Sample Questions and Answers II

1) If you went swimming in the Mediterranean, stayed overnight in Marselle (mar SAY), and ate croissants for breakfast, you would be in which country—France or Germany?
Answer: France

2) If you went canoeing on the River Shannon and visited St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, you would be in which country—Poland or Ireland?
Answer: Ireland

3) To see Mount Kilimanjaro (KIL uh mun JAR oh), Victoria Falls, and Kalahari (KAL uh HAR ee) Desert, you would have to travel to which continent—Asia or Africa?
Answer: Africa

4) If you took a plane from Yellowknife, in the Northwest Territories, to a fishing camp on Great Bear Lake, you would be in the northern part of which counry—the United States or Canada? Answer: Canada

5) To which country would you travel to explore the Great Barrier Reef, visit a cattle station in the outback, and attend a performance at the Sydney Opera House—Australia or the Philippines?
Answer: Australia

6) If you wanted to visit Islam's holiest city and the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, you would have to travel to which city—Warsaw or Mecca?
Answer: Mecca

7) If you were watching gauchos herd cattle on the Pampas near Buenos Aires (BWAY nuy SAR eez), you would be in the grassland region of which country—Argentina or South Africa?
Answer: Argentina

8) If you walked from Mount Katahdin (kuh TAHD en), in Maine, to Springer Mountain, in Georgia, you would have hiked which national scenic trail—the Appalachian or the Natchez Trace?
Answer: Appalachian

9) To which state would you travel to see caribou migrating, humpback whales, and brown bears fishing for salmon—South Dakota or Alaska?
Answer: Alaska