Islands

Question 1

ABC Islands (Lesser Antilles)

Answer 1

The three western-most islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean, just north of Venezuela - Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but not the EU - Both Dutch y the Portuguese-creole Papiamento are offical languages

• Aruba - Capital: Oranjestad; Pop. 100k
• Bonaire - Capital: Kralendijk; Pop. 19k
• Curaçao - Capital: Willemstad; Pop. 160k

Question 2

Four main islands of Japan

Answer 2

1. Honshu - Largest - Cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Nagoya, Niigata
2. Hokkaido - N of Honshu - City of Sapporo
3. Kyushu - SW of Honshu - Cities of Fukuoka y Nagasaki
4. Shikoku - Smallest - S of Honshu - City of Matsuyama

Question 3

French Polynesia

Answer 3

Group of 118 islands y atolls stretching over 2000 km in the South Pacific - Total land area 4167 km² - Total population 276k - Capital Papeete (pop. 136k), on the island of Tahiti (area 1044 km, pop. 190k) - Composed of five island groups: the Society Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands, y the Austral Islands - An overseas collectivity of France, y its sole overseas country

Question 4

Galveston Island

Answer 4

A barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about 50 mi SE of Houston - 27 mi long x 3 mi wide - Town of Galveston and Jamaica Beach are on island - Separated from mainland by West Bay

Question 5

Guadeloupe

Answer 5

1630 km2 island group in the Leeward Islands, part of the Lesser Antilles of the eastern Caribbean - Overseas department of France; fully a part of the EU, y the largest part of it in N America - Population 400k - Two main islands Basse-Terre y Grande-Terre, separated by a narrow strait called the Salt River - Capital Basse-Terre, largest city Pointe-à-Pitre

Question 6

Main Hawaiian Islands (8)

Answer 6

1. Hawai’i - Nicknamed “The Big Island” - 4,030 sq mi
2. Maui - “The Valley Isle” - 730 sq mi
3. O’ahu - “The Gathering Place” - 600 sq mi
4. Kaua’i - “The Garden Isle” - 550 sq mi
5. Moloka’i - “The Friendly Isle” - 260 sq mi
6. Lana’i - “The Pineapple Isle” - 140 sq mi
7. Ni’ihau - “The Forbidden Isle” - 70 sq mi
8. Kaho’olawe - “The Target Isle” - 45 sq mi - Uninhabited

Question 7

Islands with largest population (10)

Answer 7

1. Java (139 mil)
2. Honshu (104)
3. Great Britain (62)
4. Luzon (49)
5. Sumatra (47)
6. Taiwan (23)
7. Madagascar (22)
8. Borneo (21)
9. Sri Lanka (21)
10. Mindanao (20)

Question 8

Largest islands in the world (11)

Answer 8

1. Greenland - 2.1 mil sq km
2. New Guinea - 786k sq km
3. Borneo - 748k
4. Madagascar - 588k
5. Baffin - 507k
6. Sumatra - 443k
7. Honshu - 226k
8. Victoria (Canada Arctic) - 217k
9. Great Britain - 209k
10. Ellesmere - 196k
11. Sulawesi - 181k

Question 9

Largest Islands in USA (11)

Answer 9

1. Hawaii (Big Island) - 4028 sq mi
2. Kodiak (S AK) - 3588
3. Puerto Rico - 3515
4. Prince of Wales Island (AK Pan) - 2577
5. Chichagoff (AK Pan) - 2080
6. St. Lawrence (W AK)
7. Admiralty (AK Pan)
8. Nunivak (SW AK)
9. Unimak (Aleutians)
10. Baranof (AK Pan)
11. Long Island - 1401 sq mi

Question 10

Martinique

Answer 10

1130 km2 island in the Lesser Antilles of the eastern Caribbean - Overseas department of France, y fully a part of the EU - Population 385k - Capital Fort-de-France

Question 11

Mayotte

Answer 11

French island in the northern Mozambique Channel, between SE Africa y Madagascar - Area 374km², pop. 270k, capital Mamoudzou - Consists of the main island Grande-Terre (aka Maore), y a smaller island Petite-Terre (aka Pamanzi) - An overseas department y region of France, y by far the poorest - Most of the inhabitants are culturally Comorians, mostly Muslim, y most speak a Comorian dialect called Shimaore

Question 12

Montserrat

Answer 12

British Overseas Territory island in the Carribean - Part of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles - Nicknamed the “Emerald Isle of the Carribean” for its resemblance to Ireland - Area 102 km², population 4,600 - The capital Plymouth was destroyed by the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1995, forcing most of the population to flee, y the soutern half of the island is still an exclusion zone

Question 13

Padre Island

Answer 13

Largest TX barrier island, y world’s longest barrier island - 2nd largest island in contiguous US - 113 mi long along southern TX gulf coast from Corpus Christi to southern tip of TX at Brownsville - South Padre Island is major tourist resort y Spring Break destination

Question 14

Réunion

Answer 14

French island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, y SW of Mauritius - Area 2511 km², pop. 867k, capital Saint-Denis - An overseas department y region of France - Inhabited only since the 16th century - Ethnic groups present include people of African, Indian, European, Malagasy, y Chinese origin

Question 15

Saint Martin (island)

Answer 15

87 km2 island in the NE Caribbean Sea - Split roughly 60/40 between France in the north with capital Marigot, y Netherlands in the south (Sint-Maarten) with capital Philipsburg - Population 78k, divided almost evenly - Smallest inhabited island split between two nations

Question 16

Zealand (Sjælland)

Answer 16

Largest y most populated island of Denmark (excluding Greenland) - Area 7031 km2, population 2.2 mil - Copenhagen is located partly on the eastern shore of Zealand and partly on the island of Amager - Connected to mainland Denmark y southern Sweden by a series of bridges y tunnels - 13th largest island in Europe