile

161
Q

Which of the following countries has the most compact territorial shape?

a. Chile
b. Argentina
c. Uruguay
d. Panama
e. Peru

A

C. Uruguay

162
Q

The South American country that contains the northern end of the Andes is:

a. Venezuela
b. Peru
c. Brazil
d. Colombia
e. Ecuador

A

A. Venezuela

163
Q

The country in South America which has, by far, the largest oil reserves is:

a. Venezuela
b. Chile
c. Bolivia
d. Colombia
e. Argentina

A

A. Venezuela

164
Q

_____ is the easternmost outpost of the Caribbean North, and is mainland South America’s only dependency.

a. Guyana
b. French Guiana
c. Venezuela
d. Suriname
e. None of the above

A

B. French Guiana

165
Q

The largest southern core country is _____.

a. Chile
b. Uruguay
c. Brazil
d. Argentina
e. Paraguay

A

D. Argentina

166
Q

The country in South America with the fastest growing economy since the 1990s is:

a. Paraguay
b. Bolivia
c. French Guiana
d. Ecuador
e. Chile

A

C. French Guiana

167
Q

Mexico’s chief trading partner is:

a. U.S.
b. Chile
c. Canada
d. Cuba
e. None of the above

A

C. Canada

168
Q

Which of the following is not a Latin Country?

a. Suriname
b. Venezuela
c. Peru
d. Chile
e. Argentina

A

C. Peru

169
Q

The second largest producer of shrimp in the world is:

a. Ecuador
b. Chile
c. Paraguay
d. Peru
e. Brazil

A

A. Ecuador

170
Q

South America’s densest railroad network is found in:

a. The Amazon River Basin
b. Mexico
c. Chile
d. Paraguay
e. Argentina

A

E. Argentina

171
Q

Most of the population is of European stock is in:

a. Guyana
b. Brazil
c. Uruguay
d. Paraguay
e. Colombia

A

C. Uruguay

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