World Geography Quiz
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Questions are from the National Geography Bee, a program of the National Geographic Society.
1. The Empire State Building is to New York City as the Sears Tower is to what?
2. Mountaintop removal, a term for a process that has controversial and often negative effects on streams and their ecosystems, is used to mine what fossil fuel?
3. Auckland is the largest city and main port in which country?
4. What is the current name of the island, located off the coast of China, that the Portuguese called Ilha Formosa, which means "beautiful island"?
5. In 1999, a country that often faces flooding along the Mekong River became the tenth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Name this country, formerly known as the People's Republic of Kampuchea.
6. The Volga-Don Canal is a vital link that allows cargo and tourist transportation from the Volga watershed to which shallow arm of the Black Sea?
November 2, 2009
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