Map Quiz

Question 1

Amazon Rainforest

Answer 1

Deforestation, conversion of forests to agricultural land, and biodiversity loss

Location: South America (Brazil/Colombia/Peru…)

Question 2

Aral Sea

Answer 2

Historically famous, dried-up inland sea

Location: Asia (Kazakhstan)

Question 3

Bhopia, India

Answer 3

1984 - pesticide plant explosion

Location: middle of India

Question 4

Borneo

Answer 4

Deforestation and palm oil

Location: Indonesia

Question 5

Chernobyl

Answer 5

1986 - nuclear meltdown

Location: Ukraine

Question 6

Three Gorges Dam

Answer 6

World’s largest

Location: China

Question 7

Aswan Dam/The Nile River

Answer 7

Silt deposit

Location: Egypt

Question 8

Florida Everglades

Answer 8

Development, nutrient pollution from agriculture, invasive species, and destruction of wetlands)

Location: South Florida

Question 9

Colorado River

Answer 9

Hoover Dam

Location: Nevada/Arizona

Question 10

Great Lakes

Answer 10

Percentage of freshwater and environmental issues

Location: Canada/US

Question 11

Los Angeles

Answer 11

Smog

Location: South California

Question 12

Love Canal

Answer 12

1979 - water pollution and superfund site

Location: New York/Great Lakes

Question 13

Minamata Bay, Japan

Answer 13

1956 - mercury poisoning and biomagnification

Location: South Japan

Question 14

Ogallala Aquifer

Answer 14

Groundwater depletion

Location: Middle US (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma…)

Question 15

Three Mile Island

Answer 15

1979 - near nuclear meltdown

Location - South Pennsylvania

Question 16

Bakken Formation

Answer 16

Region of oil and gas exploration

Location: Canada/US (Saskatchewan, Montana, North Dakota)

Question 17

Newfoundland

Answer 17

1992 - fish population collapse

Location: East Canada

Question 18

Great Barrier Reef

Answer 18

Pollution, biodiversity loss, and coral bleaching

Location: North Australia

Question 19

Haiti

Answer 19

2010 and 2021 - earthquakes

Location: Carribean

Question 20

Horizon Oil Spill

Answer 20

2010 - BP explosion on a oil rig

Location: Gulf of Mexico (East of Lousiana)

Question 21

Keystone Pipeline Path

Answer 21

Location: Alberta, Canada to the Texas coast

Question 22

Cuyahoga River

Answer 22

1969 - water pollution

Location: Ohio

Question 23

Alberta Tar Sands

Answer 23

Oil extraction

Location: Alberta, CA

Question 24

North Pacific Gyre

Answer 24

Garbage patch

Location: Pacific Ocean

Question 25

Fukushima, Japan

Answer 25

2011 - earthquake and tsunami

Location: Middle Japan

Question 26

Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Answer 26

1982 to 2015 - nuclear repository

Location: Middle Nevada

Question 27

Paris

Answer 27

2015 - climate talks

Location: France

Question 28

Bangladesh

Answer 28

Sea level rise and climate displacement

Location: by India

Question 29

Alaska Tundra

Answer 29

Permafrost

Location: North Alaska

Question 30

Ring of Fire

Answer 30

Region of high geologic activity - volcanoes and earthquakes

Location: Coast of Pacific Ocean

Question 31

Corn Belt

Answer 31

Where the majority of corn is grown

Location: Midwest

Question 32

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

Answer 32

Nutrient pollution and fish kills

Location: Coast of Gulf

Question 33

New Orleans, Louisiana

Answer 33

Heat island, sea level rise, and Hurricane Katrina

Location: South Louisiana

Question 34

Iceland

Answer 34

Geothermal energy

Location: East of Greenland

Question 35

30 degree latitude

Answer 35

Locations of the world’s desert biome

Locations: Sahara, Kalahari, Great Sandy, Patagonia

Question 36

Svalbard Global Seed Bank

Answer 36

Insurance of seeds and crop diversity

Location: East of Greenland and Iceland