1. Barley is an important crop grown in East Anglia, the easternmost region in what country? a) United States b) United Kingdom c) China

2. Independence, a starting point for expeditions along the Oregon Trail, is a town in which state? a) Missouri b) South Carolina c) Oregon

3. Lake Peipus, which empties through the Narva River into the Gulf of Finland, forms part of the border between Russia and which eastern European country? a) Estonia b) Latvia c) Georgia

4. Which waterway serves as a shortcut for most ships traveling from New York to Los Angeles? a) Suez Canal b) Panama Canal c) Inside Passage

5. For which purpose do people in Mongolia and other regions of Central Asia use yurts? a) shelter b) harvesting crops c) transportation

6. What is the term for a hot spring through which jets of heated water and steam erupt? a) water fall b) geyser c) eruption

7. Countries that are members of the Commonwealth of Nations have political and historical ties to which country? a) United Kingdom b) Russia c) United States

8. Bogota and Medellin are cities in which South American country? a) Peru b) Colombia c) Chile

9. Of Japan’s four major islands, which has the lowest population density and the largest rural population? a) Honshu b) Hokkaido c) Shikoku

10. The tropopause marks the boundary between the troposphere and which other layer of the atmosphere? a) stratosphere b) mesosphere c) exosphere

Answers

1. United Kingdom, 2. Missouri, 3. Estonia, 4. Panama Canal, 5. shelter, 6. geyser, 7. United Kingdom, 8. Colombia, 9. Hokkaido, 10. stratosphere

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