Miscellaneous

Question 1

A compass is to direction as a global positioning system is to WHAT?

a) temperature
b) ocean depths
c) location

Answer 1

location

Question 2

Stretching from Britain to the Persian Gulf, what empire reached its greatest size in A.D. 117?

a) Roman Empire
b) Ottoman Empire
c) British Empire

Answer 2

Roman Empire

Question 3

This is a name for island group, chain of islands, or a cluster of islands

Answer 3

Archipelago

Question 4

The discovery in Antarctica of fossils of vegetarian reptiles shows that the continent once had a much milder climate and helps prove what theory?

a) theory of relativity
b) theory of continental drift
c) big bang theory

Answer 4

theory of continental drift

Question 5

The Equator is to Kenya as the Tropic of Cancer is to WHAT?

a) Mexico
b) Italy
c) Finland

Answer 5

Mexico

Question 6

Which country has the world’s largest Muslim population?

Answer 6

Indonesia

Question 7

Seismographs are used to detect and record which natural hazard?

Answer 7

Earthquakes

Question 8

Sailors on sailing ships, fearful of being becalmed, try to avoid a region where trade winds converge in a low-pressure belt. What is the term for this region?

Answer 8

doldrums

Question 9

The Tropic of Cancer is at what latitude?

Answer 9

23.5 degrees North