Daily Geo and Map Quiz 4/14 - 4/17

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1) What is the term for the prevailing winds occurring between 30 and 60 degrees north latitude that helped carry European explorers from the Americas back to Europe?
2) Oranjestad is the chief port of what island off the coast of Venezuela?
3) Uzbek is a Turkic language spoken primarily in the countries of which continent?
4) Andorra is located in what mountain system?
5) Name the only national capital city on the island of New Guinea.
6) The river that forms part of Mauritania’s southern border shares its name with what bordering country - Algeria, Mali, Senegal?
7) Which islands, located about ½ way between North America and Asia, served as a U.S. naval station near the site of a famous WW II battle?
8) Which country does not use a peso as its method of currency – Mexico, Italy, of Philippines?
9) Which state has a longer border with Mexico – Texas or New Mexico?
10) What is the name for the part of the map that explains the meaning of symbols used on the map – scale, index, legend?
11) The Adriatic Sea borders the eastern coast of which European country?
12) Which state is farther from the Mississippi – Indiana or West Virginia?
13) Some of the oldest sagas, stories based on history and legend, were written in the 13th century in what island country in the North Atlantic?
14) To see the U.S.S. Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor, you would travel to what U.S. state?
15) To visit the Forbidden City in Beijing or to walk the Great Wall, you would travel to what country?