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The 2003 MNRPCV Geography Quiz is now online! 2003 Edition Brought to you by the Minnesota Returned Peace Corps Volunteers

1. Then and Now: Match the old name on the left with the new name on the right (2 pts. each) Bombay Belize British Honduras Benin Byzantinium Burkina Faso Canton Cayman Islands Dahomey Guangzhou Persia Iran Siam Istanbul Upper Volta Madrid   Mumbai   Thailand   Yemen

2. More Land: Which of the following countries recently gained territory from Nigeria (5 pts.) Burundi Ivory Coast Cameroon Sudan

3. Ring of Fire: The Ring of Fire is a chain of volcanoes around the Paqcific Ocean. Which country is not on the Ring of Fire (5 pts.) Australia Japan India Mexico

4. Population: The population of St. Paul is slightly greater than 280,000. Name 10 U.N. member nations with lower population than St. Paul. (1 pt. each)

5. City/County/District/State: Which of the following cities is not coextensive with the next larger units of government? (5 pts.) Chicago San Francisco Philadelphia Washington, D.C.

6. Where to put the Star: What is the proposed 51st state? (5 pts.)

7. St. Paul: Which direction do you primarily go, as the crow flies, from City Hall in downtown to the West Side of St. Paul? (5 pts.) North South East West

8. From A to Z: (2 pts. each) a. Name two countries whose names bigin with the letter "A" but do not end with "A". b. Name two countries whose names begin with "Z".

9. Criss-Cross: The flags of which of the following countries contain a cross made entirely of one color: (2 pts. each) Denmark Micronesia Dominican Republic Nigeria Finland Norway Greece Sweden India Yemen

10. Languages: Mandarin has the most native speakers of any language. Name the next four most popular languages, in terms of native speakers, in any order. (2 pts. each)

11. History: The earliest known ink for writing was developed in which two countries? (2 pts. each)

12. Food: Many foods are relatively recent immigrants from far-away lands. Match the food with the area from which it originated: (1 pt. each) corn Southeast Asia potatoes South America rice Central America

13. Nobody's Home: According to the 2002 World Almanac, there are 8 countries whose population density is less than 3.5 persons per square kilometer. Name four of them. (3 pts. each)

14. Longitude and Latitude: A point on the globe is determined by the intersection of a longitude line and a latitude line. For each pair of lines, name the country that contains the point of intersection or owns the nearest land to that point. Also, determine if this country is a current Peace Corps country, former Peace Corps country, or a country where Peace Corps has never served. (The Prime Meridian and the 180 Meridian separate the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere.) (2 pts. per country / 1 pt. for Peace Corps designation) Country Current PC Country Former PC Country Never a PC Country a. Arctic Circle and Prime Meridian       b. Arctic Circle and 180 Meridian       c. Tropic of Cancer and Prime Meridian       d. Tropic of Cancer and 180 Meridian       e. Equator and Prime Meridian       f. Equator and 180 Meridian       g. Tropic of Capricorn and Prime Meridian       h. Tropic of Capricorn and 180 Meridian

15. U.S. States: Name the five U.S. states with the lowest highest points (i.e., the highest point in Alaska is between 19,000 and 20,000 feet above sea level. The highest point in Colorado is between 14,000 and 1500 feet above sea level. Colorado has a lower highest point than Alaska). (2 pts. each)

Out of this World

16. Moon Shots: Unmanned probes and human beings have landed on the moon usually in flat areas whimsically called "seas." In which sea did all of the following vehicles land? English or Latin name accepted. (5 pts.) Ranger 6 Surveyor 5 Apollo 11

17. Lost Twin: Which of the following planets is closest in size to Earth? (5 pts.) Mercury Saturn Uranus Venus

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2003 MNRPCV Geography Quiz – Answers

1. Then and Now:

1. i
2. a
3. g
4. e
5. b
6. f
7. j
8. c

2. More Land: Cameroon

3. Ring of Fire: India

4. Populations:

5. City/County/District/State: Chicago

6. Any answer

7. Which way to West Side? South

8.From A to Z: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan. Zambia, Zimbabwe.

9. Criss-Cross: Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, Greece, Sweden.

10. Languages: Spanish, English, Hindi, Bengali.

11. History - Ink: Egypt, China.

12. Food: Corn - Central America; Potatoes - South America; rice - Southeast Asia.

13. Nobody's home:

14. Latitude and Longitude:
a. Norway - not Peace Corps
b. Russia - former Peace Corps
c. Algeria - not Peace Corps
d. U.S. - not Peace Corps
e. Ghana - Peace Corps
f. Kiribati - Peace Corps
g. Namibia - Peace Corps
h. Fiji or Tonga - Peace Corps

15. U.S. States: Florida, Louisiana, Delewre Rhode Island, Alabama.

16. Moon Shots: Mere tranquilatadus, or Sea of Tranquility.

17. Lost Twin: Venus



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