2010 MNRPCV GEOGRAPHY
QUIZ
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CURRENT EVENTS
1. & 2. What two countries were recently awarded the
2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups?
2018: Russia 2022: Qatar
3. What country held elections on November 9, 2010 for the first time in
over 50 years?
Guinea
4. What Unesco World Heritage Site recently experienced
clashes between Chilean police and locals over land disputes?
Easter Island
5. & 6. A new high-speed passenger train broke records
at 302 miles per hour in early December What two cities does it connect?
Beijing and Shanghai
7. Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams, among others, spoke
at a program October 14 to commemorate President Kennedy’s speech 50 years ago
to announce the Peace Corps. Where did both speeches (1960 and 2010) take
place?
University of Michigan
8. Who was sworn in as President of the Ivory Coast (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire) in early December?
Laurent Gbagbo
GENERAL
Match the countries with their component parts:
14. What country’s highest point is in the Mowdok range at
1052 m (3451 ft)?
Bangladesh
15. What is the only country with coastlines on both the North Pacific Ocean and Caribbean
Sea?
Colombia
16. Uzbekistan
is one of the world’s highest producers and exporters of what crop (other top
producers are China,
India,
USA
& Pakistan)?
Cotton
17. According to the American Veterinary Medical
Association, approximately how many dogs and cats are there in the US? Answer C
(a) 12 million dogs, 14 million
cats
(b) 24 million dogs and 31 million
cats
(c) 72 million dogs and 82 million
cats
(d) 92 million dogs and 97 million
cats
18. What are the two types of “black gold” for which
Ajirbijan is famous? (no partial credit!)
Oil and
caviar
19. If you stand on a rock just off Cleveland Ave and 390 feet North of
Roselawn Ave (in Roseville
and not far north of the Univeristy of Minn. St. Paul campus), you would be standing
on a bronze plaque demarking what? 45th parallel of
North Latitutde
20.
PHOTOS
Source: www.javanews.com
21. In what country is this temple located? Indonesia
Bonus: What is the
name of the temple? (+1) Borobudur Temple
Source: itstrulyrandom.com
22. What city is the home of the “Car Kebob”? Chicago
Source:
howstuffworks.com
23. These famous terra cotta soldiers were buried in honor
of: answer B
(a) Emperor
Quin, ~ 530 B.C.E.
(b) Emperor
Qin, ~210 B.C.E.
(c) Emperor
Xian, ~ 70 C.E.
(d) Emperor
Xian, ~ 1300 B.C.E.
Source: iStock via
howstuffworks
24. This image shows the Treasury of what ancient city?
(include city & current country)
Petra, Jordan
MAP LABELING: CENTRAL
ASIA
Map
outline source: EnchantedLearning.com
Label each country: