Week 8 Daily Geo and Map Test 3/10 - 3/13

Map Test: African Rivers - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Africa/AfricaRivers.html

1) To visit Virginia City, which became a boomtown after silver was discovered at the Comstock Lode in the mid-1800s, you would travel to which state—Vermont or Nevada?
2) Which country, bordered by France, Belgium, and Germany, depends on foreign workers for at least 30 percent of its work force?
3) The only present-day state capital on the Hudson River was settled in the early 1600s. Name this city.
4) Which Brazilian city has a metropolitan population of more than 18 million people?
5) What city on the Pearl River Delta was the first Chinese port regularly visited by European traders?
6) Sapporo, located in the Hokkaido prefecture, is one of the most rapidly growing urban centers in which country?
7) Death Valley, one of the hottest and driest places in the United States, is just east of which mountains?
Adirondack Mountains Allegheny Mountains Sierra Nevada
8) Which peninsula borders the Mediterranean Sea?
Iberian Peninsula Indochina Peninsula Kola Peninsula
9) Sobo-Katamuki National Park is located on the southernmost of Japan’s major islands. Name this island.
Hokkaido Honshu Kyushu
10) Which causes more hurricane-related deaths?
Lightning Storm-surge flooding
11) A city on the Yangtze River northwest of Shanghai was China’s capital when the Communists took control of the country in 1949. Name this city.
Guilin Nanjing Norway
12) The Ozark Plateau covers the southwest corner of which state- Missouri or Wisconsin?
13) Haifa, located at the foot of Mount Carmel, is a port on the Mediterranean Sea in which Asian country?
14) In 1952, military officers in a North African country led a revolt to end almost 70 years of British political influence. Name this country.
15) In 1911 a revolution that began in the present-day city of Wuhan overthrew the imperialist government of what country?
China Mongolia Thailand