GENERAL GEOLOGY (OROGENY)

Question 1

Young Mountain Belts

Answer 1

Location

Question 2

North American Cordillera

Answer 2

Capehorn - Alaska, USA

Question 3

Andes

Answer 3

South America

Question 4

Atlas

Answer 4

NW Africa (Morroco, Tunisia, Algeria)

Question 5

Alps

Answer 5

Europe

Question 6

Alpide Belt

Answer 6

Alps +Himalayas

Question 7

Himalayas (Mt. Everest - Highest Peak in Asia and the world above sea level)

Answer 7

South and East Asia

Question 8

Caucasus (Mt.Elbrus - Highest Peak in Europe)

Answer 8

Intersection of Europe and Asia
Georgia, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

Question 9

Zagros

Answer 9

Iran

Question 10

Tien Shan

Answer 10

Central Asia

Question 11

West Pacific Mounatinous Terrain

Answer 11

Japan, Taiwan, Ph

Question 12

Pyreenes

Answer 12

Iberian Peninsula, Spain and France

Question 13

Apenines

Answer 13

Italy

Question 14

Carpathian

Answer 14

Central and Eastern Europe

Question 15

Appalachian

Answer 15

W. USA

Question 16

Ural

Answer 16

Russia

Question 17

Caledonian

Answer 17

Switzerland

Question 18

Altay Sayan

Answer 18

China

Question 19

Great Dividing Ranges

Answer 19

Australia

Question 20

Cascade range (Mt. Rainer, Mt.Shasta, Mt St helends, Mt hood)

Answer 20

Western NAm

Question 21

Aleutian Is

Answer 21

W. Pacific

Question 22

Mariana Is

Answer 22

W.Pacific

Question 23

Tonga Is

Answer 23

W. Pacific

Question 24

Lesser Antilles Arc - subduction of atlantic seafloor beneath carribbean plate

Answer 24

E.Margin of Carribean Sea Antlantic Ocean

Question 25

Sandwhich Islands

Answer 25

South Am