Monday, April 18, 2011

Daily Geo and Map - Week of 4/18

Map - Same as last week: all of Asia - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/asia3.html

1) Pearls are harvested in the Sulu Archipelago, a group of islands off the coast of which country?
2) Central America’s most populous country has more than 12 million people. It borders Mexico. Name it.
3) What country on the Mediterranean Sea endured over 10 years of civil war between two groups, Muslims and Christians?
4) Which U.S. site is the location of the United States depository for silver?
5) Since 1797, what commercial center on the Erie Canal has been the capital of New York?
6) Chapultepec Park, which was once the site for Aztec rulers, is in what capital city?
7) Oil production in the United Arab Emirates is centered on the country’s capital city. Name the city.
8) Which country, once under the control of Ghengis Khan, has an economy dependent on cashmere and wool?
9) Which country is bordered by the Netherlands and Denmark?
10) Which state is known as the Ocean state because of its 400 miles of coastline?
11) Which country does not have English as an official language – Bahamas, Costa Rica, Jamaica?
12) Which country’s government continues to struggle with flood abatement projects along the Po River.
13) Peanuts are the principal export of this African country that is almost completely surrounded by Senegal. Name it.
14) Most Sikhs live in an Indian state that shares its name with a region that was divided between India and Pakistan in 1947.
15) In 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with what country? -

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